Poll: Please rank these Mid Atlantic Universities

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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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.

Depends where you're coming from. In state, UMD probably significantly less selective than AU. Out of state it's probably much harder to get in than AU.

[Anonymous]

UMD
GWU
Penn State
American
Delaware
Mason

[Anonymous]

Penn State/UMD
UDel/GWU/American
GMU

[Anonymous]

GW
UMD
American
PENN State
Delaware
Mason

[Anonymous]

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

Come on. Is it the same poster? The PENN is sort of driving me a little nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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

Come on. Is it the same poster? The PENN is sort of driving me a little nuts.

I don't get it either. It's almost like a reaction to capitalizations like UVA or VA Tech or UMD. But PENN makes no sense--it's not an acronym or a postal designation. But apparently this affectation is promoted by the university: Check out the Penn State logo on the website:

http://www.psu.edu/

STUPID.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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

Come on. Is it the same poster? The PENN is sort of driving me a little nuts.

I don't get it either. It's almost like a reaction to capitalizations like UVA or VA Tech or UMD. But PENN makes no sense--it's not an acronym or a postal designation. But apparently this affectation is promoted by the university: Check out the Penn State logo on the website:

http://www.psu.edu/

STUPID.

Although it's only the logo--all the written text on the website refers to "Penn State." So please, can we stop with the PENN?

[Anonymous]

GWU
UMD/Penn State/American
Delaware/GMU

[Anonymous]

GWU
Penn State
UMD
Delaware/American
GMU

[Anonymous]

PENN State
Mason
UMD
GW
American
Delaware

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PENN State
Mason
UMD
GW
American
Delaware

Are you the OP and then poster 4 more times on this thread?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PENN State
Mason
UMD
GW
American
Delaware

Are you the OP and then poster 4 more times on this thread?

[Anonymous]

Annoying. Isn't it?

[Anonymous]

GW
UMD
Penn State
American
Delaware
GMU

[Anonymous]

These schools are so diverse in terms of quality, size and rural vs urban. I would discuss with DS as PP suggests..what do you want out of college? What might you want to major in? If my kid has no clue...I will send him to NoVa for a year or so to clarify his thinking.