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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, U.S. News ranks West Point at #12 among Liberal Arts colleges, tied with Colby and Colgate.
Do you consider Colby and Colgate "prestigious?"  
The Naval Academy is at #21, so deemed somewhat less prestigious.[/quote]

West Point is not a little break arts school. All graduates receive bachelor degree in science. So, of course it will be ranked low in arts.

WP ranked number four in chemical engineering program. [/quote]

?  U.S. News has two categories only: a) national universities, b) Liberal Arts colleges.  WP and Naval Academy are ranked in the second category.  I don't pretend to know where they would rank if placed in the first category; presumably much lower than 12th.  [/quote]

If placed in the national university category, West Point and Annapolis would be tied for first place, followed closely by the Air Force Academy and then the Coast Guard Academy.[/quote]

LMAO. No they wouldn't. The rating components for the national universities and LACs are exactly the same; US News just separates them out because few would take them seriously seeing Williams ranked in the top 10 among all colleges (even though it deserves it). That the military academies rank as low as they do means they'd rank even lower in the university category, given that their peer schools have testing/stats/finances in the range of schools like Wake Forest and Brandeis. Cool story though. [/quote]

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