2021 USNews rankings

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cornell dropped to #18, lol. It's basically not an Ivy league any more

We've never considered Cornell to be a legitimate Ivy League school. Yes, they're in our athletic conference. But not even close to being a peer school.

"We've never considered"? "Our" athletic conference? Who are you.....Princeton?

[Anonymous]

LOL. +1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UMD now ranked ahead of Penn State.

But behind Pitt.

And people here are also asking, "what is the appeal of pitt?"

It is a strong school!

[Anonymous]

Caltech is tied for #9 nationally. Not bad for a "provincial" school.

Background: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/150/907991.page#18050256

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems a bit off to call the Naval Academy a liberal arts college.

I was curious about that as well. What is the culture at the naval academy? Are there a mix of liberal and conservative students there?

That's not what the "liberal" in "liberal arts college" refers to.

[Anonymous]

Duke out of the top 10.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD now ranked ahead of Penn State.

But behind Pitt.

And people here are also asking, "what is the appeal of pitt?"

It is a strong school!

Not exactly.
UMD - 58 (up from 64)
Pitt - 58 (down from 57)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UMD now ranked ahead of Penn State.

But behind Pitt.

And people here are also asking, "what is the appeal of pitt?"

It is a strong school!

Not exactly.
UMD - 58 (up from 64)
Pitt - 58 (down from 57)

Out of 4K colleges/universities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems a bit off to call the Naval Academy a liberal arts college.

I was curious about that as well. What is the culture at the naval academy? Are there a mix of liberal and conservative students there?

Liberal Arts refers to the graduation requirements. Students at LCs are required to take a wide variety of courses from different disciplines in order to graduate, in addition to their major. This is true of USNA, so yes, it is a liberal arts school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems a bit off to call the Naval Academy a liberal arts college.

I was curious about that as well. What is the culture at the naval academy? Are there a mix of liberal and conservative students there?

That's not what the "liberal" in "liberal arts college" refers to.

ha ha I find it vaguely adorable somebody thought that's what the term meant

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University of Rochester is really up there. I'm not familiar with the school-- I'm a recent transplant from the West Coast.
What kind of kid goes there? What is the appeal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:University of Rochester is really up there. I'm not familiar with the school-- I'm a recent transplant from the West Coast.
What kind of kid goes there? What is the appeal?

It’s definitely an up-and-coming school. Great school for smart hard-working kids who want a solid and respected education but aren’t totally after the prestige.

[Anonymous]

American and GW are pretty closely ranked. From the way that people seem to prefer GW on DCUM, I thought it would be much higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:USNWR is a cancer on the whole system. The rankings change for stupid reasons every year just so they can sell crap.

The dirty secret is that it generally doesn't really matter where you go to school for undergrad. Successful people will be successful no matter where they go. Without the added dumb pressure of USNWR rankings, college tuition would be lower.

Totally agree, and yet we all still are on this board obsessing over arbitrary garbage. The "cancer" we can't stop gawking at. It's like watching a train wreck. Just TRY to look away!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:University of Rochester is really up there. I'm not familiar with the school-- I'm a recent transplant from the West Coast.
What kind of kid goes there? What is the appeal?

It’s definitely an up-and-coming school. Great school for smart hard-working kids who want a solid and respected education but aren’t totally after the prestige.

And can cope with snowy winters!!!