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Harvard had been reporting the figure for years, but it wasn't factored in until this year's issue, Elfin said. With 21 percent of classes enrolling more than 50 students, compared with nine percent of Yale classes and 13 percent of Princeton's, Harvard plummeted in the survey...
...Elfin said the survey is completely objective. He noted that he earned a master's degree in American history from Harvard in 1952. The issue's managing editor, Alvin P. Sanoff '63, is also a Harvard alumnus...
...three schools' faculty-to-student ratios ultimately determined the rankings, Elfin said. "There is little difference among the top three schools. It's infinitesimal," he said. "The key factor was that Harvard has a faculty-to-student ratio of 12-to-1 while Yale's is 9-to-1 and Princeton's is 8-to-1. When you have very small differences, numbers like that make the difference...
...Parents and students should be very well satisfied to send their children to any one of the top schools," Elfin said...
Further, Harvard's age and prestige should make it immune to magazine rankings, Elfin said...