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Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:23 pm
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Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:23 pm to SummerOfGeorge
can't wait for the offseason to be over
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:23 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Even better the second time.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:24 pm to SummerOfGeorge
At least we beat the Big XII
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:24 pm to 12
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Even better the second time.
Agreed, I think the Times News Roman puts it over the top
This post was edited on 9/9/14 at 1:25 pm
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:39 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Who knew Clemson was rated that good?
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:46 pm to SummerOfGeorge
you should start out with a 3-0 lead at the beginning of every game if your school is ranked higher academically
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:46 pm to SummerOfGeorge
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:47 pm to tiger perry
quote:I will also accept "that well."
Who knew Clemson was rated that good?
#M=99.57
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:48 pm to Irons Puppet
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A must read. How many students did Bama turn down with GEDs ?
How did this turn into some Alabama-Auburn thing?
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:50 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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How did this turn into some Alabama-Auburn thing?
It always turns into an Alabama-Auburn thing.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:51 pm to 12
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It always turns into an Alabama-Auburn thing.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:51 pm to 12
They take it personally
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:52 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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A must read. How many students did Bama turn down with GEDs ?
How did this turn into some Alabama-Auburn thing?
It has been debated on this site before. When the acceptance rates are a major criteria for the rankings, then the population of average students who want to be part of the Football Programs success has to be considered.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:55 pm to Irons Puppet
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It has been debated on this site before. When the acceptance rates are a major criteria for the rankings, then the population of average students who want to be part of the Football Programs success has to be considered.
Alabama accepts a higher portion of lower level students (it's still the state flagship and the state is stupid), but their top 10% of students is much more accomplished than it was in prior years in terms of ACT/SAT/Class Rank.
In terms of the schools, they both do their own thing well. Don't really think all that needs to be rehashed for the 456th time.
Auburn thinks they are Harvard of the South and all bammers (even graduates apparently) are trailer trash. We get it.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:55 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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How did this turn into some Alabama-Auburn thing?
IronsPuppet, that's how.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:56 pm to SummerOfGeorge
USNWR rankings are a joke.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 1:57 pm to cornhat
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USNWR rankings are a joke.
Agree - no mention of "Family Atmosphere" as a component of their ranking methodology.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 2:01 pm to SummerOfGeorge
'Family Atmosphere' isn't much worse than some of the other components of their methodology.
Posted on 9/9/14 at 2:01 pm to SummerOfGeorge
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USNWR rankings are a joke.
Agree - no mention of "Family Atmosphere" as a component of their ranking methodology.
The US News rankings are influential. Studies have found they impact both where students apply and where they actually attend. That strong influence may explain why colleges aren't always honest when they tell US News about themselves.
colleges aren't always honest when they tell the rankings about themselves
Since 2012, five colleges admitted to falsifying data they submitted to US News. These weren't one-off typos or brief ethical lapses. They were systemic campaigns of misinformation that lasted for years, mostly located at colleges that are generally well-known but aren't quite Ivy League caliber — the kind of place where rankings really matter.
Bucknell University (no. 32 on the US News list of national liberal arts colleges) admitted to submitting six years' worth of inflated SAT scores. For eight years, Claremont McKenna College (no. 9) inflated students' class rank and claimed the college rejected a higher proportion of applicants than it actually did. Emory University (no. 20 on the list of national universities) had been inflating the qualifications of its freshman class since at least 2000. George Washington University (no. 51) did the same for at least a decade.
"We have no reason to believe that other schools have misreported data," US News said in a blog post published after four of those instances were uncovered. College admissions officers themselves suspect the dishonesty is more widespread: 91 percent said in a survey conducted by Gallup and Inside Higher Ed that other colleges (although not their own, of course) were probably lying too.
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