Research University Tier List 2022
I just reviewed this myself and realized I could have made so many more comments and exception case points about my tiering. For example, Brown, now that I think about it, has a lot of the tier 1 characteristics. But then again, 95% of students who get accepted are top 10% in GPA from their high school, which fits the T2 context! Or take UCLA, and how if you are an out-of-state student applying, your chances are much, much lower given the public-service prioritization. Anyhow, this is what I mean about how tiering colleges is so wrought with balancing issues. There's always going to be something that can either bump a college up a tier or drop it a tier. So, rather than revamping it all, I will continue to go onto the spreadsheet to make adjustments or notations and ask for your understanding that this is a general framework with lots of exceptions!
Here's the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...