TigerHoya
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Post by TigerHoya on Aug 16, 2006 15:00:38 GMT -5
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SoCalHoya
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Post by SoCalHoya on Aug 16, 2006 15:17:05 GMT -5
I don't get it. Where are Georgetown, Stanford, Duke, etc.? Are we in the "elite" group already?
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Post by hilltopper2000 on Aug 16, 2006 15:49:35 GMT -5
Yes, it looks like GU was grouped with the "academic powerhouse" schools. Just off the top of my head, in addition to CalTech, Chicago MIT, and Stanford, it looks like Duke, Berkeley, and Northwestern, have already achieved "old Ivy" status.
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TigerHoya
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Post by TigerHoya on Aug 16, 2006 16:07:08 GMT -5
If other schools were grouped that way in "academic powerhouse", then why is Chapel Hill on the new list?
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JimmyHoya
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Post by JimmyHoya on Aug 16, 2006 16:08:48 GMT -5
What a clever way to kiss the top 40 schools' asses and keep them smiling when they don't like their rankings later.
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Post by hilltopper2000 on Aug 16, 2006 16:39:35 GMT -5
I don't follow, Tiger. Are you arguing Chapel Hill is an academic powerhouse or shouldn't be on the list at all? (I can't see any argument for Chapel Hill as an established academic powerhouse -- Vandy strikes me as the oddest inclusion. Hasn't it been an elite school longer than Duke or Georgetown?)
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TigerHoya
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Post by TigerHoya on Aug 16, 2006 16:49:54 GMT -5
hilltopper,
Just referring to the reverential way that UNC people already consider themselves to be a powerhouse.
Vandy is probably odd too but maybe they were trying to limit the number in a region.
I know I had Vandy and GU as the 2 out of state schools in my final 4.
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Post by hilltopper2000 on Aug 16, 2006 17:12:19 GMT -5
Ah, I see. A little Carolina humor went over my head.
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Post by LizziebethHoya on Aug 16, 2006 17:29:03 GMT -5
I don't get it. All these schools are well-known academic "powerhouses," why do they need a new distinction as such? Granted some of these schools are small and, perhaps people from Cali don't know much about a school like Colby, but to me, its the same-old college article.
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FLHoya
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Post by FLHoya on Aug 16, 2006 22:46:36 GMT -5
What a clever way to kiss the top 40 schools' asses and keep them smiling when they don't like their rankings later. Just a way to sell magazines...I'm in charge of magazines at my store and we've sold...oh, wait...what? We haven't sold any copies of Newsweek yet this week? Ummmm, nevermind then. |
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Post by TrueHoyaBlue on Aug 17, 2006 10:25:47 GMT -5
It looks like GU is definitely in the traditional power group, as we show up in the "overlap schools" for 5-6 of the schools on the list, including several that aren't among our top overlap schools (Colgate, Tufts).
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