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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]Villanova is more prestigious, unless your kid has a STRONG in at a top tier UVA frat/srat house.[/b] [/quote]

Villanova has had 3 Rhodes Scholars in its entire history.  UVA has had 53.[/quote]
 
THIS.[/quote]

Davidson is in the same region as UVA and has over 4X as many Rhodes Scholars on a per capita basis.  Is it 4X as good as UVA?[/quote]

The University of Mississippi has the same number as Georgetown, and both have more than Berkeley.  Sewanee has more than any of those.  Clearly Rhodes scholarships are meaningful, but [b]you shouldn't use it as the only indicator of institutional quality.[/b]
 
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yes, and that's the thing. UVA surpasses Villanova on pretty much every objective measure of institutional quality, Rhodes Scholars included.. [/quote]

Here's a link to colleges ranked by Rhodes recipients  The top ten:

Harvard
Yale 
Princeton
Stanford
West Point
Dartmouth
Brown
[b]UVA[/b]
Chicago
Navy

That's pretty damned good company and means something.

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/universities-by-number-of-rhodes-scholars.html[/quote]

[b]Meh....it’s only meaningful if you adjust for student population.[/b] 
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Not true.  What is means is that many, many of the graduates of the top universities in the US, who have lots and lots of options, are applying for and accepting these scholarships.  That UVA is in the same category says something about the opportunities available to UVA grads and the prestige of the school.  Give credit where credit is due.

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What’s the word for incontestable truth? Ah, yes...[b]Wahoowa[/b]! [/quote]

That is a word used by students and graduates of a school where no one can (or does) solve for X.  Reed College has produced 32 Rhodes Scholars while the University of Virginia has produced 53.  UVA has 16,500 undergraduates while Reed has 1,500.  Which of these two schools has produced graduates who were more likely to receive Rhodes Scholarships?[/quote]

Lol.....apparently basic statistics aren’t part of the curriculum at UVA.  BTW that’s an amazing stat for Reed.[/quote]

Reed is an interesting school.  Incoming stats aren't stellar, but there is a common determination to become a scholar.  One of the highest producers (per capita) of PHDs and Rhodes Scholars.[/quote]

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