re: Why are the Dumbest SEC schools all in the West?

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Love those out of state people calling Louisiana citizens dumb. They go fishing down in the gulf and stick a hook in their face or are having a MI and show up in the ER crying please don't let me die. Want to tell them, hey MFer remember I am a dumb arse, right? Bite on this tongue depressor while I go check on that dumb Louisiana citizen with major health issues like a hang nail

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2. Texas A&M
3. Florida
4. Georgia
5. Alabama
6. Auburn
7. Missouri
8. Tennessee
9. South Carolina
10. Kentucky
11. LSU
12. Arkansas
13. Ole Miss
14. Mississippi State

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There's very little difference in the quality of education any of these schools provide. State schools are state schools. It's a matter of the difference in the student body and not the professors.

It's just funny because none of the three are really worth bragging about on their own but having all three makes your school great somehow? Congrats I guess.

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Yeah, that rant didn't make any sense at all.

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I thought it was an entertaining nonsensical non-sequitur.

I think he's implying that he is an ER doctor...which is a scary implication

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There's very little difference in the quality of education any of these schools provide

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That simply isn't the case.
My career is higher ed.
I deal with this stuff daily.
Trust me--there's an enormous range on that list, in terms of quality.

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There's very little difference in the quality of education any of these schools provide.

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EXACTLY. It really depends on the field of study more than the actual school.

And you don't think it's an issue of who went there and not who taught them?

According to Academic Rankings of World Universities. I'm including ranked SEC schools & a few peer schools that are well-known (for comparison purposes). These rankings have been consistent with several other ranking services such as Forbes, QSTU, Times Higher Education but are quite different than what US News comes up with.

I find a few things interesting. How come Alabama is ranked so highly on US News Rankings but unranked on here? Why does US News hate LSU?

35. Vanderbilt

43. Florida

Grouping 53-67:
Emory
Texas A&M University
University of Georgia
University of Iowa
University Virginia

Grouping 68-85:
Darmouth
Florida State University
George Mason University
University Tennessee

Grouping 86-108
Louisiana State University
The George Washington University
Unniversity of Connecticut
University of Kentucky
University of Missouri
University of Nebraksa
University of Notre Dame

Grouping 109-131:
Clemson University
Georgetown University
Tulane University
University of Oklahoma
University of South Carolina

Grouping: 132-149:
Auburn University
Southern Methodist University
Texas Tech University
University of Alaska
University Arkansas

Not Ranked
University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa
University of Mississippi
Mississippi State University

How so?

Eta: their methodology is the best I've seen