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re: Why the hell do people call Ole Miss the Harvard of the South?
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:04 pm to gamecocks22
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:04 pm to gamecocks22
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it is what we call a joke.
No I have heard it so many times from so many ole miss fans who said it in all seriousness that it cannot be a joke
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Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:10 pm to Phyacs OM
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No I have heard it so many times from so many ole miss fans who said it in all seriousness that it cannot be a joke
That's the whole point dude. The joke's on them.
Now shut the hell up about it before they figure out that we're making fun of them when we say that.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:16 pm to Prof
Just to add some actual facts to this discussion, here are the current USNWR rankings:
8 Duke
16 Vanderbilt
19 Rice
21 Emory
23 Virginia
27 Wake Forest
30 North Carolina
33 William and Mary
35 Georgia Tech
48 Florida
Historically "South":
12 Johns Hopkins
14 Washington (St. Louis)
21 Georgetown
48 Miami
8 Duke
16 Vanderbilt
19 Rice
21 Emory
23 Virginia
27 Wake Forest
30 North Carolina
33 William and Mary
35 Georgia Tech
48 Florida
Historically "South":
12 Johns Hopkins
14 Washington (St. Louis)
21 Georgetown
48 Miami
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:23 pm to Phyacs OM
Everyone Knows That Furman is the Harvard Of The South .... Nevermind. Harvard Is actually The Furman Of The North.
This post was edited on 11/24/14 at 7:25 pm
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:24 pm to Phyacs OM
They be Uppity !!
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:29 pm to Phyacs OM
Retarded thread . Nuff said . You are pathetic ...
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:33 pm to Phyacs OM
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Ole Miss is a place where rich dumb white kids
It has established that OM wealth is also a myth, unless you consider credit card debt, wealth.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:36 pm to Phyacs OM
I thought Harvard was the Ole Miss of the North? You know, full of rich kids and living in the past.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:38 pm to TxTiger82
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Just to add some actual facts to this discussion, here are the current USNWR rankings:
I tell you true.. I've taught Harvard students, Vandy students and public uni students -- there's just no difference. Mediocre, Dumb, and Smart is the standard mix among all. Private school students tend to have an educational advantage (far more subjects offered at their K-12 schools) but no group is smarter. They also tend to have mega-tutoring/classes that help their scores (a big part of ratings). I will say the dumb asses of the public unis appear to be dumber than the private school students but the mediocre and smartest section is the same in terms of intelligence.
Also, no one in academia goes by rankings done by pop magazines (we know full well how to fix them and private schools will always have an advantage), we go by other measures, including peer knowledge.
Again all of these are great schools but rankings will make just about anyone inside the system giggle - those are for selling mags as well as parents and potential students.
There's simply not the difference folks think there is - the main advantage to attending an Ivy or faux Ivy are the connections you can make.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:38 pm to MadDoggyStyle
Ole Miss student body isn't wealthier than State's. In fact, family income, its in the lower end of the SEC.
They just attract a certain highly visible determined type of douchebag in larger than average numbers.
They just attract a certain highly visible determined type of douchebag in larger than average numbers.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:48 pm to MadDoggyStyle
I did my graduate work at Duke and can promise you there is nothing southern about that school. Its mostly Northeast prep school kids who didn't get into Harvard mixed in with extremely book smart asians and indians.
Its also not in the Harvard/Yale/Princeton tier in terms of prestige, but still comparable to the 2nd tier Ivy schools like Brown/Cornell/Columbia/Dartmouth.
Two biggest negatives IMO were the fact that it was a total wasteland in terms of the girls you'd see around campus (a 6 in ttown would've been a 9 in Durham) and football doesn't even exist as far as they're concerned.
Its also not in the Harvard/Yale/Princeton tier in terms of prestige, but still comparable to the 2nd tier Ivy schools like Brown/Cornell/Columbia/Dartmouth.
Two biggest negatives IMO were the fact that it was a total wasteland in terms of the girls you'd see around campus (a 6 in ttown would've been a 9 in Durham) and football doesn't even exist as far as they're concerned.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:49 pm to Phyacs OM
Nobody does. You got trolled.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:50 pm to Prof
You do realize what people in the private sector think about teachers? 
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:51 pm to Phyacs OM
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Phyacs OM
gtfo...you're a shitty alter who talks nothing relevant about the SEC
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:53 pm to Prof
Georgia Tech?? 
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:55 pm to Phyacs OM
Sarcasm can be scary and confusing.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:56 pm to Phyacs OM
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No I have heard it so many times from so many ole miss fans who said it in all seriousness that it cannot be a joke
So you're saying a bunch of Ole Miss people rustled you up so bad that you ran here to make a thread about being rustled ? You really showed them... Intimidating stuff
This post was edited on 11/24/14 at 7:57 pm
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:56 pm to Phyacs OM
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Why the hell do shite alters like you post so many threads about Ole Miss?
FIFY.
In your head 24/7/365.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 7:59 pm to Phyacs OM
lol... i ain't never heard this shite.
Posted on 11/24/14 at 8:01 pm to tylerdurden24
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Well, that seems to not be the case anymore
Actually, considering the grade inflation during the Vietnam era at Harvard, the 'fake class' scandals might actually bump UNC to the top of the list.
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