Top Ranked Schools in the South
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Anonymous
UF is far larger than either UNC or UVA. It has more spots to fill. |
Anonymous
| UF has not surpassed UVA in anything. Except maybe Covid cases. |
Anonymous
| Everyone has also forgotten William and Mary, which is as good as Duke and Rice. |
Anonymous
Uh, no. Sorry, booster. |
Anonymous
Hey look, stupid is here. Say something dumb again. We love it. |
Anonymous
Whoever came up with the above list of schools must be over age 40, hasn’t visited the actual schools recently and hasn’t looked at US News and World Report. I agree with the people posting here about UF - it really is a top school and has improved tremendously. |
Anonymous
Well, let's see how UF, which is claimed on this thread to be vastly improved and surpassing every public school but one, stacks up against Washington & Lee, which according to this thread no one compares about. 40 Year NPV https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/collegeroi/ W&L: $1,578,000 UF: $1,202,000 Value Add Rank W&L: 4https://cew.georgetown.edu/cew-reports/college-rankings/#interactive UF: 856 ACT Composite 75/25 (From CDS) W&L: 34/32 UF: 33/28 6 Year Graduation Rate (From CDS) W&L: 94% UF: 88% |
Anonymous
That's a pretty high bar, but certainly up there with others that have been listed. |
Anonymous
Issues with that tool: - The tool makes income just about the only indicator of quality. - Because the value of a dollar is much higher in the Midwest and the South then elsewhere in the country, it tends to exaggerate the impact of schools in the Northeast. |
Anonymous
It was years ago. It has dropped a little over the years while UF and FSU have improved. The change is mostly due to Florida’s population growth forcing state schools to be more selective. Miami has more out-of-state students, so they haven’t benefited as much from the growth. For in-state students, the difference in the price-to-value ratio is substantial between Miami and the top state schools. |
Anonymous
This. But don’t expect DCUM posters to grasp that people often live near where they went to school. For them, going to a school near where you end up living is gauche and for the poors. |
Anonymous
| You cannot compare UF test scores to W&L when UF has over 50% in state and is public. Florida is way more competitive for the average OOS than W&L. Also, no one (and I mean no one but alums) would put Tulane over Wake Forest or Davidson. And equal to Rice?? yea, smoking something. UVa is the most prestigious public in the south. |
Anonymous
I’m from the Midwest, and I obsessed/continue to obsess about this because I hated K-12 so much. These schools are probably all roughly similar in terms of overall educational quality and quality of serious students. But W&L and Wake Forest would probably appeal more to people with strong roots in the South; Tulane might appeal more to kids from up North who just want a good school in a fun place. My guess would be that UF is probably stronger than UVA for the hard sciences, but that UVA might be stronger for students in the humanities and social sciences. Emory seems as if it would be great at everything but not spectacular at anything other than premed subjects. |
Anonymous
I only compared W&L to UF because someone was relentlessly touting UF and someone said no one cares about W&L. I've lived in NC and TX and I don't think UVA would be generally held above UNC or UT by people there. |
Anonymous
Football ranking. |