<p>Why is UC being discussed on a thread about the Big Ten? </p>
<p>Good lord, the Californians on CC seem to think that the UC system is of interest to people living outside of Ca.</p>
<p>Pizzagirl, UC was brought up by xiggi and then digressed by Sparkeye, GoBlue and Sam Lee…affiliates of Furd, tOSU, UMich and NU. </p>
<p>Sorry that annoys you.</p>
<p>U of M will become increasingly selective and raise their academic level.</p>
<p>You sure?</p>
<p>U of M is plenty selective IMO they have solidified their status as an academic powerhouse and a beacon that attracts the best and brightest almost everyone that’d admitted is in the 4.0 30+ACT range</p>
<p>University of Michigan’s acceptance rate by year:</p>
<p>2010: ~50%
2011: ~40%
2012: ~35%</p>
<p>It’s going to keep dropping, but not in the same magnitude (obviously)</p>
<p>you think this will be factored into US News’s 2013 rankings somehow?</p>
<p>“U of M will become increasingly selective and raise their academic level”</p>
<p>Although Michigan is becoming increasingly selective, it will bot raise its academic level. Michigan is already one of the top 10 or 15 universities in the US academically. It is unlikely that it will improve much. Selectivity on the other hand will continue to intensify as the full effects and after-effects of joining the common application are realized.</p>
<p>Michigan’s added selectivity will not affect its rankings much. For one, as I already said, Michigan is already considered a top university academically. For another, what hurts Michigan the most is not selectivity but the USNWR methodology and how data published by various universities is compiled and calculated. As long as this happens, Michigan’s USNWR undergraduate ranking will not improve much. That does not take away from the fact that Michigan is an academic powerhouse.</p>
<p>Enrollment increase reflects MSU value, quality</p>
<p>Published: Sept. 07, 2012 </p>
<p>EAST LANSING, Mich. Michigan State University student enrollment for the 2012-13 academic year is expected to be about 48,800 students, a record number that reflects MSUs status as one of the worlds top universities and maintains the number of in-state students attending the university.</p>
<p>The preliminary figures were presented today to the MSU Board of Trustees during its Friday meeting.</p>
<p>According to the preliminary numbers, MSU remains a university in demand, particularly among students with increasingly strong academic credentials.</p>
<p>Of the students in this years entering class, the high school grade point average was about 3.6, while the average ACT score is 25.6.</p>
<p>This year MSU received more than 30,300 applications, its highest number ever. The number of first-year students is about 8,100.</p>
<p>MSUs in-state, undergraduate enrollment is among the highest in the Big Ten.</p>
<p>Preliminary enrollment statistics:</p>
<pre><code>Of the undergraduate student enrollment, about 30,190 students, or 80 percent, are from the state of Michigan, similar to last years class.
First-time Honors College enrollment is estimated at 530 students, which is about 6.5 percent of the entering class.
New transfer enrollment is about 1,450 students.
There are about 1,790 new students at the masters and doctoral levels.
Its anticipated that the College of Social Science, the Eli Board College of Business, and the College of Natural Science will have the largest enrollments as of the official enrollment count date.
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<p>The official count of enrolled students will occur on Sept. 24, one-quarter of the way through the fall semester.</p>
<p>Source: [Enrollment</a> increase reflects MSU value, quality](<a href=“http://news.msu.edu/story/enrollment-increase-reflects-msu-value-quality/]Enrollment”>http://news.msu.edu/story/enrollment-increase-reflects-msu-value-quality/)</p>
<p>(As of September 17, 2012)
**The Big Ten has just four wins against other AQ schools – and three of the wins are by Northwestern. **
[ACC</a>, Big Ten fall in conference rankings - Stats & Info Blog - ESPN](<a href=“http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/51408/acc-big-ten-fall-in-conference-power-rankings]ACC”>ACC, Big Ten fall in conference rankings - ESPN - Stats & Info- ESPN)</p>
<p>Perhaps the Big 10 could convince Chicago to dust off those leather helmets.</p>
<p>The best team in one division is on probation and Michigan doesn’t look to be T10 ready</p>
<p>Geez, this will surely affect our US News rankings next year.</p>
<p>The B1G is pathetic this year while the ACC and PAC 12 are on an uptick!</p>
<p>It does appear to be a down year as many talented players left after last season for the NFL. The BIG has to decide is it wants to got to the level of the SEC and run-off players who don’t pan out so they can bring in another 25+ new ones every year. Or take the Oregon/USC approach with the best players money can buy. Also asst coach pay at many schools is well below other top schools. I do expect UM and OSU to rebuild after some bad choices. What is needed is UW, Nebraska, MSU to regain their top level talent and compete better for top players. Obviously the PSU situation is terrible and will leave them behind for the next decade.</p>
<p>goldenboy8784,</p>
<p>ACC was swept by the Big East last weekend. I don’t think the ACC and Pac-12 should be in the same sentence yet at this point.</p>
<p>It’s all cyclical. Some teams just have longer wave periods.</p>
<p>“The B1G is pathetic this year while the ACC and PAC 12 are on an uptick!”</p>
<p>“ACC was swept by the Big East last weekend.”</p>
<p>Too funny!</p>
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<p>+1 :p</p>
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<p>Yup, B1G > ACC in Basketball!! lol</p>
<p>P.S. I enjoyed the Cal game last week! :p</p>
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It was a good game. Looking forward to the repeat in a renovated Strawberry Canyon next year!</p>
<p>Cal Bears at the game had nothing but nice things to say about tOSU fans… the band even played Cal’s fight song and marched a script Cal during pre-game.</p>
<p>Nothing like the pageantry and tradition that is college football.</p>
<p>why are you dragging the Pac-12 into this Sam? (Was Stanford even good during your short one year tenure on campus?) If the ACC doesn’t belong in the same sentence as the Pac-12, neither does the Big11 or whatever the misnomer is nowadays.</p>