A new ranking of universities that could be dubbed “New Ivies” has named an Illinois school and multiple Midwest colleges among the top.
The ranking, from Forbes, named 10 public and private schools that are “attracting the best and the brightest, and graduating students that are outpacing most Ivy Leaguers in the eyes of employers.”
“These colleges are highly selective—applicants have a one in seven chance, or slimmer, to gain admission to one of the private New Ivies, and a 50% chance or less to enroll at one of the 10 mostly large public universities,” the ranking noted. “And, they accept the best—the private New Ivies admit students with a median SAT score of 1530—slightly higher than the nation’s largest Ivy, Cornell University, which has a median SAT score of 1520. The public universities, which educate a combined 396,000 students, admit students with a median SAT score of 1410.”…