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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Virginia Tech only has about 3.2% of undergraduates getting degrees in Mathematics and Statistics and Physical Sciences.  That is extremely low for any school presenting itself as an-across-the-board STEM school.  Comparable numbers are 26% at Caltech, 20% at Harvard, 17% at MIT, 14.5% at UCSB, 10.5% at Stanford,  10% at UCLA, 9% at Princeton, 8% at Berkeley, 7.9% at UCSD, etc.  (Even UVA is higher at 4% and W&M is 8.5%).[/quote]

Please stop throwing out stats without the citations to back them up.

VT isn’t *just* a STEM school, as other posters have pointed out.  They are strong across the board in both STEM and the humanities.  [/quote]

You ask for citations and then immediately proceed to make completely unsubstantiated claims.  That isn't consistent and shows bias.[/quote]

What is inconsistent about the above post?  Or unsubstantiated?  VT is the #20 public school in the country.  [b]Obviously, it’s strong across the board[/b].  
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/virginia-tech-3754/overall-rankings[/quote]

Nothing about that says it is strong across the board.  [/quote]

DP.  I'm going to go out on a limb and agree with the PP that [b]a school ranked #20 of all public universities is clearly excellent across the board[/b].  You seem to have sour grapes so it's really not worth arguing with you about it.[/quote]

Then UVA must be excellent at STEM since it is #5 and must have excellence across the board.  Sauce for the gander.  Go shout down anyone who says UVA is weak at STEM with your irreproachable logic.[/quote]

So bizarre… I have said nothing at all about UVA yet you are fixated on it.  Typical.[/quote]

That is beside the point.  With your logic you would have to also claim that UVA is also obviously (more) excellent across the board including STEM, right as it is ranked  #5, right?[/quote]

DP.  Are you the UVA booster/troll?  I agree with the PP.  You are absurd.  No one is even discussing UVA here.  Go sulk in a corner.[/quote]

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