- August 20th, 2014, 10:57 am
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rather than bump a 3yr old thread ["DISTURBING stats"], I figured I'd start a new one.
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everyone has been hard on the school for years -rightfully so, maybe - for our perceived status, esp regarding acceptance rates. Our president has stated it was due largely to the reporting methodology.
not sure when the change was made, but we seem to have corrected the issue. I spent some time researching and, after looking at ALL school in VA, NC and SC- we are THIRD on the list in selectivity, behind only DUKE and WASHINGTON & LEE.
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandrevie ... ortdir=asc
our acceptance rate is 22.8% ("SELECTIVE") which is far and away the lowest in the BSOUTH, even outgoing member VMI accepts 46% of applicants.
so next time I hear something about "throwing degrees in your car as you drive past" I'm posting the entire list of 150 schools. Ok, maybe not. People will just find something else to slam us about.
but point taken. Somewhere HMO and CIDER JIM are grinning like the Cheshire Cat(s).
now, about that "#89, Regional Universities (South)" ranking... not sure how they come up with that, but we can surely improve there too...
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everyone has been hard on the school for years -rightfully so, maybe - for our perceived status, esp regarding acceptance rates. Our president has stated it was due largely to the reporting methodology.
not sure when the change was made, but we seem to have corrected the issue. I spent some time researching and, after looking at ALL school in VA, NC and SC- we are THIRD on the list in selectivity, behind only DUKE and WASHINGTON & LEE.
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandrevie ... ortdir=asc
our acceptance rate is 22.8% ("SELECTIVE") which is far and away the lowest in the BSOUTH, even outgoing member VMI accepts 46% of applicants.
so next time I hear something about "throwing degrees in your car as you drive past" I'm posting the entire list of 150 schools. Ok, maybe not. People will just find something else to slam us about.
but point taken. Somewhere HMO and CIDER JIM are grinning like the Cheshire Cat(s).
now, about that "#89, Regional Universities (South)" ranking... not sure how they come up with that, but we can surely improve there too...