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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because acceptance rates are a function of how desirable a school is, not how good it is. Those are not the same thing.  Many, many people would prefer Blacksburg and its environment and football games etc to Terre Haute and a college that’s 70%+ male.  [/quote]

Yes. Why would think you think the acceptance rate conveys anything about quality, OP?

Acceptance rate can be easily manipulated.

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No, the desirability of a product is measured by its demand.  More students want a VaTech degree.  It is more valuable to the marketplace.

By the same toke, UVA's admission rate is 19%.  George Mason's admission rate is 90%.  Are you telling me these admission rate doesn't inform the public about the quality of the respective schools??[/quote]

No one is saying selectivity is irrelevant; just that by itself it does not tell you much about the quality of the school.  UVA is more desirable for a lot of reasons that have nothing to do with what you actually learn there or the quality of the student cohort.  GMU was (and some still perceive as) a commuter college.  It’s loaded with Koch money and the strings that come attached to that.  It has a bland campus.  Few outside the Mid-Atlantic really know about it.  It’s not a major conference for sports.  It’s not scenic.

People evaluate a lot of non academic factors in applying.

Perceived name brand
Location
Weather
Gender and ethnic and religious proportions
Greek influence
Housing availability
Access to internships[/quote]

Lol gmu and koch money? Have you seen the professors and student body it's the most diverse in the nation top 10 actually https://www.gmu.edu/news/2022-09/mason-now-top-10-public-university-diversity-innovation-and-cybersecurity-education-us#:~:text=George%20Mason%20University%20is%20among,Colleges%20List%E2%80%9D%20rankings%20released%20Monday.[/quote]

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