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I work at a university, and honestly have never heard of this ranking that you referenced in [1]. Also seems super weighted towards military academies. What's t

• nemothekid 4y ago
  >What's their model? Are kids in the states now looking at more global options ? According to their methodology[1] page, it looks like for student who gets multiple offers they do an Elo style ranking. The first problem; and which probably explains the weight to military academies, is that students tend to self select into tiers of colleges, so a group of students who are interested in the Air Force might not even apply to Harvard (even though the USAFA is a competitive school) and upon admission opt to go there (after all if you even were even considering of joining the air force, why would you reject your one shot there to go any other school)? [1] https://www.parchment.com/c/college/college-rankings.php https://www.parchment.com/c/college/college-rankings.php
  • pyuser583 4y ago
    So this would favor specialized schools in general?
• hardtke 4y ago
  The revealed preference rankings use co-admittance data (student got into Harvard and Stanford) along with that student's final choice (went to Stanford) to rank the schools. The military academies will have a huge edge because their decisions come out later and most students are highly committed once they continue their application to that point (they've gotten congressional recommendations, passed physical exams, etc.). So basically throw those out.
  • marincounty 4y ago