40 Colleges & Universities Receive 5 Star Academic Rating

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA is weak in STEM. So much for academic ratings. Another BS ranking.

And, out comes the UVA troll…

Uva is really good at the easy subjects. Sucks at the rigorous stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UC Berkeley

Is that a basketball stadium? Who are playing?

CS61A

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA is weak in STEM. So much for academic ratings. Another BS ranking.

And, out comes the UVA troll…

Uva is really good at the easy subjects. Sucks at the rigorous stuff.

Berkeley, UCLA, and Michigan are better in the easy stuff as well.

[Anonymous]

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The academic ratings are composed of ten factors: SAT /ACT of incoming students (a weakness at Berkeley), percentage of incoming students in top 10% of their high school class, student-to-faculty ratio (another weak area for Berkeley), class size (another weak area for Berkeley), full time faculty %, Faculty with terminal degrees, mean faculty salary, freshman retention rate, six year graduation rate, and "graduation performance"--includes several factors including Pell Grant recipient graduation rates.

The academic rating is heavily based on what students bring INTO college with them: their high SAT scores, their high high school GPA; their financial and emotional family support and mental health (to be able to stay in school and graduate within 6 years)

It is less based on what is actually expected of the students while they are at college. I think it is a measure of something, but not really a measure of how academic a school is!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UVA is weak in STEM. So much for academic ratings. Another BS ranking.

Rankings are BS. No doubt about that. But why do DCUM people say UVA is weak in STEM? I’m not saying it is strong, I just don’t know. The same way I dint know about 99% of colleges.

Because they are ignorant. Or their kid didn't get in and it's sour grapes. Or they are old and haven't kept up. Or they are UVA's rivals, Virginia Tech students and love posting stuff like this.

[Anonymous]

This is bs. No Georgia Tech, Berkeley, or Michigan? They have elite engineering schools. And some of those LACs and privates have rampant grade inflation. It's more a prestige ranking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA is weak in STEM. So much for academic ratings. Another BS ranking.

Rankings are BS. No doubt about that. But why do DCUM people say UVA is weak in STEM? I’m not saying it is strong, I just don’t know. The same way I dint know about 99% of colleges.

Because they are ignorant. Or their kid didn't get in and it's sour grapes. Or they are old and haven't kept up. Or they are UVA's rivals, Virginia Tech students and love posting stuff like this.

Perhaps a school with a top 25 ranking should have at least a few STEM offerings rated in the top 25.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is bs. No Georgia Tech, Berkeley, or Michigan? They have elite engineering schools. And some of those LACs and privates have rampant grade inflation. It's more a prestige ranking.

+1

[Anonymous]

“…but not really a measure of how academic a school is!”

Exactly! That’s why this rating is garbage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA is weak in STEM. So much for academic ratings. Another BS ranking.

And, out comes the UVA troll…

Uva is really good at the easy subjects. Sucks at the rigorous stuff.

Odd. Berkeley has only 18 Rhodes Scholars. UVA has 56.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA is weak in STEM. So much for academic ratings. Another BS ranking.

And, out comes the UVA troll…

Uva is really good at the easy subjects. Sucks at the rigorous stuff.

Odd. Berkeley has only 18 Rhodes Scholars. UVA has 56.

How many from Cal applied vs UVA? If not a lot apply then it stands to reason why there are only 18.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA is weak in STEM. So much for academic ratings. Another BS ranking.

And, out comes the UVA troll…

Uva is really good at the easy subjects. Sucks at the rigorous stuff.

Odd. Berkeley has only 18 Rhodes Scholars. UVA has 56.

Odd. Berkeley has only 18 Rhodes Scholars. UVA has 56.

Odd. Berkeley has 107 Nobel Laureates. UVA has 9.

You tell me which is more impressive? After all we are discussing academic ratings here.

[Anonymous]

I can’t believe anyone is trying to compare UCB to UVA in academics. UCB is easily a top ten university worldwide. UVA isn’t even top 100.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can’t believe anyone is trying to compare UCB to UVA in academics. UCB is easily a top ten university worldwide. UVA isn’t even top 100.

Berkeley top 10 worldwide for grad study overall? Sure. Maybe even top 5. But for undergrad? Not sure Berkeley is even top 5 in California. Would depend on the student.

I have huge respect for Berkeley and its students. Especially any STEM major who got out in 4 years without changing to something else. The biggest problem is all the extra obstacles involved in doing that.

(Not defending the ranking putting any other public uni higher for undergrad, which makes no sense to me. Just responding to the top 10 worldwide comment.)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA is weak in STEM. So much for academic ratings. Another BS ranking.

And, out comes the UVA troll…

Uva is really good at the easy subjects. Sucks at the rigorous stuff.

Odd. Berkeley has only 18 Rhodes Scholars. UVA has 56.

Odd. Berkeley has only 18 Rhodes Scholars. UVA has 56.

Odd. Berkeley has 107 Nobel Laureates. UVA has 9.

You tell me which is more impressive? After all we are discussing academic ratings here.




You can say the same thing for Brown vs Berkeley (or even Brown vs Michigan). But many would choose Brown over Berkeley for their undergrad studies. You know why?