I have to say these changes are pretty ridiculous to me and quite honest, seem to be politically driven. I mean, how are class sizes not relevant to an UG education, or HS class standing, or the quality of the faculty (ie, terminal degree), and now they shift an important part to to first generation or low-income criteria. They even decreased criteria such as financial resources per student. The big public schools are the winners here and not all for valid reasons, IMO. The one criteria which is not bad is publications by professors, etc, but that also is strongly in favor of large public schools and select private schools. The losers here are schools like SMU, Tulane, etc. Some of the wealthiest private schools won't see as much of a change because they already have key parts of their admissions geared towards certain initiatives. To see UChicago fall to 12th is ridiculous or to see Dartmouth at 18th.
https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/ ... %20degrees.
Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2023 10:26 am