<p>Sam, you make a lot of assumptions on your own. If US News uses Freshman enrolled of class rank do you think they then switch to accepted for SAT scores in the very next column?? Wishful thinking on your part. What you should realize is that all these schools are very smart and sophisticated and are going to do everything in their power to enhance their rankings. You focus on Wash U all the time but go look at Yahoo College (again - remember I told you about Harvard’s lack of SAT scores over 700 ranking before because of weakness of legacy scores) and now tell me what Brown’s endowment is. Don’t see it do you? Maybe that’s because it’s about half of the next lowest Ivy League school and a few billion less than Wash U’s to boot. Given their record of taking off beat kids of parent’s with money (to enhance their endowment), how aggressive do you think their reporting is?? Face up to it - the kids are voting with their feet and going to the school with one of the best academic/advisor programs, one of the best campuses, and one of the best locations on the planet. Relax and enjoy it!</p>