Easiest Brand Name College/University to Get Into?

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PP very few students at Harvard have a 600 score on any standardize test so your analysis is deceptive. I think those ranges are quoted to increase the number of applications from 1st generation applicants and foreign students. It also helps defend admission practices in affirmative action lawsuits to have a range so large that scores become meaningless.

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Georgetown
George Washington

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Anonymous wrote:What about SMU?

Apparently not brand name enough. What is it?

Guess you don't get out much.

Nice shout out for your school!

Never heard of it.

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Follow the Asian internationals -> Big Ten schools. Engineering or business concentrations only.

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Anonymous wrote:Not sure how easy these are to get into anymore, but these are what I think of as some of the 2nd tier "brand name" schools:

UNC-Charlotte
George Mason (increasingly brand name)
UMass-Amherst
Rutgers
Temple

If you want something smaller, check out the COPLAC schools (Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges). Some are more selective; some less so.

Those are third tier toilets.

My goodness! A plumbling enthusiast! Since you are flush with information, could you share a bit about first and second tier toilets?

Here's what I've found so far thanks to College Data, a veritable bowl of statistics:

Last year Harvard's freshman class enrolled 1667 students. 99% had math SAT scores over 600 and 97% had reading scores over 600. So as a freshpoo at Harvard, you'd be swimming in a toilet with roughly 1650 students with SATs over 600. Does that make it a tier one toilet?

Rutgers entering class was 7,706. 69% had math SATs over 600. 45% had scores over 600 in reading. At Rutgers you'd be with 5,317 students with scores over 600 in math. 3467 students with scores over 600 in reading. So, OK, you're not swimming with the biggest fish, but hell, remember Swimmy?

UMass Amherst, let's see. A bit difficult to judge because the environmental standards brought about all those low-flow tanks, but I'll jiggle the handle.
Freshman class:
5,162 students,
825 with Math SATs over 700 &
2,684 students with 600-700
total of over 3000 students in the freshman class with SATs above 600 in math.
2632 first year students with over 600 SATs in critical reading.

Perhaps first tier toilets have a greater density of certain kinds of poo and I concede that if this is your meaning.

As for the porcelaine thrones themselves, please lift the lid and share all.

OMG, I love you! Excellent job disposing of the PP's excrement.

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Anonymous wrote:Arizona State is probably the best example of a school that's not difficult to get into (for undergrad, at least) but has a lot of recognition, and looks respectable enough to most people.

ASU is a universal joke; a step above Phoenix online. If they offer computer science, I suppose that would make your kid employable; aside from that, no.

How does University of Alabama compare to ASU?

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Anonymous wrote:Arizona State is probably the best example of a school that's not difficult to get into (for undergrad, at least) but has a lot of recognition, and looks respectable enough to most people.

ASU is a universal joke; a step above Phoenix online. If they offer computer science, I suppose that would make your kid employable; aside from that, no.

How does University of Alabama compare to ASU?

For undergrad, I'd go with Alabama. ASU undergrad is nothing special, but they have some respected graduate programs.

For what it's worth, here's the US News profiles:
Arizona State: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/asu-1081
University of Alabama: http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/university-of-alabama-1051

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Anonymous wrote:Arizona State is probably the best example of a school that's not difficult to get into (for undergrad, at least) but has a lot of recognition, and looks respectable enough to most people.

ASU is a universal joke; a step above Phoenix online. If they offer computer science, I suppose that would make your kid employable; aside from that, no.

How does University of Alabama compare to ASU?

Phoenix online is disaster.
I had coworker doing it. (Sorry, but guy could not even solve quadratic equation. Whole department was doing his HW and quizzes.) Total waste of time. Only Federal Government can see value in this place...

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Anonymous wrote:Arizona State is probably the best example of a school that's not difficult to get into (for undergrad, at least) but has a lot of recognition, and looks respectable enough to most people.

ASU is a universal joke; a step above Phoenix online. If they offer computer science, I suppose that would make your kid employable; aside from that, no.

How does University of Alabama compare to ASU?

Phoenix online is disaster.
I had coworker doing it. (Sorry, but guy could not even solve quadratic equation. Whole department was doing his HW and quizzes.) Total waste of time. Only Federal Government can see value in this place...

You're preaching to the choir. The thread is about legit state schools, not for-profit schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Miami of Ohio is a terrific school for a strong-but-not-outstanding student. They give very generous guaranteed merit aid to kids who fit this profile (my DS was offered $12K a year for a 3.8 weighted + 31 ACT), they focus on undergraduate teaching (few gradutate programs), they have D-I sports, a gorgeous campus, interesting course offerings, and a passionate alumni base. They notify on a rolling basis (a note to let you know you got in before the official notification date is a nice touch). They have excellent grad school acceptance rates, ratings from the ratings publications, and recruiting success in the job market. Everyone I know who went there absolutely loved it and remains loyal to it many years later.

I'm from Ohio and while all this may be true, it's still a second or third rate school. Meaning if you are at or near the top of your class, this is your "I'm definite in" school. It's also one of those schools where everyone went to high shook together so there are already cliques.

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Tulane. But I'm not even sure it has a brand anymore.

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Wash U? Northwestern?

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Anonymous wrote:Barnard College

It's Columbia for women who...couldn't get into Columbia.

Or who want Columbia without the Core.

And couldn't get into Columbia.

You know, after HS, the issue ceases to be where you got admitted and becomes what and how well you did in College. At which point if you're getting good grades in courses at Columbia, employers and grad schools really don't care whether your diploma will say Columbia College or Barnard College.

Wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:Wash U? Northwestern?

Wash who?

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Anonymous wrote:Wash U? Northwestern?

Not so sure about NU and WUSTL being the easiest to get into. They're very reputable in their own right and competitive.