2012 U.S. News Rankings (March 15th... It's official)

[helloperson]

Why do you guys mostly predict UCLA dropping places? If anything I would think it is the most likely to jump into the bottom end of the T14, possibly pushing out Gtown.

[jcunni5]

1) Yale
2) Cornell
3) Stanford
4) Harvard
5) Columbia
6) Chicago
7) Penn
UVA/Berk
10) Mich
11) Duke/NU
13)NYU
14)UCLA
15) USC
16) GULC

[mst]

1) Yale
2) Cornell
3) Stanford
4) Harvard
5) Columbia
6) Chicago
7) Penn
UVA/Berk
10) Mich
11) Duke/NU
13)NYU
14)UCLA
15) USC
16) GULC

uhhh. no.

[beachbum]

1) Yale
2) Cornell
3) Stanford
4) Harvard
5) Columbia
6) Chicago
7) Penn
UVA/Berk
10) Mich
11) Duke/NU
13)NYU
14)UCLA
15) USC
16) GULC

... +1.

[flcath]

1) Yale
2) Cornell
3) Stanford
4) Harvard
5) Columbia
6) Chicago
7) Penn
UVA/Berk
10) Mich
11) Duke/NU
13)NYU
14)UCLA
15) USC
16) GULC

uhhh. no.

Agreed.

No way GULC comes in ahead of Vanderbilt.

[BarbellDreams]

USC/UCLA simply aren't going to place over GULC any time soon IMO.

[TyrodTaylor]

i say UVA moves up and W&L drops out of T40. Indiana needs to drop

[YankeesFan]

Fordham moves back into the 20s and Davis and Hastings both snap back into the 40s where they belong.

[BarbellDreams]

Fordham moves back into the 20s and Davis and Hastings both snap back into the 40s where they belong.

I have no opinion on the CA schools but Fordham NEEDS to move back in the 20s. I don't go there and have no relation to the school but its a complete joke that they are ranked that low.

[YankeesFan]

And American will be a TT come March 15. You hear that American, thats what you get for waitlisting me, Tier Two.

[TyrodTaylor]

im also hoping william and mary moves up some spots, i think age of the school should play a factor!

[rman1201]

im also hoping william and mary moves up some spots, i think age of the school should play a factor!

Better yet, give 25% consideration to "# of Founding Fathers Attended"

[Hannibal]

1. Yale
2. Harvard
3. Stanford
4. Columbia
5. Chicago
6. NYU
6. Penn
8. UVA
9. Berkeley
10. Michigan
11. NU
12. Cornell
13. Duke
14. Gtown
15. Texas
16. UCLA
17. Vandy
18. WUSTL
19. USC
20. UIUC

[amers73]

W&L drops out of T40.

I hope this is not true.

[St.Remy]

1. Yale
2. Harvard
3. Stanford
4. Columbia
5. NYU
6. Chicago
7. Penn
8. Michigan/UVA
10. Berkeley
11. Duke
12. Northwestern
13. Cornell
14. Georgetown

[FuManChusco]

Half the people ITT are trolling. The other half is attempting to prove why the trolls are wrong.

[rman1201]

Half the people ITT on TLS are trolling. The other half is attempting to prove why the trolls are wrong.

FTFY

[unc0mm0n1]

Can somebody show Berkeley some love. I'm glad you guys don't work for USNWR.

[fatduck]

I'm gonna post my predictions for all of T1 here so I can check when the actual rankings come out:


1 Yale
2 Harvard 
3 Stanford
4 Columbia
5 Chicago  
6 New York UniversiTTTy
7 Berkeley
7 Penn
9 Michigan
10 Virginia  
11 Duke
11 Northwestern
13 Cornell
14 Georgetown
15 UCLA 
15 UT
17 Vandy
18 USC
19 WUSTL
20 George Washington
21 Illinois
22 Boston
22 Emory
22 Minnesota
22 Notre Dame
26 Iowa
27 Indiana U-Bloomington
28 Boston College
28 William and Mary
28 UC Davis  
28 Georgia
28 North Carolina
28 Wisconsin
34 Fordham
34 Ohio State
34 Washington
34 Washington & Lee
38 Arizona State
38 Alabama
38 Colorado-Boulder
38 Wake Forest
42 Brigham Young
42 George Mason
42 Arizona
42 UC (Hastings)  
42 Utah
47 Florida
48 American
48 Southern Methodist
48 Tulane
48 Maryland

[FuManChusco]

Can somebody show Berkeley some love. I'm glad you guys don't work for USNWR.

Their LSAT median went down. Ipso facto, they're the most likely top school to drop.

[TyrodTaylor]

I'm gonna post my predictions for all of T1 here so I can check when the actual rankings come out:


1 Yale
2 Harvard 
3 Stanford
4 Columbia
5 Chicago  
6 New York UniversiTTTy
7 Berkeley
7 Penn
9 Virginia  
10 Michigan
11 Duke
11 Northwestern
11 GULC
14 Cornell
15 UCLA 
15 UT
17 Vandy
18 USC
19 WUSTL
20 George Washington
21 Illinois
22 Boston
22 Emory
22 Minnesota
22 Notre Dame
26 Iowa
27 Indiana U-Bloomington
27 Boston College
27 William and Mary
27 Fordham  
31 Georgia
31 North Carolina
31 Wisconsin
34 UC Davis
34 Ohio State
34 Washington
34 Washington & Lee
38 Arizona State
38 Alabama
38 Colorado-Boulder
38 Wake Forest
42 Brigham Young
42 George Mason
42 Arizona
42 UC (Hastings)  
42 Utah
47 Florida
48 American
48 Southern Methodist
48 Tulane
48 Maryland

[absolutazn87]

1. Yale
2. Harvard
3. Stanford
4. Columbia
5. Chicago
6. NYU/Penn
8. UVA
9. Berkeley
10. Michigan/Northwestern
12. Duke
13. Cornell
14. Gtown

[whitman]

1. Yale
2. Harvard
3. Stanford
4. Columbia
5. Chicago
6. NYU
6. Penn
8. UVA
9. Berkeley
10. Michigan
11. NU
12. Cornell
13. Duke
14. Gtown
15. Texas
16. UCLA
17. Vandy
18. WUSTL
19. USC
20. UIUC

Agree with most of this, only I'm going:

8. Berkeley
8. UVA
8. Michigan
11. Northwestern
12. Duke
13. Cornell
14. GULC
15. Texas
16. Vanderbilt
16. UCLA
18. USC
19. WUSTL
20. GW

[JamMasterJ]

Someone in admissions at Illinois told me they were looking at a 168 median. Don't know if they'll get quite that high but they might go up, though BigLaw in Chicago still hurts them

[buckilaw]

Someone in admissions at Illinois told me they were looking at a 168 median. Don't know if they'll get quite that high but they might go up, though BigLaw in Chicago still hurts them

I can't see Illinois sustaining medians on par with UCLA, UT, and Cornell when the job prospects from Illinois are so much worse than the aforementioned schools. But crazier things have happened.