Think Tank Ranks Schools

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Fri, 07 Jan 2005 01:48:37 +0000

Byerly, I am highly amused to see you questioning statistics, considering the way our last exchange went. Good for you. Your questions are altogether valid.

Laertes, the most selective colleges in the US are the Curtis Institute of Music and the Juilliard School, in that order. Their acceptance rates are in the 3-7 % range, depending on whether or not you count applicants who never completed their auditions. (Cue to pity the musicians on the board.) Also, though I cannot substantiate this, I believe that Deep Springs College sometimes accepts as little as 5% of applicants, but the size of their pool swings a lot from year to year because it is so small and so unusual.