<p>I don’t think Georgetown, Colgate, Bates or Colby, which all didn’t make the lists, are really considered any better schools today among the general populace than in 1988, it’s just that it took the use of a more objective approach to identify them as belonging (and in in many cases being more worthy) of being on these lists than certain other schools. Especially, in looking at some LACs though, it’s amazing that Earlham, St. John’s (MD), St. Olaf, Centre could possibly be listed based on any criteria or notoreity before Colgate, Colby, Bates.</p>