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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]UC Merced is equivalent to UMichigan.

The students admitted to UC Merced are of the same caliber as those admitted to UMichigan.  I'm sure if you taught a class divided equally between UC Merced students and UMichigan students you would not see a difference.

Likewise the quality of undergraduate instruction is exactly the same.

Institutionally, the same resources available to UMichigan are available to UC Merced.

This isn't to pick on UMichigan (you can substitute any other large research university like UVA, UNC, Purdue, UMass, VA Tech, Texas, Iowa, etc).[/quote]

No, these schools are not all interchangeable in terms of their student populations. I teach at a suburban high school. The students who are applying to UM, UVA and UT, are very different from the students applying to UIowa. And for the record, I love UIowa. [/quote]
US News #s before social mobility:
UVA: 25
Michigan: 28
Austin: 56
Purdue: 56
VTech: 69
Merced: 165[/quote]

The current US News is the reflection of the school TODAY! Who cares what the ranking was from 2 or 5 or 10 years ago.  US News says UC Merced is roughly equivalent to those schools, by roughly equivalent, about in the same band.  US News is used as a bible by a huge percentage of people.  UC Merced is on par with those schools if you believe in US News.[/quote]
US News overhauled its entire methodology. You are either a troll or unable to understand cause and effect. [/quote]

DP.  I think the point is that 99% of Americans simply don't care as obsessively as you clearly do about the "methodology."  USNWR will continue to be the primary college ranking source in the U.S. for most people.  Continue to seethe.[/quote]
Because of US News's continuous decline in relevancy, Niche is now the #1 most used rankings system in the U.S.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5810fea5e58c62bd729121cc/t/66df2c8af65e4f679f507a20/1725901962868/studentPOLL+September+2024+Rankings.pdf[/quote]
Here you go. Found it for you. You're welcome.[/quote]

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