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 1. Percent of 2003 college applicants, applying to all public & private colleges, with a grade point average of A- (3.50) or better 41%

2. Percent of 2003 Yale applicants that a Yale admissions spokesman said "had numerical qualifications which meet all the historical standards” 85%

3. Percent of 2003 high school valedictorians rejected at Dartmouth 40%

4. Percent of 2003 high school valedictorians rejected at Brown 66%

5. College voted by high schoolers as having the “best marketing materials”

Washington University in St. Louis

6. Private college with the fastest growing number of applicants, 1995 - 2003

Washington University in St. Louis

7. Number of private colleges in the US 2,300

8. Number of colleges that accept less than 35% of their applicants 100

9. Number of private colleges that currently charge $24,000 or more in tuition 184