Just noticed the top flagships (besides in Ca) are all in red/purple states rather than blue ones

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Anonymous wrote:I think this is because private universities were established in New England before public universities really got going, so those in blue states had to compete with prestigious incumbents whereas those elsewhere did not.

Or maybe those states don't care about higher education as much as Florida or Georgia or Texas. Have any NE states even attempted to set up R1 universities?

What? The University of Connecticut is one of the most well-regarded R1 universities in the region, maybe even the country.

UMass Amherst isn’t far behind.

One of the most in well regarded in the region? Brown, BC, Brown, BU, Brandeis, Dartmouth, Harvard, MIT, Northeastern, Tufts, and Yale are all R1 universities in the region. Together with UNH and UMass it is one of the least well-regarded R1 universities in the region.

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Anonymous wrote:If Michigan is solidly blue that’s news to the people that inhabit like 90% of the municipalities.

You could say the same thing about NY. Unfortunately for you, empty land doesn't vote

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Anonymous wrote:Most are purple leaning/trending blue, except for FL and TX, which are both huge (and neither of which has a flagship in the top 25).

Only CA, MI, and VA have flagships regularly in the top 25. MI is currently solidly blue (gov, senators, and both houses of state legislature are Dem); VA will trend back toward solidly blue because of abortion. And CA is of course the bluest blue.

Florida is ranked pretty close to UVA at #29.

Most recent rankings has Florida ahead of UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:Most are purple leaning/trending blue, except for FL and TX, which are both huge (and neither of which has a flagship in the top 25).

Only CA, MI, and VA have flagships regularly in the top 25. MI is currently solidly blue (gov, senators, and both houses of state legislature are Dem); VA will trend back toward solidly blue because of abortion. And CA is of course the bluest blue.

Florida is ranked pretty close to UVA at #29.

Most recent rankings has Florida ahead of UVA.

which ranking? I'm waiting for the UVA booster to now claim rankings are all crap.

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Anonymous wrote:Most are purple leaning/trending blue, except for FL and TX, which are both huge (and neither of which has a flagship in the top 25).

Only CA, MI, and VA have flagships regularly in the top 25. MI is currently solidly blue (gov, senators, and both houses of state legislature are Dem); VA will trend back toward solidly blue because of abortion. And CA is of course the bluest blue.

Florida is ranked pretty close to UVA at #29.

Most recent rankings has Florida ahead of UVA.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/top-public

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Anonymous wrote:Very interesting

See: WI, NC, GA, FL, TX, VA, MI

But in blue counties

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Anonymous wrote:Most are purple leaning/trending blue, except for FL and TX, which are both huge (and neither of which has a flagship in the top 25).

Only CA, MI, and VA have flagships regularly in the top 25. MI is currently solidly blue (gov, senators, and both houses of state legislature are Dem); VA will trend back toward solidly blue because of abortion. And CA is of course the bluest blue.

Florida is ranked pretty close to UVA at #29.

Most recent rankings has Florida ahead of UVA.

which ranking? I'm waiting for the UVA booster to now claim rankings are all crap.

LOL. he showed up right below your post. Never fails. such an insecure group of ppl

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Anonymous wrote:Most are purple leaning/trending blue, except for FL and TX, which are both huge (and neither of which has a flagship in the top 25).

Only CA, MI, and VA have flagships regularly in the top 25. MI is currently solidly blue (gov, senators, and both houses of state legislature are Dem); VA will trend back toward solidly blue because of abortion. And CA is of course the bluest blue.

Florida is ranked pretty close to UVA at #29.

Most recent rankings has Florida ahead of UVA.

which ranking? I'm waiting for the UVA booster to now claim rankings are all crap.

WSJ has UF above UVA. It might be a function of value though. I think UVA is more selective, but UF is wayyyy cheaper for ultimately similar outcomes.

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Anonymous wrote:Very interesting

See: WI, NC, GA, FL, TX, VA, MI

Michigan is not red/purple.

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Anonymous wrote:UW in Seattle suburbs is a very good state flagship, but not appreciated on the East Coast.

Really, the only flagships worth a damn are UCLA, Berkeley, UM, UVA, and maybe UT Austin.

U Dub is in Seattle.

Are you posting from Bethesda?

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Anonymous wrote:"Besides California" is a pretty big caveat there.[/quote]


Not really since few DMV students are going to get into UCLA or Berkeley due to the fact that the regents are reacting to citizen complaints and thereby are reducing the amount of OOS (which includes international - a huge component from China, Japan and INdia for those schools) to only 10%. Only an extraordinary kid from this area is going to get in

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Anonymous wrote:If Michigan is solidly blue that’s news to the people that inhabit like 90% of the municipalities.

You missed the 2022 elections there.