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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does it compare to Indiana University or university of Illinois?[/quote]

Very favorably in all the academic measures quantified by national lists (US news being the most infamous of this type)

[b]Not on the radar of the Whitman crowd though.[/b]   Indiana sounds "Midwestern."' Madison evokes lakes and adorableness and not farming -- so it is acceptable to people from the east coast, and in particular, Jews and self-described intellectual parents.  That's not an anti-Semitic swipe:  try an experiment today. Ask a practicing Jewish parent which school they'd pick for their teen, Ohio State or UWisc? Uillinois or UWisc? UKansas or UWisc?   Even U Minnesota vs U Wisconsin, and they're about two feet away from each other and "ranked" about the same.

This experiment would probably work with any parents in Bethesda and Ward 3, of any faith. For some reason, Wisconsin gets a pass on the "flyover country farm boy hicks evangelical" perception. Maybe it's the lakes and the fact that there is a sailing team. Hm. [/quote]

According to the College Bound article in the September-October Bethesda Magazine, 36 applied to U of W-M and 17 accepted from Whitman. Illinois-20 applied 14 accepted and Indiana 44 applied and 36 accepted from Whitman.

It would seem that the Whitman crowd is open to the midwest schools.

This is in the current issue of Bethesda Magazine [/quote]

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