<p>I’m not an NU apologist - just fact checking the first school on the list above;</p>
<p>But perhaps the best illustration of Northwestern’s growing reputation among the nation’s most selective schools is the proportion of admitted freshmen choosing Northwestern, or “yield” in admissions parlance. For the second consecutive year, yield rose five percentage points, reaching 43 percent.</p>
<p>[Here’s</a> to the Class of 2016: Northwestern University News](<a href=“http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2012/05/class-of-2016.html]Here’s”>Here's to the Class of 2016 - Northwestern Now)</p>
<p>I was skeptical anyway, but I assume the rest of the list is garbage as well.</p>