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re: Ranking the SEC schools academically?
Posted on 1/3/13 at 8:16 am to jbond
Posted on 1/3/13 at 8:16 am to jbond
One of US News ranking criterias is acceptance rates. Bama's is in the 40% because every redneck with a GED from Alabama applies and they get to pad their numbers with those rejections. Bama's President has pushed hard to bring the enrollment to 30K+ that the student body is waterdowned with marginal students.
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Posted on 1/3/13 at 8:24 am to Irons Puppet
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One of US News ranking criterias is acceptance rates. Bama's is in the 40% because every redneck with a GED from Alabama applies and they get to pad their numbers with those rejections. Bama's President has pushed had to bring the enrollment to 30K+ that the student body is waterdowned with marginal students.
Is Auburn or Alabama considered a better school? I really have no idea. Both are considered serious backup schools in Texas. At least way back when I was in high school. I never considered applying to either, fwiw. I had a good friend go to Auburn. She was a prude though. I had no use for her.
Posted on 1/3/13 at 10:30 am to Irons Puppet
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One of US News ranking criterias is acceptance rates. Bama's is in the 40% because every redneck with a GED from Alabama applies and they get to pad their numbers with those rejections. Bama's President has pushed had to bring the enrollment to 30K+ that the student body is waterdowned with marginal students.
Yep, we are all inbred rednecks that are marginal students. You are ignorant.
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The University of Alabama’s fall 2012 freshman class includes 239 National Merit Scholars, an increase of 32 percent over fall 2011. While 2012 rankings are not available yet, UA ranked 2nd in the nation among public universities in the enrollment of National Merit Scholars in 2011 with 181 scholars in the freshman class.
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The University of Alabama led the nation with a record 10 students named to USA Today’s 2010 All-USA College Academic Team. UA has had great success in placing students on this national team that honors the “best of the best” undergraduate academic all-stars from across the nation, having placed 46 students on the team since 2003. In addition to this year, UA also had the most students on the list in 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008 and 2009 and tied for the top spot in 2007.
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The University of Alabama’s graduates and students include 15 Rhodes Scholars, and in the past 25 years, UA has produced 37 Goldwater Scholars, 8 Truman Scholars, 19 Hollings Scholars, two Javits Fellows, one Udall Scholar and one Portz Scholar.
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