Dr. Kat’s List: Colleges that Have Risen to Prominence in the Past 25 Years

Colleges & Universities Middlebury College
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<p>Ivy*wise profiles five schools that have risen to prominence in the past 25 years. Middlebury is one of the school’s profiled (along with Duke, Wash U. NYU, and USC.</p>

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<p>:D, I always love seeing stuff like that, although, I had no idea that Midd was such a terrible school when I attended. ;)</p>

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<p>Very interesting. I would be interested to see a list of schools that have fallen out of prominence.</p>

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As the supply of top students increases, the declining list is sure to be much shorter than the rising one.</p>

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<p>True, but there are still some. For example, RPI used to be nearly as prestigous as MIT.</p>

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<p>that may be the case (I don’t know), but from what I’ve heard, RPI is back on the rise.</p>

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<p>Kate10662, what lockn said is ture, but one thing I know is that Georgetown has fallen in the rankings for some reason. My Gov teacher is friends with the head of admissions there, and he told me it used to be much more in vogue than it is now.</p>

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<p>It is my feeling that Georgetown has let some of it’s departments falter a tad. A friend of mines father is on the med school faculty and he is getting very annoyed with how the program has been supported… and then by putting a new science building on hold… well, it’s not going to get better any time soon.</p>

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<p>Historically though, it’s my understanding that aside from HYP, the top universities are basically in a continuous flux in terms of prominance. Ex: a decade or so ago, Penn was designated to the bottom of the Ivy league pack,; now it’s usually ranked 6th nationally.</p>

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<p>I personally still don’t think very highly of Penn–it’s just too “pre-professional”.</p>

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<p>Penn is also too big - 10,000+ undergrad. I’d recommend going to Penn for grad (I did) but not undergrad.</p>

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<p>^ That is how I am beginning to see all large universities. There is something about 10,000+ students that I equivocate to throwing oneself into the deep end of the pool without having truly learning how to benefit from a lesson or two. Relationships with professors are something not to be underestimated.</p>