<p>slipper,</p>
<p>The first 3 lists (or rankings) are really redundant and geography plays a huge role on all of them. Harvard/Yale are both literally next door to Dartmouth; even if all else are equal, it should be no surprise that more Dartmouth kids apply to those schools and Dartmouth sends more kids to those two schools simply because of the location. Northwestern has a law school with one of the best bar-passing and job placement rates in the nation. Last time I checked, Northwestern was the best feeder school for its own law school and UChicago law school (tied with UChicago). 13 out of the 15 graduate schools in the WSJ ranking are in the northeast (WSJ was so biased that Kellogg wasn’t one of their top-5 MBA programs!). So colleges in the east coast would easily send more students to those grad schools simply because of location. None of those lists show #applied vs # admitted vs GPAs to prove one would give a better edge over another in terms of applying to Harvard/Yale law school.</p>
<p>Revealed preference and LAISSEZ-FAIRE are not reputation ranking. </p>
<p>The US News is the one that says something about “repuation” and they both get 4.4 for peer assessment score. </p>
<p><a href=“http://www.lazard.com/Careers/FA-NA-UG.html[/url]”>http://www.lazard.com/Careers/FA-NA-UG.html</a> On the other hand, Lazard, one of the most picky I-banks, has Northwestern, not Dartmouth, as one of their target schools. Dartmouth is one of the Ivies but it doesn’t really have any forte or well-known programs. Northwestern isn’t an Ivy but has top programs in economics, journalism, art history, communication studies, mat sci, management sciences, and chemistry…etc. I’d say their reputation is pretty much a wash.</p>
<p>Oh, I would bet more average street people have heard of Northwestern. Not that it matters much and that got nothing to do with academics. The flip-flop drama from the lax team last year and death of Randy Walker this year has made Northwestern more known than ever. :)</p>