2015 USNWR T25 Prediction Contest (Winners Announced) Forum

[ms9]

The truth is that USNWR publishes even more granular rankings that it distributes only to insiders. We can see from the data that Columbia is slightly (but noticeably) above Chicago, while Duke is above Michigan.

I think that is it. I saw a powerpoint years ago of this hyper-granular data and it was fascinating. I guess Bob doesn't do that publicly anymore.

[Big Dog]

With GULC and Cornell tying, is it now the T13?

Nope. The T14 became 14 due to the fact that everyone of these schools was in the top 10 at least once. (Even GULC, which was top 10 in the second or third issue of USNews.)

[Nucky]

With GULC and Cornell tying, is it now the T13?

Good question. I'm looking at the actual assigned point values, and the spread between Cornell and USC is minuscule. We're basically talking about statistical noise here. For all intents and purposes, we're in a T22 world now.

Once you go past the T14 you go off a cliff in terms of employment. Say what you want about GULC but they have a huge class each year, and their numbers are still much better than the rest. UTers, UCLAers, etc. can cry all they want but the fact remains that they don't even begin to threaten the T14 when it comes to employment.

UT, UCLA, USC, etc. are nothing more than strong regionals/state flagships in states with strong markets. No one in Florida will care about your UT degree anymore than someone in Texas will care about your USC degree, and so on...

[Serett]

With GULC and Cornell tying, is it now the T13?

inb4 it already was

[rpupkin]

With GULC and Cornell tying, is it now the T13?

Good question. I'm looking at the actual assigned point values, and the spread between Cornell and USC is minuscule. We're basically talking about statistical noise here. For all intents and purposes, we're in a T22 world now.

Once you go past the T14 you go off a cliff in terms of employment. Say what you want about GULC but they have a huge class each year, and their numbers are still much better than the rest. UTers, UCLAers, etc. can cry all they want but the fact remains that they don't even begin to threaten the T14 when it comes to employment.

Dude, we're talking about rankings, not "employment." Let's keep the focus where it belongs.

[ms9]

With GULC and Cornell tying, is it now the T13?

Good question. I'm looking at the actual assigned point values, and the spread between Cornell and USC is minuscule. We're basically talking about statistical noise here. For all intents and purposes, we're in a T22 world now.

Once you go past the T14 you go off a cliff in terms of employment. Say what you want about GULC but they have a huge class each year, and their numbers are still much better than the rest. UTers, UCLAers, etc. can cry all they want but the fact remains that they don't even begin to threaten the T14 when it comes to employment.

Dude, we're talking about rankings, not "employment." Let's keep the focus where it belongs.

"We're talking Rankings!" - Allen Iverson agrees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGDBR2L5kzI

[Mack.Hambleton]

just saw the updates, thank you based spivey.

kind of glad michigan and virginia fell to better reflect their biglaw + fed clerk placement in relation to the other schools (although Cornell and Georgetown tying does not help this).

[riverwater]

With GULC and Cornell tying, is it now the T13?

Good question. I'm looking at the actual assigned point values, and the spread between Cornell and USC is minuscule. We're basically talking about statistical noise here. For all intents and purposes, we're in a T22 world now.

Once you go past the T14 you go off a cliff in terms of employment. Say what you want about GULC but they have a huge class each year, and their numbers are still much better than the rest. UTers, UCLAers, etc. can cry all they want but the fact remains that they don't even begin to threaten the T14 when it comes to employment.

Dude, we're talking about rankings, not "employment." Let's keep the focus where it belongs.

"We're sitting here ... and we're talking about
employment. I mean listen, we're sitting here talking about employment, not rankings, not rankings, not rankings, but we're talking about employment." - Allen Iverson, 2002

[whereskyle]

With GULC and Cornell tying, is it now the T13?

Still refers to 14 schools total.

[rebexness]

SUP PENN. <3

[goldenboy514]

SUP PENN. <3

HYS
CCNP

[minnbills]

Pretty pleased UMN survived and is still in the top 20.

[Nova]

Pretty pleased UMN survived and is still in the top 20.

me too

[snagglepuss]

*employers preparing to stampede Emory's law campus*

[lawschool22]

SUP PENN. <3

HYS
CCNP

Nope

[Yanky91]

How does Spivey get this?

[Kimikho]

could we get the leek in the OP?

[lawschool22]

could we get the leek in the OP?

[rpupkin]

SUP PENN. <3

HYS
CCNP
Nope

If you look at the internal numbers, the news is mostly bad for Penn. The gap between Penn and CC widened, and the gap between P and B narrowed. If current trends hold, we're looking at the following sub-tiers for awhile:

HYS
CC
NPBV
DMN

[jk148706]

SUP PENN. <3

HYS
CCNP
Nope

If you look at the internal numbers, the news is mostly bad for Penn. The gap between Penn and CC widened, and the gap between P and B narrowed. If current trends hold, we're looking at the following sub-tiers for awhile:

HYS
CC
NPBV
DMN

I love USNWR sub-tiers

[lawschool22]

SUP PENN. <3

HYS
CCNP
Nope

If you look at the internal numbers, the news is mostly bad for Penn. The gap between Penn and CC widened, and the gap between P and B narrowed. If current trends hold, we're looking at the following sub-tiers for awhile:

HYS
CC
NPBV
DMN

I may be biased but I don't think you can place NYU in the same tier as Berkeley or UVA, or even Penn really.

Not that any of this matters for more than the sake of our own discussion and entertainment.

[burtmacklin]

I'm gonna miss MVPB

[itachiuchiha]

thank god I was in at emory!

[rad lulz]

,

[yarrow]

Why did Georgetown and Cornell tie?