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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Shit even Vandy was considered a regional school 25-30 years ago.[/quote]

I attended Vanderbilt in the late 1980’s. At that time, it was ranked 25th on the USNEWS national university list. Every school, even the very best, has a strong regional pull, but that doesn’t make it a regional school. [/quote]

But it was and still is a regional school though. It's the top school in its region, but to say its not a regional school is inaccurate.[/quote]

Perhaps, you have your own definition of a regional school. USNEWS, as one ranking organization example, has a separate list for regional schools. 34% of Cornell’s class comes from NY. Does that make it a regional school?[/quote]
No, because Cornell has international reach and reputation. Vandy doesn’t.
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You are hopeless.

First, Cornell is only an example of what was mentioned earlier - that even Ivies and other great schools pull strongly from their regions. However, that fact does not make Cornell a "regional" school. Second, you don't seem to have a definition for a regional school, whereas ranking organizations do. Vanderbilt and other schools like it are never on the regional school lists. Finally, Vanderbilt doesn't have an international reach. In fact, Vanderbilt has the same percentage of undergrads from other countries as many other schools. As for the Vandy/Cornell comparison - which doesn't need to be belabored - the percentage is the same:11%. As for international research, Cornell probably has a larger reach, but that's because it's a much larger school and more heavily focused on the sciences - apples and oranges comparison. I'm sure there are many large publics that beat Cornell in research dollars, but again, that's due to size and focus.

Clearly, you are grasping at straws.[/quote]

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