Anonymous
Post 04/01/2016 00:57     Subject: Best Value Colleges 2016: The 300 Schools Worth The Investment
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:interesting to see how 3 local schools - UVa (19), W&M (22), and UMD (24) - are so closely ranked.


I would have thought that UVa would be much higher


UVA would not be able to maintain any pretense of academic quality without accepting 200+ TJ kids each year.


TJ students represent less than 1% of all students. You can't really believe that the other 99% of UVA would not "maintain any pretense of academic quality" without the other 1%, right?


What is the size of the freshmen class? You are not saying it's 20,000?
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2016 23:31     Subject: Best Value Colleges 2016: The 300 Schools Worth The Investment
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:interesting to see how 3 local schools - UVa (19), W&M (22), and UMD (24) - are so closely ranked.


I would have thought that UVa would be much higher


UVA would not be able to maintain any pretense of academic quality without accepting 200+ TJ kids each year.


+1


Hello captain obvious, no college would be able to maintain any pretense of academic quality without enrolling smart students. Are TJ students not residents of VA? What is your point?
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2016 23:23     Subject: Best Value Colleges 2016: The 300 Schools Worth The Investment
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:interesting to see how 3 local schools - UVa (19), W&M (22), and UMD (24) - are so closely ranked.


I would have thought that UVa would be much higher


UVA would not be able to maintain any pretense of academic quality without accepting 200+ TJ kids each year.


TJ students represent less than 1% of all students. You can't really believe that the other 99% of UVA would not "maintain any pretense of academic quality" without the other 1%, right?
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2016 23:04     Subject: Re:Best Value Colleges 2016: The 300 Schools Worth The Investment
Anonymous wrote:I know this is the kind of the wrong thread but those 200 kids would have gone to UVA if they would have stayed at their home school as well
So what is the point of TJ again?


They received far better education at TJ.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2016 22:06     Subject: Re:Best Value Colleges 2016: The 300 Schools Worth The Investment
I know this is the kind of the wrong thread but those 200 kids would have gone to UVA if they would have stayed at their home school as well
So what is the point of TJ again?
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2016 21:52     Subject: Best Value Colleges 2016: The 300 Schools Worth The Investment
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:interesting to see how 3 local schools - UVa (19), W&M (22), and UMD (24) - are so closely ranked.


I would have thought that UVa would be much higher


UVA would not be able to maintain any pretense of academic quality without accepting 200+ TJ kids each year.


+1
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2016 17:19     Subject: Best Value Colleges 2016: The 300 Schools Worth The Investment
Anonymous wrote:It's weird how much DCUM fetishizes UVA. I am from the east coast but lived in Chicago, NYC, and Philadelphia. Have never seen anyone value it more than other decent state flagships. Ranking around 20 is maybe even high.


UVA is ranked #94 in the USN Global University rankings and #24 by USN National University rankings not 20.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2016 17:12     Subject: Best Value Colleges 2016: The 300 Schools Worth The Investment
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:interesting to see how 3 local schools - UVa (19), W&M (22), and UMD (24) - are so closely ranked.


I would have thought that UVa would be much higher


UVA would not be able to maintain any pretense of academic quality without accepting 200+ TJ kids each year.
Anonymous
Post 03/31/2016 17:12     Subject: Best Value Colleges 2016: The 300 Schools Worth The Investment
It's weird how much DCUM fetishizes UVA. I am from the east coast but lived in Chicago, NYC, and Philadelphia. Have never seen anyone value it more than other decent state flagships. Ranking around 20 is maybe even high.