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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]I don't think that graduation rates are really telling the "whole" story for these schools[/b]. Are the kids transferring to another ("better") university? For example, going from UMBC or Frostburg to U of Maryland? I don't have evidence, but transfers out don't count in the statistics, so it's really hard to know what the "real" story is. [/quote] I agree. And they can also reflect more the individual student's financial situation, family challenges, etc. When filtering colleges in doing initial research for my kids, I focused on 1st year retention rate. That is a more immediate measure that indicates to me how well the school does with admitting kids who are able to do well there, that they have good freshmen supports, that kids are getting the culture they were expecting, etc. We aimed for at minimum an 85% retention rate.[/quote]
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