Top Liberal art... so why aren't we there??!

tk21769
Wed, 31 Mar 2010 09:37:44 +0000

^ Right, the admission rate is not the only factor that makes a school more or less selective. It’s a determining factor, but not the only factor. If you consider the admit rate, test scores, and GPA/rank together (as US News does) to arrive at a composite “selectivity” measure, then Colorado College ranks a little higher than Trinity, Mt. Holyoke, and Bryn Mawr, a little lower than Bates, Whitman, and Macalester. These schools are all close enough that, even if you care about this measure, it still would be reasonable to pick any one over the others based on other personal preferences.

And yes, admit rates at many schools have been sharply lower in recent years. Demographics (the “echo boom”). I don’t know if CC’s position in the US news pecking order has moved significantly up or down in recent years. Somewhere I think there is a “time machine” site where you can examine old information such as the US News ranking pages for past years.