<p>Please rank Thks</p>
<p>Cornell, Georgetown, WashU</p>
<p>From US News:
“The number of applications to Wash. U. has gone from 10,000 a decade ago to more than 20,000 today; the acceptance rate is down to 20 percent.”</p>
<p>…% less than Georgetown and Cornell…</p>
<p>As strange as it may sound, acceptance rate may not always equal selectivity. Take the University of Michigan, for example. Many mediocre-to above average in-state residents have no trouble getting accepted, while for out-of-staters it is among the most selective in the nation. Overall %? Well over 30% acceptance.</p>
<p>Though Gtown and Cornell may have higher acceptance %s, the applicant pool is typically of a higher quality to these institutions, thereby increasing selectivity because of the degree and quality of competition, rather than the quantity.</p>
<p>Thanks net</p>
<p>How about SAT ranges:
“WUSTL: 1320-1480
Georgetown: 1290-1460
Cornell: 1280-1470”</p>
<p>Again US NEWS numbers.</p>
<p>It seems that WUSTL is going higher and higher in the rkings…</p>
<p>I applied to all three of those schools - got deferred EA from Georgetown and accepted RD at Cornell. Still waiting to hear from WashU and Georgetown RD.</p>
<p>For up to date comparison:
for the class of 2008:</p>
<p>SAT V Middle 50%- 660-760
SAT M: 660-750
The average SAT at Georgetown typically is in the lower 1400 range.</p>
<p>Also, I think it’s illogical to compare the SAT ranges of entire undergrad divisions of a University, when in many cases, you are applying to a specific school within that University. In certain cases, such as Harvard, Yale, etc., there’s only one undergrad school to apply to. In the cases of Georgetown and Cornell(not familiar w/ WashU), there are various schools to choose from. Cornell has 7 schools, Georgetown has 4. It makes more sense to compare the stats within the individual school that applies to you instead of the overall stats. </p>
<p>In regards to acceptance rate, I don’t think it’s an accurate measure of selectivity in and of itself. You also need to take into account the number of students applying, etc. Cornell receives over 20,000 applications. Georgetown receives about 15,000. Also, remember that each University has its own capacity to hold a certain amount of students. So, Cornell can adequately hold more students than Georgetown, and Georgetown can adequately hold more students than a small University. Thus the need for higher acceptance rates, even though it is still extremely difficult to get accepted to Cornell and Georgetown.</p>
<p>i think gtown has a bunch of athletes too…</p>
<p>which on the whole brings down the SAT scores.</p>
<p>ouuuuch. i’m an athlete with a 1450. hasty generalization there… but that is true. although the only two people who applied to Cornell ED from my school were both athletes… and both accepted. (but also both smart)</p>
<p>washu is selective but in a different way. if you guys take a peek at the washu board, virtually everyone got waitlisted. It seems that they don’t accept over qualified kids (1500s, top 5%) which makes it hard to get into b/c u have to be a top student but not a top top student.</p>
<p>Don’t know much about Georgetown. Comparing Cornell and WashU, it’s much harder to get into WashU if you’re overqualified. Cornell accepts qualified candidates, period. WashU if easy to get into if you’re in that middle 1400-1500, good but not amazingly spectacular range.</p>
<p>Smedso5, just curious. How do you know you got into Cornell RD? Did you get a likely?</p>
<p>BigRed, I don’t think that is always true, because I have a 1510 and am in the top 4% of my private prep school…so one could argue that I’m “overqualified” but I got into Wash U…</p>
<p>For sciences/math:
Cornell, Wash U, then Gtown.</p>
<p>Humanities:
Gtown, Cornell, Wash U.</p>
<p>Come ON, Cornell is such a subjective thing! It has what, nine colleges? Cornell’s acceptance rate overall seems so high b/c if ILR, CALS, etc. Meanwhile the acceptance rate for the College of Arts and Sciences is 12%. It depends hugely on which school you apply to.</p>
<p>Yeah, I was making broad general statements of my beliefs… And I don’t mean about like avg test scores and what not, I was ranking actual difficulty to distinguish yourself enough to get into those schools.</p>