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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Stanford and Duke had 0 this year, just further confirms UVA>Stanford and Duke. And you best believe Stanford and Duke were trying just as hard to get Rhodes Scholars.[/quote]

LOL. It was just 1 year, not really a big sample size. Stanford and Duke do more than fine for prestigious postgrad scholarships: [url]https://www.k-state.edu/about/scholars/NationalScholarsRankingChart2017%20allschools.pdf[/url]

From 1986-2017:

1. Harvard
2. Yale
[b]3. Stanford[/b]
4. Princeton
[b]5. Duke[/b]
6. MIT
...
??? UVA (not listed in top 10)[/quote]

UVA is no 8 in the US, the top public producer after West Point.  https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/universities-by-number-of-rhodes-scholars.html.[/quote]

It looks like PP listed the most recent years, it says 1986-2017. That is probably more relevant than whoever was getting Rhodes scholars in the early 1900s.[/quote]

Well that's distorted logic.  The fact that UVA wins year after year and has come UP since 2017 argues the opposite.  It's no. 8 behind the best privates (all old) and west point.  https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/universities-by-number-of-rhodes-scholars.html[/quote]

UVA hasn’t come up in Rhodes more than other similar schools. However many Rhodes they produced from 1900-1950 is pretty irrelevant to today[/quote]

Y'all waste too much time on here. First, you should be more discerning about how you understand the numbers and what different schools are doing when they construct lists. Kansas State cherry-picked to make them stand out - all universities do this. Second, you can make assumptions, but the evidence is in the details. UVA actually has more Rhodes Scholars than any public university that is not a service academy in history...and in the last ten years...and in the last five years. Third, the Rhodes Scholarship is a regional competition. Most colleges and universities are only ever competing for 2-8 of the 32 American Rhodes Scholarships available. UVA is almost 70% in-state...a school like Harvard competes in every district every year. Fourth, and most important, this means nothing. UVA alums, be proud, but don't be prideful....it says nothing about your school. Why don't you go find out which office supports the students applying for Rhodes and ask them for more detail. I bet they would have interesting things to say. [/quote]

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