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<p>The “Universities with the Worst Graduation Rate” link has some incorrect information. Sam Houston State had a 25% 4 year grad rate for the Class of 2009
[College</a> Navigator - Sam Houston State University](<a href=“College Navigator - Sam Houston State University”>College Navigator - Sam Houston State University)</p>

<p>Delaware State had a 19% 4 year grad rate for the Class of 2009, not a 0% rate as the link claimed
[College</a> Navigator - Delaware State University](<a href=“College Navigator - Delaware State University”>College Navigator - Delaware State University)</p>

<p>I’m sure there are other incorrect ones, but given that those were the only two I looked up, and both were incorrect, I don’t trust the above page.</p>

<p>Also, BYU Idaho only has a 19% transfer out rate (I suspect the majority of those students go to BYU Provo) and a 73% retention rate. The four year grad rate is low, probably due to students going on missions, but the 6 year grad rate is a respectable 51% and the 8 year grad rate (at other schools where the majority of students don’t leave for 18 months, that’s equivilent to its 6 year rate), 75% of students graduated. Not bad for a school that accepts 99% of its applicants.
[College</a> Navigator - Brigham Young University-Idaho](<a href=“College Navigator - Brigham Young University-Idaho”>College Navigator - Brigham Young University-Idaho)</p>

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<p>I go to Cal State Northridge and I’ve had no problems getting the classes that I’ve wanted.</p>

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<p>[Worst</a> College Rankings: Washington Monthly’s 2010 Dropout Factories](<a href=“http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2010/dropout_factories.php]Worst”>http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/rankings_2010/dropout_factories.php)</p>

<p>[25</a> Universities with the Worst Professors - Yahoo! Finance](<a href=“http://finance.yahoo.com/news/25-universities-with-the-worst-professors-204146173.html]25”>25 Universities with the Worst Professors)</p>

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<p>Southern University of New Orleans!</p>

<p>Dropout Factory Capitol of the US!!!</p>

<p>:-D</p>

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<p>Chicago most definitely is where fun goes to die. I toured on their Open House date with hundreds (even thousands?) of other students and their parents, and was just completely depressed and left early. It was a beautiful day and no one was hanging around outside. All the students were walking alone. No one was smiling and talking or wearing Chicago apparel aside from one “where fun comes to die” shirt I saw. Even in the cafeteria most students were sitting along working on class work! All they talked about was all the programs they have to make students feel like part of one community, which REALLLLY gave me the impression most students have a very tough time making friends on their own. </p>

<p>I think UofChicago has such a high retention rate because they cater to and are perfect for a VERY specific type of student, and everyone else can see that and therefore hate the school and don’t even apply. I say avoid UofChicago, but its not like that evens matters since they have such a low acceptance rate haha.</p>

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<p>You just contradicted yourself by saying “everyone else can see that and therefore hate the school and don’t even apply,” then “such a low acceptance rate.”</p>

<p>Care to explain how everyone hates the school and doesn’t apply yet over 30k people DO apply?</p>

<p>I visited UChicago and had just the opposite experience. The people there seemed pretty quirky and studious, but I saw a good amount of Uchi apparel and people were fairly social. Not my favorite school, but not nearly as bad as you described it. Maybe you visited during the summer? Maybe the students were turned off by the thousands of high schoolers patrolling through campus? I would probably hide in my room too…</p>

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<p>Sounds like classic Yogi Berra logic:
“Nobody goes there anymore. It’s too crowded.”</p>