DCUM's least favorite schools

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Anonymous wrote:There are people who get ticked off at the very mention of CTCL. Posting about a member school without using that term is safer.

I dont think ticked off. They are laughing.

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Anonymous wrote:Based on the Richmond thread, Richmond. But also UVA and William and Mary.

Why W&M? Amazing school

Because some UVA parents put it down because they need UVA to be “the best” VA State school. And W&M has identical— like down to the .02 in GPA— states for admitted students. Which might make UVA and WM peer schools. Which can’t happen, because UVA has to be THE BEST SCHOOL.

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Anonymous wrote:Northeastern
Tufts
Chicago
And Lately Mich, UCs, Georgetown

These because 10 years ago they were safeties that parents would have been thrilled to send their high stats kids to but now they are reaches for everyone so are awful/not-worth-the-mone/yield-protecting scam schools

Most of the schools were easy admits back in the days. Many Ivies had 50 60 70% acceptance rates. Ivies invented all sorts of gaming including ED.

Which Ivies had 50 60 70 % acceptance rates and when? Provide sources.

As a tangential statistic, decades ago the Ivies were scattered across three tiers when viewed by standardized scoring profiles: https://books.google.com/books?id=ykQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=life+magazine+1960+college+admission+tufts+bowdoin&source=bl&ots=5BKi5WV8SQ&sig=GFl_LycVnJV8AGIXLX2P9kW97I0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sO1TT4uPK-jm0QG8ifC3DQ#v=onepage&q&f=false.

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Anonymous wrote:Northeastern
Tufts
Chicago
And Lately Mich, UCs, Georgetown

These because 10 years ago they were safeties that parents would have been thrilled to send their high stats kids to but now they are reaches for everyone so are awful/not-worth-the-mone/yield-protecting scam schools

Most of the schools were easy admits back in the days. Many Ivies had 50 60 70% acceptance rates. Ivies invented all sorts of gaming including ED.

Which Ivies had 50 60 70 % acceptance rates and when? Provide sources.

As a tangential statistic, decades ago the Ivies were scattered across three tiers when viewed by standardized scoring profiles: https://books.google.com/books?id=ykQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=life+magazine+1960+college+admission+tufts+bowdoin&source=bl&ots=5BKi5WV8SQ&sig=GFl_LycVnJV8AGIXLX2P9kW97I0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sO1TT4uPK-jm0QG8ifC3DQ#v=onepage&q&f=false.

Wow! Great to see those old stats, thanks for posting!

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Anonymous wrote:Northeastern
Tufts
Chicago
And Lately Mich, UCs, Georgetown

These because 10 years ago they were safeties that parents would have been thrilled to send their high stats kids to but now they are reaches for everyone so are awful/not-worth-the-mone/yield-protecting scam schools

Most of the schools were easy admits back in the days. Many Ivies had 50 60 70% acceptance rates. Ivies invented all sorts of gaming including ED.

Which Ivies had 50 60 70 % acceptance rates and when? Provide sources.

As a tangential statistic, decades ago the Ivies were scattered across three tiers when viewed by standardized scoring profiles: https://books.google.com/books?id=ykQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA100&lpg=PA100&dq=life+magazine+1960+college+admission+tufts+bowdoin&source=bl&ots=5BKi5WV8SQ&sig=GFl_LycVnJV8AGIXLX2P9kW97I0&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sO1TT4uPK-jm0QG8ifC3DQ#v=onepage&q&f=false.

Wow! Great to see those old stats, thanks for posting!

I'm glad you find the information to be of interest.

[Anonymous]

Every school seems to get some hate. And the southern schools get a little extra regional hate. But the schools that seem to get the most disrespect are Chicago, Emory, and Cornell. Which is weird because they are all great schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Northeastern
Tufts
Chicago
And Lately Mich, UCs, Georgetown

These because 10 years ago they were safeties that parents would have been thrilled to send their high stats kids to but now they are reaches for everyone so are awful/not-worth-the-mone/yield-protecting scam schools

Ten years ago was 2015. Except for Northeastern, none of these were anyone’s safety.

In 2015, Northeastern had 28.9% acceptance rate. 51063 applied. That's not a safety range at all.

