the methodology is absolutely flawed. to judge a school soley on how many of its students went to Harvard and the size of its endowment is specious reasoning -- it neglects overall admission rates to Ivy League schools and other, very good second tier colleges, the quality of the physical facility, the strength of the faculty, the quality of the student body, GPAs, number of APs taken, SAT scores, etc. etc. its not worth the paper its printed on.
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