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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree that UMD's reputation lags their reality, and it's a great school today.

That said, these rankings are supposedly very mechanical, in that the index is put together by taking certain specific variables and mashing them together with specified weights. None of this should be open to subjective variations because US News is stuck in the 70s and thinks it's still a party school. I haven't looked closely at the US News Index to figure out which of the variables might be lowering UMD's score, but endowment is one good possibility. Another might be graduation rates? [/quote]

SAT scores and acceptance rates as well.[/quote]

yes, but if umd was as wealthy as uva, scores and acceptance rates would rise and tumble respectively.

UMD would have the money to expand, increase quality of life, invest in major capital projects, have more money for tuition breaks to top students......all of these factors would raise the profile of the school and bring in stronger and stronger classes, thereby increasing rankings.

there are lac's 15 times smaller than UMD with double the endowment....that's how pitiful it is. [/quote]

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