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Anonymous wrote:Every school seems to get some hate. And the southern schools get a little extra regional hate. But the schools that seem to get the most disrespect are Chicago, Emory, and Cornell. Which is weird because they are all great schools.

I find the Emory one particularly odd. Chicago has the marketing/admissions strategy and Cornell that’s Ivy heat, but I’m surprised there are so many invested in Emory. I think it catches strays as people knock it down when compared to others. I have no connection, just find it odd so many people would care enough to get riled up about it. It’s a great school so I’m not knocking it though, there all are objectively.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Red states rock. They are the reason we have a president who is draining the DC swamp.

The official tagline is actually …

Red States: Because those excess tax receipts from California have to go somewhere!

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Anonymous wrote:Every school seems to get some hate. And the southern schools get a little extra regional hate. But the schools that seem to get the most disrespect are Chicago, Emory, and Cornell. Which is weird because they are all great schools.

I find the Emory one particularly odd. Chicago has the marketing/admissions strategy and Cornell that’s Ivy heat, but I’m surprised there are so many invested in Emory. I think it catches strays as people knock it down when compared to others. I have no connection, just find it odd so many people would care enough to get riled up about it. It’s a great school so I’m not knocking it though, there all are objectively.

LOL Emory has the real reason to be hated. It's the biggest cheater school in the history of the US colleges.

Furthermore, clueless Emory moms talk about other schools 'gaming' the rankings when their school is the biggest actual cheater school.

"Emory Intentionally Cheated on Rankings for More Than Ten Years"
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2012/08/emory-intentionally.html

"Emory University: False academic data sent to ranking groups"
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/emory-university-false-academic-data-sent-ranking-groups-flna950476

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Anonymous wrote:Every school seems to get some hate. And the southern schools get a little extra regional hate. But the schools that seem to get the most disrespect are Chicago, Emory, and Cornell. Which is weird because they are all great schools.

I find the Emory one particularly odd. Chicago has the marketing/admissions strategy and Cornell that’s Ivy heat, but I’m surprised there are so many invested in Emory. I think it catches strays as people knock it down when compared to others. I have no connection, just find it odd so many people would care enough to get riled up about it. It’s a great school so I’m not knocking it though, there all are objectively.

LOL Emory has the real reason to be hated. It's the biggest cheater school in the history of the US colleges.

Furthermore, clueless Emory moms talk about other schools 'gaming' the rankings when their school is the biggest actual cheater school.

"Emory Intentionally Cheated on Rankings for More Than Ten Years"
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2012/08/emory-intentionally.html

"Emory University: False academic data sent to ranking groups"
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/emory-university-false-academic-data-sent-ranking-groups-flna950476

I don’t care enough to read links, but didn’t realize. Knew Columbia was shady but didn’t know about Emory.

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Anything in the South.

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Brown

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Anonymous wrote:Every school seems to get some hate. And the southern schools get a little extra regional hate. But the schools that seem to get the most disrespect are Chicago, Emory, and Cornell. Which is weird because they are all great schools.

I find the Emory one particularly odd. Chicago has the marketing/admissions strategy and Cornell that’s Ivy heat, but I’m surprised there are so many invested in Emory. I think it catches strays as people knock it down when compared to others. I have no connection, just find it odd so many people would care enough to get riled up about it. It’s a great school so I’m not knocking it though, there all are objectively.

LOL Emory has the real reason to be hated. It's the biggest cheater school in the history of the US colleges.

Furthermore, clueless Emory moms talk about other schools 'gaming' the rankings when their school is the biggest actual cheater school.

"Emory Intentionally Cheated on Rankings for More Than Ten Years"
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2012/08/emory-intentionally.html

"Emory University: False academic data sent to ranking groups"
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/emory-university-false-academic-data-sent-ranking-groups-flna950476

I don’t care enough to read links, but didn’t realize. Knew Columbia was shady but didn’t know about Emory.

Yes, Columbia is a recent high profile one. Berkeley is another high profile school got caught cheating.
"UC Berkeley and four other schools removed from Best Colleges list for misreporting statistics"
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/uc-berkeley-and-four-other-schools-removed-from-best-colleges-list-for-misreporting-statistics/

There many schools got caught actually cheating, but people never mention that and instead they pick on other school for 'gaming'

[Anonymous]

People seem to universally hate U of Richmond