2014 USNWR T25 Prediction Contest (Winners Announced) Forum

[TripTrip]

You could have multiple prizes. One for the individual who gets the most right(Or perfect score is someone secretly works for USNWR).
And one for the person who had the closest score to 0 assuming there were no perfect scores. If there were a perfect score then I guess they win both prizes...

How about a prize for whoever can get the least points without naming an unranked school? Ha!

[alwayssunnyinfl]

Thanks for including my entry. I can't wait to enjoy them pistachios!

[Crowing]

You could have multiple prizes. One for the individual who gets the most right(Or perfect score is someone secretly works for USNWR).
And one for the person who had the closest score to 0 assuming there were no perfect scores. If there were a perfect score then I guess they win both prizes...

How about a prize for whoever can get the least points without naming an unranked school? Ha!

I like the idea of having an alternative prize for whoever gets the most correct. I think the bottom line should be to keep the criteria simple though; I doubt North wants to deal with a bunch of complicated judging shit and the simpler we keep it the more transparent everything is and the easier it is for people to understand the scoring.

Having a prize for whoever sucks the most could be cool too, but the criteria for that would have to be pretty carefully crafted. Not listing unranked is too easy; even listing T1 would be too easy because you could just list current #26 as #1 and go down from there till the end of T1. So I'm not sure about what a good way to construct that would be.

[North]

Well this got surprisingly complex pretty quickly. After we're done with this you guys want to rewrite the tax code?

I think going with:

Everyone starts off with 0 points. A penalty equal to the difference between a school's USNWR rank and its rank in your submission will be assessed for each incorrectly placed school. If such a penalty is assessed for an incorrectly placed T14 school, it will be doubled.

is probably the cleanest way to do it. If someone puts ASU at #20 and it ends up getting #40 in USNWR, then that's -20. T14 gets more weight because it's more important but less variable. Why did we get caught up assessing damages based on the arbitrary cutoff at T25 in the first place? Derp.

And yeah we can do a couple different categories if you guys tell me the rules for assessing it. I have plenty of crap I can mail to TLSers. Stachios/Scallions are for the main one, though -- the points. So, "most correct" and "consensus worst entry" also? These are trying times for TLS, what with all the scatbombs and Dingbat bailing on us. Lets keep the gamesmanship ITT rolling.

[Unoriginalist]

• _1. Yale
  _2. Hahvahd
  _3. Stanford University
  _4. Columbia University
  _5. University of Chicago
  _6. New York University
  _7. University of Pennsylvania
  _8. UC Berkeley
  _9. University of Michigan
  10. University of Virginia
  11. Duke University
  12. Northwestern University
  13. Cornell
  14. Georgetown
  15. UCLA
  15. University of Texas
  17. Vanderbilt University
  18. University of Southern California
  19. Washington University in St. Louis
  20. University of Minnesota
  21. George Washington University
  22. Washington & Lee
  23. Notre Dame
  24. Boston University
  25. University of Washington
  26. Emory University

[North]

No love for UVA except from Trollen Goden. You guys don't think I'm T6 material?

[mg7]

You skipped me my post is on the bottom of page 2

[North]

You skipped me my post is on the bottom of page 2

My bad, you're in now.

If I skipped you, let me know. Thread was moving fast earlier.

[Br3v]

No love for UVA except from Trollen Goden. You guys don't think I'm T6 material?

Wait for it

[Br3v]

• _1. Yale
  _2. Harvard
  _3. Stanford
  _4. Columbia
  _5. Chicago
  _6. NYU
  _7. Virginia
  _8. Penn
  _8. Boalt
  10. Michigan
  11. Duke
  12. Northwestern
  13. GULC
  14. Cornell
  15. Texas
  16. UCLA
  17. Vanderbilt
  18. USC
  18. GW
  20. UMinn
  21. UWash
  22. ASU (400 CLUB BUMP)
  23. Notre Dame
  24. Emory
  25. Washington U

[gaud]

My bro.

*brofist*

[Br3v]

My bro.

