Fall 2005 USNEWS Rankings!

collegekid1988
Tue, 24 May 2005 15:49:39 +0000

Northwestern’s selectivity rank will still beat the U of Chicago. I do not think you guys realize this but the acceptance rate was only 10 percent of the 15 percent weight given to the selectivity. Therefore, acceptance rate was 1.5 percent of the total ranking. That is not a big deal. What destroys Chicago’s selectivity ranking besides acceptance rate, is percentage of students in the top 10 percent of their high school (40 percent of the 15 percent weight). Both Chicago and JHU have figures that are in the 75-80 percent range while Northwestern and Cornell are in the 80-90 percent range.