Selectivity Ranking: National Us & LACs combined, USNEWS ~method

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I don’t agree with this as it’s going too far to me. USNWR has already gotten into too high of position of power with regard to college education than they should be; I don’t think they should be in a position of mandating that schools require the SAT. If a college wants to not require the SAT, that should be its perogative. Said college just shouldn’t be rewarded for doing so by appearing to have a stronger student profile than it actually does or receive a higher ranking in USNWR (or any other poll) as a result of doing so. Maybe, it should do something along the lines of what it appears Middlebury is doing and force the schools to tell them what their actual SAT of the entire enrolled class is and use this number in their calculations to compile their rankings.

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<p>US News is in no position to tell any school what to do regarding the SAT or ACT, but they ARE in the position to refuse to rank any school that does not fit the criteria established for their rankings. Schools that do not fit the criteria should be EXCLUDED and listed accordingly. SAT optional schools should be delisted and placed in a separate alphabetized section where they can share the honors with the others schools who play games or are too different. </p>

<p>By the way, should all the schools do what Middlebury is doing? Does that mean included all applicants in the numbers submitted to USNews but only use the Fall enrollment to define the admission ratio, and “forget” the winter enrolled students?</p>