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harnomygirl is offline harnomygirl Post #61  February 3,2012, 12:38pm
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A surprising number of people choose a school that is close to home. Parents should probably consider that.
 
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harnomygirl wrote :
A surprising number of people choose a school that is close to home. Parents should probably consider that.
I did then my parents moved outside of the state
 
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dmi wrote :
Funny thing is I went to Delaware because of the engineering school. I don't think they finish top 50 overall, but, they are generally considered to have a good engineering program, probably close to the top 50, if not in it. I could easily see someone being in what would be considered an "elite" school for their chosen major that isn't in the list.

I thought you went to Drunken State ???
 
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charmed59 wrote :
There are 6 University of California schools in the top 50: Berkeley, UCLA, San Diego, Davis, Santa Barbara and Irvine.

And 10 other state schools: UVA, U of Michigan, U of Illinois, UNC, William and Mary, Penn State, Georgia Tech, U of Wisconsin, U of Washington, and U of Texas.

West Point and the US Navel Academy are considered LACs, and are in the top 15 LACs, so yes, graduates of those schools also qualify.
Wow! Some consider me to be elite??? Who would have thunk it?
 
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This idea of using the top 50 schools is a tad arbitrary.

It is an interesting concept.

I think these top liberal arts and academies.
rankings are skewed because they penalize state schools.

A better measure of schools to draw from would be AAU certified colleges and the
 
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