College choices

This bar chart was created to list the acceptance rates of colleges that my son is looking into. It creates a visual for him to see the difference between each school when making a decision to apply. This list will grow as he chooses more schools.

Source: Wikipedia - Catholic University, Wikipedia - Baylor, Wikipedia - UNC Chapel Hill, Wikipedia - Emery, Wikipedia - Georgia Tech, Wikipedia - Rice, Wikipedia - Carnegie Mellon, Wikipedia - Vanderbilt, Wikipedia - UChicago,

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        .attr('y', 86)
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        name: "Catholic University",
        value: 76
      },{
        name: "Baylor",
        value: 44
      },
      {
        name: "UNC Chapel Hill",
        value: 26
      },
      {
        name: "Emery",
        value: 25.2
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      {
        name: "Georgia Tech",
        value: 25
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      {
        name: "Rice University",
        value: 15.3
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      {
        name: "Carnegie Mellon",
        value: 13.7
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      {
        name: "Vanderbilt",
        value: 10.7
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        name: "UChicago",
        value: 7.9
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