<p>You suppose Yale will outpace Princeton soon enough? Hardly. The new addition to the yearly class size will be nearly all “academic admits”, as opposed to the baseline number of athletes and others Yale and other schools must admit. This will only increase the gap between the two in terms of quality and sheer absolute numbers of top students. While I too don’t agree that the number of NMSF or other scholars isnt a perfect correlator of undergrad school quality, the adage “what you can’t measure you can’t manage” certainly rings a bell. In the immeasurable categories, Princeton focuses much more on undergrads. I was merely reiterating the measurable tools that, along with the more ethereal qualities, solidify Princeton’s place over Yale in the math/sciences</p>