*brofist*

[californiabeauar]

1. Yale
_2. Stanford
_3. Harvard
_4. Columbia
_5. Chicago
_6. NYU
_7. Penn
UVA
_8. Boalt
10. Michigan
11. Duke
12. Northwestern
13. Cornell
14. GULC
15. Texas
16. UCLA
17. Vanderbilt
18. USC
18. GW
20. UMinn
21. UWash
22. ASU
23. Notre Dame
24. Emory
25. Washington U

[Dmini7]

• _1. Yale
  _2. Stanford
  _3. Harvard
  _4. Columbia
  _5. Chicago
  _6. NYU
  _7. Virginia
  _8. Berkeley
  _9. Penn
  10. Michigan
  11. Duke
  12. Northwestern
  13. Cornell
  14. Georgtown
  15. UCLA
  16. Texas
  17. Vanderbilt
  18. USC
  19. UMN
  20. WUSTL
  21. GW
  22. ND
  23. Emory
  24. BU
  25. American

Wishful thinking on a tie at 14. I want there to be some sort of major shake-up and Gtown to be knocked out. Unfortunately when looking at the other schools, I feel a tie is all I can hope for as they all are definitely a step below the other top schools :/. I figured choosing ASU for 25 was too easy. TCR is American.

[Crowing]

Br3v's (I think I took this too seriously) Entry

GULC to maintain #13; Br3v going with the gutsy call

[North]

Wishful thinking on a tie at 14. I want there to be some sort of major shake-up and Gtown to be knocked out. Unfortunately when looking at the other schools, I feel a tie is all I can hope for as they all are definitely a step below the other top schools :/. I figured choosing ASU for 25 was too easy. TCR is American.

Lol, they aren't counting employment at Starbucks this year so American is finally, hopefully, going down to where it belongs.

Br3v's (I think I took this too seriously) Entry

GULC to maintain #13; Br3v going with the gutsy call

Gutsier call is putting ASU at #22, given the amended rule. Dat -20 hurts when you're thirsting after my nuts.

[Crowing]

Dude ASU to anywhere in the T25 is like getting a PhD in Humanities; it's knowingly sacrificing success for an ideal, following a well-established shtick with full knowledge that you ain't gettin' any nuts.

GULC to 13 is like picking the #15 seed in the NCAA tourney. It's unconventional but could pay off big. Gotta show those nuts to get those nuts.

[PRgradBYU]

LOL at the people predicting a #4 spot for UVA.

[North]

LOL at the people predicting a #4 spot for UVA.

Too conservative?

[toothbrush]

Dude ASU to anywhere in the T25 is like getting a PhD in Humanities; it's knowingly sacrificing success for an ideal, following a well-established shtick with full knowledge that you ain't gettin' any nuts.

GULC to 13 is like picking the #15 seed in the NCAA tourney. It's unconventional but could pay off big. Gotta show those nuts to get those nuts.

this made me laugh idk why lol crowing

[ajr]

• _1. Yale
  _2. Stanford
  _3. Harvard
  _4. Chicago
  _5. Columbia
  _6. Penn
  _7. NYU
  _8. Berkeley
  _9. Michigan
  10. UVA
  11. Duke
  12. Northwestern
  13. Georgetown
  14. Cornell
  15. UCLA
  16. Texas
  17. Vandy
  18. USC
  19. WUSTL
  20. Minn
  21. GW
  22. BU
  23. UW
  24. Emory
  25. ND

[TripTrip]

Man, ajr is putting the smack down on both NYU and UVA.

Don't let North see that one.

[ajr]

Man, ajr is putting the smack down on both NYU and UVA.

Don't let North see that one.

The LS I would really wish to relegate out of the list personally is Northwestern, but I really like them pistachios so I kept it sane.

[TripTrip]

Man, ajr is putting the smack down on both NYU and UVA.

Don't let North see that one.

The LS I would really wish to relegate out of the list personally is Northwestern, but I really like them pistachios so I kept it sane.

Why the hate for NU? They've got some stellar employment numbers compared to their peers.

[ajr]

Man, ajr is putting the smack down on both NYU and UVA.

Don't let North see that one.

The LS I would really wish to relegate out of the list personally is Northwestern, but I really like them pistachios so I kept it sane.

Why the hate for NU? They've got some stellar employment numbers compared to their peers.

I know their employment numbers are good and that is important. My hate is just a personal bias -- I don't like their overly "business" approach to academics overall. The AJD, removing LSAT requirements, etc. (This is not to suggest that the JD should not be a two-year degree). Too much emphasis on marketing makes everything other than their MBA in Marketing suck IMO.

Congrats on the killer numbers btw.