Reed is among the top tier of liberal arts colleges. Liberal arts college rankings aren't comparable to large university rankings. There are thousands of them,

Reed is among the top tier of liberal arts colleges. Liberal arts college rankings aren't comparable to large university rankings. There are thousands of them, and many have specialized niches. You need to adjust your scale when looking at colleges versus universities, and even then USNWR rankings are a crude metric if you are interested in a specific program. Also, the idea that "elite professional service firms" and Ivy/Ivy-tier Universities have similar selection criteria doesn't seem at all surprising to me. But I don't think that's a model that's appropriate or useful for most HN readers.