Future of Emory University's Ranking?

bernie12
Sun, 03 Feb 2019 16:48:18 +0000

@emorynavy : Why are you worried about this? The idea is that the CURRENT metrics and Emory’s performance in them put Emory closer to that range of schools than the others. It isn’t about what it did historically. Again, it has ranked number 9 before and was in the top 20 for a very long time. Wherever it goes, it will go. We can’t predict how USNWR will change their metrics and how other near ranked schools will perform in all of them versus Emory each year. Citing a range is all you can do. There is no need to get butt-hurt about someone who compared the numbers versus the near ranked school and cited a possible range. Saying, “well it hasn’t ranked X in a while” is not data nor how data works. We could have also said: “It hasn’t ranked below 20 in a while” back in 2014 or so. I mean come on! Seriously? Johns Hopkins rarely ranked in the top 10…should we have assumed it would be placed there 2 years ago? Or should we assume that it will stay there? No, we should assume nothing.

And the CDS profiles alone do not provide enough data to predict any change or maintainance. You look at the data and find a range. Honestly, unless Emory’s yield changes a lot, or there is some unforeseen shift in graduation rate, this is its range with the current metrics. The SAT/ACT range will have little effect because they are now so similar across schools and Emory’s is actually higher or identical to a couple of schools ahead of it right now. Much as how it traditionally ranked above Georgetown with a lower old SAT range than it and a bunch of schools. There is no need to get overly invested in what you think the rank should be and the minuscule changes that will occur on a CDS in the next year or two. That is basically like expecting stuff to change overnight (2 years is overnight in terms of development of a university’s brand or seeing large shifts in admissions philosophy. Even the schools that went to stats whoring did a lot of planning before making that decision).