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<p>I don’t think very many people believe Middlebury is more selective than Dartmouth and certainly doesn’t jive with Dartmouth having a 100 point higher M + CR SAT avg and a much lower acceptance rate than Middlebury. I think PR’s quantitative rankings are generally considered a joke. I had a friend from Middlebury with one of those shirts that are sold around campus titled ‘Late Night at Midd, top 10 lies on campus’ where #1 was “I chose Middlebury over Dartmouth and Williams.” So, I think it’s hard to argue when it’s a running joke permeating the school.</p>
<p>I would agree that I don’t think there are 32 schools better than Middlebury or 34 schools better than Colgate, although would say a lot of people have heard of the Brody rankings and generally find them pretty accurate. Part of what is incorporated into their rankings is general name recognition so schools I would never go to before Middlebury or Colgate like UMichigan, Notre Dame, USC, UCLA, UNC do come in higher, so that needs to be taken account. however, smaller schools aren’t completely hurt as Williams, Amherst, Swarthmore are all in their top 15 and Pomona, Bowdoin, Wesleyan are all ~ #20-25.</p>