Poll: Please rank these Mid Atlantic Universities

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UMD
GWU
Penn State
American
Delaware
Mason

All decent schools.

Seriously, UMD at the top? I would put it at least under Penn State and GWU.

And what kind of DC native is going to rank American over GW???

[Anonymous]

The OP asked posters to rank, and it seems like one or two people in the peanut gallery find it necessary to thumb up or down choices. OP asked (unless it's OP doing the critiquing of choices) our choices. OUR choices. Get it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD
GWU
Penn State
American
Delaware
Mason

All decent schools.

Seriously, UMD at the top? I would put it at least under Penn State and GWU.

And what kind of DC native is going to rank American over GW???

I've been surprised at how MANY posters are ranking GW so low, even taking into account the recent ranking "scandal." And ranking American so high!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Depends on major, but for STEM, UMD is easily the best school on that list.

psu is a stronger engineering school.

I can't comment on pure sciences or mathematics however.

I disagree, but PSU is a very good engineering school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD
GWU
Penn State
American
Delaware
Mason

All decent schools.

Seriously, UMD at the top? I would put it at least under Penn State and GWU.

And what kind of DC native is going to rank American over GW???

I've been surprised at how MANY posters are ranking GW so low, even taking into account the recent ranking "scandal." And ranking American so high!

I think GW should be toward the top (if not at the top). Definitely above AU.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD
GWU
Penn State
American
Delaware
Mason

All decent schools.

Seriously, UMD at the top? I would put it at least under Penn State and GWU.

And what kind of DC native is going to rank American over GW???

UMD has improved a lot lately and that is reflected in admissions difficulty. Only AU and GWU on this list are more selective.

[Anonymous]

PENN State
University of Maryland
George Washington University
American University
University of Delaware


George Mason University

[Anonymous]

University of Maryland
PENN State
George Washington University
George Mason University
American University
University of Delaware

[Anonymous]

What's with the weird capitalization of PENN State? It doesn't seem like it could be done accidentally so what's the point?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University of Maryland
PENN State
George Washington University
American University
George Mason University
University of Delaware

Sorry George Mason doesn't fit in with the rest of these schools, more with like VCU or ODU type selection.

Ranks:


1. Penn State or GW (depending on major)
2. American/Delaware

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GWU
U of DE
GMU
Penn State
AU
UMD

Uh Oh....GMU booster is back with a vengeance.

The real ranking (Average SATs of Incoming):

1. U.-Md. or GW or PSU
2. AU
3. Delaware

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD
GWU
Penn State
American
Delaware
Mason

All decent schools.

Seriously, UMD at the top? I would put it at least under Penn State and GWU.

And what kind of DC native is going to rank American over GW???

UMD has improved a lot lately and that is reflected in admissions difficulty. Only AU and GWU on this list are more selective.

Maryland is considerably more selective than AU...

[Anonymous]

GW
UMD
American
Mason
Delaware
PENN State

[Anonymous]

UMD's honors program is higly selective and ranks as one of the best in the country. I would have no problem with DC going into that program; otherwise, I'd have to go with GW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD
GWU
Penn State
American
Delaware
Mason

All decent schools.

Seriously, UMD at the top? I would put it at least under Penn State and GWU.

And what kind of DC native is going to rank American over GW???

UMD has improved a lot lately and that is reflected in admissions difficulty. Only AU and GWU on this list are more selective.

Maryland is considerably more selective than AU...

Not really. The SAT scores of accepted students are nearly identical at both schools and AU accepted 44% of applicants last year as compared to Maryland's 47%. Thus American is slightly more selective.