compare rankings of unis vs LACs
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Anonymous
LOL, you really have time to go to this site from your phone? I mean that is borderline addiction.... |
Anonymous
I guess so if you consider everyone has a phone addiction these days. You must be really old and use desktop. |
Anonymous
Yes, really old, this whole interwebs thing is a whole new world for me. I still press to text on my phone, I guess I'm just a weird freak. |
Anonymous
10 is a lot. |
Anonymous
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FWIW, Parchment, which collects data on student admissions and which school they end up attending, shows Emory and Tufts as being pretty much a toss-up:
https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Tufts+University&with=Emory+University But that isn't the case for WashU and Tufts https://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Washington+University+in+St.+Louis&with=Tufts+University Clear preference for WashU. |
Anonymous
You know that site is very inaccurate. And besides Tufts students never do as well as Emory students on avg. |
Anonymous
Especially when it comes to Engineering 
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Anonymous
Please do share your sources for this information. Always looking for more and better information. |
Anonymous
How would you know the bolded, aren't all top schools wealthy? |
Anonymous
| One could compare LACs and universities in a number of ways. Which comparison you prefer depends on what you want to know. For example, you could compare based on admission rates. In that case the best LACs are similar to universities rated around 15-20. You could compare academic qualifications of the admitted class through test scores. There, the very top LACs are similar to the top 10 universities. You could compare academic intensity by looking at class size, whether or not a thesis is required for graduation, and the percentage of students who attend PhD programs. There, I think top LACs would be very competitive with the top universities. In fact, this is where they excel. You could compare professional outcomes by looking at admissions to the best medical, law, and business programs. Again, I think the top LACs would do well, but not as well as HYS because these schools have their own professional schools and they like to admit their own. In sum, a comparison between LACs and universities are not one dimensional. You should consider what matters most to your student and compare accordingly. |
Anonymous
I don't think you do. Colleges are colleges. Universities are universities. And public universities are yet another entity with a different mission and admission concerns, which is why USN&WR has a list of the best public universities. As you probably know, after you figure out how much your family can allocate to Larlo's four, five or six years of Undergrad, the next thing you should do is visit one college and one university. Larlo will know. We took our children to my SLAC and toured and I asked my very young son then if he was a "college man" or "university man" and I explained the difference. No question! University man. |
Anonymous
| WSJ lumps all types of schools together for their rankings |
Anonymous
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The idea that either Emory or Tufts is better than Amherst is laughable. Compare their admissions to top grad schools. Of course, Emory may have more traction in the South, just as UVA does. I think some Southerners consider them like the Harvard of the South...
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Anonymous
I'd agree with this assessment -- the very top LACs are probably right around the T20 mark if we're trying to equate schools. But it's very hard because all of these institutions have very different missions, ethos, etc. |
Anonymous
| I think you’d find the students at a top 10 LAC comparable to students at a top 20 uni in terms of stats but far more interesting in terms of personality, world view and career goals. |