Proposed new rating system:
In order to separate true “prestigiosity” from “fair weather effects” the yield to admit ratio needs to be multiplied by the annual snowfall on campus. The resulting rank seems much more realistic.
- Harvard......44.....13.5...594.0
- MIT.............44.......9.0...396.0
- Yale............28.....11.7...327.6
- Dartmouth..63.......4.3...270.9
- Princeton....28.......9.4...263.2
- Chicago......37.......6.7...247.9
- Cornell .......65.......3.8...247.0
- Columbia....27.......8.9...240.3
- Brown........34.......6.6...224.4 10.Bowdoin.....67......3.3....221.1
Huge Gap…
Duke............6...... .4.4.....26.4
Stanford.......0......15.6.......0
Berkeley......0.........2.9.......0