<p>Phuriku: You think rankings will go way up, yield will go way up, and the admit rate will go down, at least more than I do. I guess we’ll see. We can disagree on that.</p>
<p>Some of your statements are a little fantastic and / or unsupported by facts, though.
Examples:
“There’s no reason why UChicago shouldn’t be able to increase its desirability beyond Harvard’s”. Well, of course there are reasons. Start with the $32 billion reasons in the Harvard endowment and go from there.
“The administration under Zimmer is undoubtedly more talented and capable than of any of the the Ivies.” I am a Zimmer admirer, but undoubtedly? Really? </p>
<p>I think it’s good for a great university to try and be the best. But, as has been written so often on CC, beyond a certain point, there’s no way to define let alone determine “best”. </p>
<p>I do think this latest initiative is very exciting though. It really is pretty bold, in my opinion.</p>