re: Ranking the SEC schools academically?

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Yeah, pretty worthless. I put stock in how much graduates make and average SAT/ACT scores and GPAs of incoming classes.

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And that's why you're a fricking dumbass. You think you can just choose some obscure measure and use it to convince others that your alma mater isn't the diploma mill everyone knows it really is? Fat chance, kiddo. I don't think "mid-career earnings averages" are helping you get off welfare, are they? So what the frick difference does that make? Also, are you aware that some schools are required by state legislature to provide certain colleges? The University of Alabama, for instance, has an entire college devoted to social work. Does Auburn? No. Do you think people in social work earn boatloads of money? No, genius, they don't. But that doesn't make their work any less meaningful than your red-eye shift at 7-11.

Also, if you were half as smart as you think you are, you'd realize that averages are bullshite - particularly when they come to test scores. Medians are what matter, genius. Averages are inflated (or deflated) by extremes. And that's why Auburn releases averages instead of medians.