Congratulations to everyone and best of luck. I don’t think it’s a surprise (or conspiracy) that Vanderbilt and other universities want to protect their admissions statistics. Yeah, it’s a university of “higher learning” but it’s also big business and very competitive to attract students and continually improve the school, bring in money etc. etc. I’m sure Admissions Departments can tell if an applicant has an interest in actually attending or if he/she is just using the school as a back up or maybe even collect admits like some sort of trophy to brag to friends. I mean who applies to 20+ schools. Anyway, just a reminder that this is a business and the US News rankings are important even with the flaws in the ranking system.