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Laissez-Faire College Rankings

A NEW RANKING OF AMERICAN COLLEGES ON LAISSEZ-FAIRE PRINCIPLES, 1999-2000 Third Annual Edition, Revised "It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances." --Oscar Wilde FLASH! -- Dog bites man . Harvard number one . Caltech stays put in fifth . PREFACE TO THE REVISED EDITION This extensive revision adds National Merit Scholars for the class of 2002, which is the statistical class treated throughout this edition of Laissez-Faire. National Merit Scholars are discussed under their heading in the Introduction, and a list of top NMS colleges has been added to the Appendix. Following a suggestion of Gary Glen Price, I have eliminated a paragraph of pointless matter in the "Chief competitors" section of the Introduction. CONTENTS Introduction Key to the college profiles Description Cost for the 1999-2000 year Chief competitors for applicants Number of applicants Percent accepted Percent yield 25th-75th percentile test scores Percent in top tenth of high school class National Merit Scholars Percent from out of state Percent of freshmen returning as sophomores U.S. News selectivity rank The 95 ranked colleges A further 161 colleges arranged by test scores Colleges for which percentile test scores are unavailable Appendix ACT-SAT conversion The 55 colleges with toughest acceptance rates The 54 colleges with highest sum of 25th and 75th percentile scores The 44 colleges with best freshman retention The 55 colleges with the most externally sponsored National Merit Scholars in the class of 2002 The 54 most expensive colleges INTRODUCTION The Laissez-Faire Ranking identifies quality with selectivity. It takes the historical and etymological view that a college is a "chosen company" and attempts to rank colleges by the membership they attract. It lets the best applicants point to the best colleges. Bright kids pay attention to selectivity when they look at colleges because they want to go where their peers are going. With their matriculation, they help compose a superior community, thereb

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