<p>The one thing I love about the US News ranking this year is the fact that five schools are tied in the top ten, as if admitting that the educational differences between top schools really are minimal. I could be wrong in the magnitudes of difference, but here’s hoping that one day US News will continue this trend of publishing in clusters so that general ranking battles become less vicious and people become more focused on actual fit. I mourned A LOT more saying no to number 13 Hopkins than number 11 Dartmouth…</p>