wake20
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Looking at that list, I think I just decided that my kids are going to UF.
I don’t really understand what this means (did RJ write that for you?), but I didn’t ignore the WSJ rankings thread. I thought it was interesting but it’s hard to put as much emphasis on new rankings because there aren’t years of data and trends and they aren’t nearly as important to applicants as the US News rankings.
Sure maybe that post was missing a word but my tuition comment was in reference to the WSJ rankings, which you largely ignored by talking about how our tuition compares to other private institutions in the US News rankings.
I was saying that’s how we move up in WSJ. Based on 923’s post above, student outcomes (salaries vs debt accrued) is important in that ranking. Sounds like a ratio. Lower the denominator, ratio goes up, ranking goes up.
Sure maybe that post was missing a word but my tuition comment was in reference to the WSJ rankings, which you largely ignored by talking about how our tuition compares to other private institutions in the US News rankings.
I was saying that’s how we move up in WSJ. Based on 923’s post above, student outcomes (salaries vs debt accrued) is important in that ranking. Sounds like a ratio. Lower the denominator, ratio goes up, ranking goes up.
Looking at that list, I think I just decided that my kids are going to UF.
The highest we have ever been ranked was under Dr. Hatch, when we were #23 in the 2014 report.
UF is insanely hard to get into for the actual education provided. UF has awesome graduate programs, and a wide range of same, which bumps the rankings. But the undergraduate selectivity comes from being the best school in a mediocre university system in the nation's 3rd most populated state. Crazy application volume, but the effort is more or less over once you get in, and then you just party. Sources are: I'm old (40) and some of my older friends (45-50) have kids at UF, and they are coasting. But they had to do tons of stuff in high school (sports, volunteer, leadership) and have great grades and test scores and often even IB just to get in.
UF is insanely hard to get into for the actual education provided. UF has awesome graduate programs, and a wide range of same, which bumps the rankings. But the undergraduate selectivity comes from being the best school in a mediocre university system in the nation's 3rd most populated state. Crazy application volume, but the effort is more or less over once you get in, and then you just party. Sources are: I'm old (40) and some of my older friends (45-50) have kids at UF, and they are coasting. But they had to do tons of stuff in high school (sports, volunteer, leadership) and have great grades and test scores and often even IB just to get in.
Back in the late 90s I remember getting a UF acceptance letter and I don’t remember ever officially applying. Of course WFU was my first choice. Many friends went to Florida and coasting was very possibke. I know people who never went to classes but just watched the recorded video feeds from the comfort of their dorms. Of course, these same friends have more more lucrative careers than me so to each their own.
So, not only did they do less work in college, they also have better careers than you? That seems like a no-brainer. AND there are TONS of hotties of UF. Like tons. So many.
The only people who actually want to live in Florida are people who like to play golf 50 weeks out of the year.
Who the fuck wants to play golf in Florida in July ?
Who the fuck wants to play golf in Florida in July ?
I see the Princeton Review rankings are out for 2020, and Wake has moved up to the #8 party school (#6 in "lots of beer" and #3 in "lots of hard liquor"). Interesting.
Considering the well-known fact that Hatch fucked Shaka, sounds like he did indeed contribute to this meteoric rise in the rankingsDoes Hatch get the credit for this?