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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]An obvious allure is that if your family makes say $100,000 you can attend most of the top schools for free or nearly free.  No idea what your state "land-grant" school might offer...perhaps the same because of the statspeop you have to attend one of the top schools (??).  BTW...only on DCUM does anybody refer to schools as land-grant.[/quote]

Well, yeah, I referred to it that way so people could see where I'm coming from. I give the name of the school if someone asks in real life, but the details aren't important here.[/quote]

I guess...except you said is it a financial thing where people are trying to make the highest $$$s possible...not a financial thing where maybe your entire college is free.  Does land-grant = flagship?[/quote]

No, land-grant ≠ flagship. For example, in Indiana, Indiana is the flagship. Purdue is a land-grant. [/quote]

Most of us don't know or care what the difference is. DP[/quote]

Flagship is more prestigious.

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Way too sweeping a statement.  You need to add.  “maybe” or “in many cases”.   UGA is the flagship. GT is better in Engineering and other STEM Ditto UNC and NS State and IU Bloomington and Purdue and UVA and VT and even VCC in some allied health and fine arts area. (yes, it’s true.  In some areas VT and even VCU are stronger than UVA.  UVA booster needs to stop hyperventilating).  Berkeley is CA’s unofficial flagship, and I know a decent percentage of DCUM views UCLA as more prestigious in some programs. Another UCs are best in niche areas.  Similarly Pitt and Penn State (although Pitt falls into an odd, quasi public category). [/quote]

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