<p>STMoore: The Revealed Preference Study you refer to was conducted back in 2005, and it was based on data collected several years earlier from a group of “theoretical” cross-admits. It was not based on actual cross-admit data, but on a modeling of preferences expressed by high school students. The authors do not claim the data can be used to support any actual ranking, especially among highly selective colleges. And I am unaware that the authors claimed that any school suffered from the peculiar variety of “Tufts syndrome” theory you mention. </p>
<p>If you want to read more about how the Revealed Preference study was conducted, see posts by cellardweller and siserune on this thread:
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/791581-why-did-your-kid-turn-down-clearly-higher-ranked-college.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/791581-why-did-your-kid-turn-down-clearly-higher-ranked-college.html</a></p>