tell me about University of Tennessee

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UVA, UMich, UCs,.. (Tier 1) > UF, Tenn, UMD, etc > Penn St, Delaware, JMU, etc

UF is far above Tenn and UMD. Not Michigan or UCLA level but definitely a closer tier to UVA than UMD. The second tier is:

Washington, Florida, UT-A, Georgia Tech, Ohio State, Georgia, UNC, W&M (in no particular order)
Next: Tenn, Maryland, UMass, Rutgers, etc.
Next: Delaware, JMU, etc.

I’ll buy this list - just move Ohio State down a tier and Rutgers up one - Rutgers has branding/image problem but an excellent education

Where are you people getting this list? Are you just making it up?
NP

[Anonymous]

Earlier tonight, I met siblings who go there. They both love it and had great things to say about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA, UMich, UCs,.. (Tier 1) > UF, Tenn, UMD, etc > Penn St, Delaware, JMU, etc

I wouldn't put it above Penn State except in terms of weather.

[Anonymous]

So they require everyone submit their low test scores. And that makes you feel better?

It’s 80% white which is probably a feature and not a big for you.

[Anonymous]

I feel better because some so many schools are so artificially high in scores that it is not realistic. No one is sending scores. Then your kid doesn’t get in because they really do want to see a score. It is not fair. People are feeling bad about a 1400 and that is something like a 95 percent. Schools that force you to send really do look at whole application and that is good.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We loved our visit to UTK. In his top 5.

Admissions rate is now in low 40s.

Proof?

https://www.utdailybeacon.com/campus_news/administration/acceptance-rate-plummets-by-nearly-30-in-most-competitive-year-in-ut-history/article_8221a90c-b543-11ed-a243-1b12478d8de7.html

Correction. Low 30s.

And I agree with others that requiring test scores means the averages they cite are real. Not result of only high test scores and low percentage of kids submitting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So they require everyone submit their low test scores. And that makes you feel better?

It’s 80% white which is probably a feature and not a big for you.

No most likely not a low score but you are made to think a score is low because schools are posting high scores
from the few to post. FYI why do you assume URM have low scores? You do realize there are more people on welfare that are white?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel better because some so many schools are so artificially high in scores that it is not realistic. No one is sending scores. Then your kid doesn’t get in because they really do want to see a score. It is not fair. People are feeling bad about a 1400 and that is something like a 95 percent. Schools that force you to send really do look at whole application and that is good.

Exactly. The schools trumpeting their test optional policies aren't doing it to be woke or to give kids a chance who can't afford $50k prep courses or whatever other bull crap they claim. They're doing it so they can report a 33-35 ACT midrange on their common data set and look elite even though fewer than 20% of their applicants actually submitted their scores and the majority of those who matriculate score much lower.

DCUM woke snobs might thumb their nose at UTK's 25-31 midrange, but at least it's honest. The "elite" schools they cream over would probably look similar if they stopped playing stupid ranking games and made everyone submit.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I feel better because some so many schools are so artificially high in scores that it is not realistic. No one is sending scores. Then your kid doesn’t get in because they really do want to see a score. It is not fair. People are feeling bad about a 1400 and that is something like a 95 percent. Schools that force you to send really do look at whole application and that is good.

Exactly. The schools trumpeting their test optional policies aren't doing it to be woke or to give kids a chance who can't afford $50k prep courses or whatever other bull crap they claim. They're doing it so they can report a 33-35 ACT midrange on their common data set and look elite even though fewer than 20% of their applicants actually submitted their scores and the majority of those who matriculate score much lower.

DCUM woke snobs might thumb their nose at UTK's 25-31 midrange, but at least it's honest. The "elite" schools they cream over would probably look similar if they stopped playing stupid ranking games and made everyone submit.

No highly selective school has fewer than 20% of applicants submitting test scores (except for test blind schools like CalTech or the UCs). If you look at Duke, Ivy schools, etc., it is usually like 70% are submitting scores.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UVA, UMich, UCs,.. (Tier 1) > UF, Tenn, UMD, etc > Penn St, Delaware, JMU, etc

I wouldn't put it above Penn State except in terms of weather.

Do you have evidence or is this your opinion?

Dude, this is not an article for the Economist, it's DCUM. What "evidence" do you have to refute PP's assertion? News flash, no matter what you respond with, it still is just certain pieces to support your view on UTK, but nothing is "evidence".

Have you taken an elementary research course?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA, UMich, UCs,.. (Tier 1) > UF, Tenn, UMD, etc > Penn St, Delaware, JMU, etc

I wouldn't put it above Penn State except in terms of weather.

Do you have evidence or is this your opinion?

Dude, this is not an article for the Economist, it's DCUM. What "evidence" do you have to refute PP's assertion? News flash, no matter what you respond with, it still is just certain pieces to support your view on UTK, but nothing is "evidence".

Have you taken an elementary research course?

Stop posting your stupid questions and provide your "evidence".

What claim have I made that needs supporting evidence?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So they require everyone submit their low test scores. And that makes you feel better?

It’s 80% white which is probably a feature and not a big for you.

NP here

Seems better than the other schools pretending not to know their applicants had low test scores.

And why is "80% white" (I don't know if it is, just taking your word for it for now) a problem? If a student wanted to go to a school that was 80% (or higher) black, would you see that as a negative?

[Anonymous]

Tennessee is definitely an “in” state - wonderful to many in just about every aspect - people are flocking to the state

Pa a meh rust belt state

these things absolutely matter

[Anonymous]

Vandy > fla > tenn = ga > a&m > auburn > missou > USC > kentucky > ole miss = bama > ark > lsu > miss st

tenn and ga are peers

[Anonymous]

We live in the Philly suburbs, and Tennessee is pretty hot. It's a good option for solid, nice kids who want to get out of the rat race and have a fun college experience in a friendly culture. The kids I know who go there were like 3.3-3.6 sort of students.