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Emily2007
Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:11:05 +0000

I don’t see NEU breaking top 50 too soon, honestly. My guess would be that we spend the next two years in the 60s, then spend another few years in the 50s. I think 40 is a long way off. Looking at the rankings–Miami, Tulane, Wisconsin… those are good schools with longstanding good reputations. I don’t see us kicking them out of their rankings anytime soon.

For a long time, our co-op/5 year deal hurt or rankings, and US news finally adjusted it. Our reputation started getting better, our students became smarter and more ambitious blah blah blah. That’s been going on for some 10+ years, and that’s why our rankings have gone up SO fast. Our reputation is still improving, average SAT and selectivity still increasing… but I think the rankings have sort of caught up with the improvements in the school. I think we’ll still go up, definitely, but I don’t think we’re going to be making the massive leaps we’ve made in the past few years.