<p>slipper,</p>
<p>Let me point this out one more time–the list does not show #applicants vs #admits vs GPA. The list DOES NOT say an applicant with 3.8 GPA and 170 LSAT from Dartmouth is looked more favorably than one with the same stats from Northwestern! I am surprised it is that difficult for you to understand. </p>
<p>I never said people would choose Northwestern over Harvard when admitted to both. I said the location influences people’s list of schools to apply. For example, my friends who are interested in MBA and living in LA are all applying to UCLA and USC. They have other more prestigious schools on their list-- some may have Wharton, some may have Stanford, and some may have MIT (likely more having Stanford because of location). But not all of them will have the same reach school(s)! In case they don’t get into those, they will be happy to stay local. But suppose all the top-5 schools were in California, I can imagine their list would look more similar. I can imagine many Northwestern grads applying to law schools would have UChicago/Northwestern/and possibly Michigan on their list. With three already on their list, less are gonna put Yale AND Harvard AND Stanford on their list at the same time. Dartmouth grads, all the other hand, are in more natural position to put Harvard AND Yale on their list. </p>
<p>Please provide link or source of that 6/7 and 4/7. </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=2805026#post2805026[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?p=2805026#post2805026</a>
Someone was just told by his friend working at UBS that Northwestern econ grads are hired in big numbers. I mentioned NU won <em>College</em> Fed Challenge twice in row, not just grad econ program; you can deny the connection between grad and undergrad programs all you want.</p>
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<p>Have you ever read Gourman?<br>
1997 ranking:
Northwestern: 16th
Dartmouth: 22nd</p>
<p>What about THES world university ranking (2005)?
<a href=“http://www.alnaja7.org/success/Education/times_world_ranking_2005.pdf[/url]”>http://www.alnaja7.org/success/Education/times_world_ranking_2005.pdf</a>
Northwestern: 23th (US), 46th (World)
Dartmouth: 38th (US), 117th (World)</p>
<p>You can discredit both of them all you want. 
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<p>US News assigns the SAME peer assessment score for both. The other rankings you put measure selectivity, NOT reputation.</p>