Colleges where applying RD may not be worth the bother

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Wed, 05 Jan 2022 15:32:03 +0000

Acceptance rate & yield of any particular school can affect “peer assessment score” rating(s) which accounts for a significant part (20%) of the ratings formula which determine US News’ rankings.

Works very well with respect to graduate & professional school ratings & rankings in US News.

The US News’ rankings correlate with the published acceptance rates for colleges, universities, law schools, and graduate schools of business.

Also, there have been a handful of scandals regarding misreporting of statistics in efforts to boost US News rankings. (The University of Illinois School of Law is one that worked. Also, attempted by Temple University’s graduate business school.)

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