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Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:01 pm
Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:01 pm
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Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:02 pm to Farmer1906
All else equal, who is choosing Rice over Vanderbilt?
Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:04 pm to lsu711
Are all things equal? I’m sure there is plenty Rice does better than Vandy and Vandy does better than Rice. Rice is located in one of the largest cities in the US and the energy capital of the world. So much opportunity.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:06 pm to Farmer1906
Georgia? Florida? Seriously?
Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:16 pm to Farmer1906
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Are all things equal? I’m sure there is plenty Rice does better than Vandy and Vandy does better than Rice. Rice is located in one of the largest cities in the US and the energy capital of the world. So much opportunity.
Rice might suck the meat missile in football... but that is a school that turns out a lot of successful graduates. With no insult intended to Vanderbilt.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:17 pm to Farmer1906
Aggies trying so hard to fit in 
Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:17 pm to Farmer1906
no MsState. List is shite.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:18 pm to Farmer1906
Mizzou would’ve been #1 but we’re not truly southern
Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:18 pm to Farmer1906
No Southern U? List is shite.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:19 pm to Farmer1906
Show us that great aggy trophy case again.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:19 pm to Farmer1906
Duke ain't in the south.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:20 pm to lsu711
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All else equal, who is choosing Rice over Vanderbilt?
Me
This post was edited on 8/15/19 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:21 pm to CFFreak
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Georgia? Florida? Seriously?
what exactly has you confused?
Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:44 pm to WG_Dawg
Yea, I have to admit, Florida is great at school and at athletics, 
and Missouri is not. 
and Missouri is not. This post was edited on 8/15/19 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:56 pm to Farmer1906
UGA has far higher admissions standards than SMU, Richmond, and Miami. They are ranked ahead of UT-Austin in U.S. News and their SAT scores eclipse that of UF (not stating that it is definitively better).
Perhaps this was just my high-school in Palm Beach, but anyone with a pulse and money was automatically admitted into Miami, SMU, and Tulane.
Perhaps this was just my high-school in Palm Beach, but anyone with a pulse and money was automatically admitted into Miami, SMU, and Tulane.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 3:58 pm to ClassicCityAlum
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UGA has far higher admissions standards than SMU, Richmond, and Miami.
I mean, I'd expect colleges that give thousands of scholarships out to be more competitive to get in to...
Posted on 8/15/19 at 4:02 pm to Farmer1906
Here is an actual list predicated on admissions statistics (i.e objective, factual statistics - not your opinion).
1. Duke
2. Vandy
3. Rice
4. UVA
5. W&L
6. Davidson
7. UNC
8. Wake
9. W&M
10. GT
11. UF (tie)
11. UGA (tie)
11. UT - Austin (tie)
14. U. Richmond
15. Tulane
16. Clemson
17. Suwannee
18. Rhodes
19. Texas A&M (I'm sorry, but your acceptance rate is more than 70%. That's embarrassing).
20. VA Tech
21. NC State
22. Elon
23. Centre College
24. U. South Carolina
25. Who cares. Alabama, Auburn, Furman, etc.
1. Duke
2. Vandy
3. Rice
4. UVA
5. W&L
6. Davidson
7. UNC
8. Wake
9. W&M
10. GT
11. UF (tie)
11. UGA (tie)
11. UT - Austin (tie)
14. U. Richmond
15. Tulane
16. Clemson
17. Suwannee
18. Rhodes
19. Texas A&M (I'm sorry, but your acceptance rate is more than 70%. That's embarrassing).
20. VA Tech
21. NC State
22. Elon
23. Centre College
24. U. South Carolina
25. Who cares. Alabama, Auburn, Furman, etc.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 4:04 pm to ClassicCityAlum
Perhaps SMU or Miami deserve to be top 25, but I find it difficulty to justify their tuition. In Florida, UF and maybe even FSU are more prestigious. In Texas, UT, A&M, and maybe even Baylor and TCU are all better than SMU.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 4:08 pm to BoerneAg
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I'd expect colleges that give thousands of scholarships out to be more competitive to get in to...
For the life of me, I've never understood why a public school would want to be exclusive. I was always a proponent of open admissions. If you could cut the work, you stayed in, if you couldn't, you were culled out.
Graduation rates as a measure of success seemed like a joke. If a school is motivated to have a high graduation rate, they will graduate their students. With open admissions, there is pressure to get kids out. Thus there is competition among students to stay in school. The university isn't coddling them and trying to get them to stay.
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