<p>WHAT? How could UPenn NOT be #1 on an overall Pennsylvania ranking?</p>
<p>EXPLAIN YOURSELF!</p>
<p>j/k...I'm not upset...just confused by your ignorance...</p>
<p>Can someone compile it into a list so that we don't have to look at the pages just to compare schools?</p>
<p>PENNSYLVANIA:</p>
<ol>
<li>Swarthmore</li>
<li>Bryn Mawr</li>
<li>Haverford</li>
<li>Bucknell</li>
<li>CMU</li>
<li>UPenn</li>
<li>Lehigh</li>
<li>Franklin & Marshall</li>
<li>Muhlenberg Coll</li>
<li>Penn State (U. Park)</li>
</ol>
<p>I really wouldnt put F&M and Muhl ahead of PSU. As much as I despise PSU, it would certainly be ahead of those two schools.</p>
<p>Florida is debatable but (in somewhat order):
UFlorida
UMiami
Florida State U
New College of Florida
UCF
USF</p>
<p>I know someone is going to post something, saying School A is better than School B but this is the internet and people are entitled to their opinions.</p>
<p>Actually you did a pretty good job WC. NCF will probably be ahead of FSU eventually since it's so new. No doubt that UF is #1 though.</p>
<ol>
<li>Duke</li>
<li>Wake</li>
<li>Davidson</li>
<li>UNC chapel hill</li>
<li>Elon</li>
<li>NC State</li>
</ol>
<p>Massachusetts-Harvard, MIT,Williams,Amherst, Smith,Tufts, Brandeis, Holy Cross, Mt. Holyoke, Wellesley-all ranked in top US News 35 in Univ. or National LAC'S. Maine-Bowdoin, Colby, Bates.</p>
<p>jPod you asked (re PENNSYLVANIA), and I'm replying. The Q which are the "top 10" schools in your state. If it had simply been which schools have the best reputation, I would have obviously gone w/ Penn because a big, powerful research U will generally trump an LAC of similar or even better rep (as an undergrad institution), because in this country, we favor graduate research & (financial) development potential. But I tend to lean toward the LAC experience. So when you look at Penn vs. Swat or Bryn Mawr or Haverford, you're really talking about the same pool of students, stats-wise. But I don't think a larger research institution like UPenn while, obviously much better than it's peer universities at undergraduate education, it is not a match for a top tier LAC whose focus, unlike a UPENN or a Michigan or a Berkeley or a Wisconsin, is the delivery of a high-quality collegiate learning experience. So, in my book, either the LAC -- or the research U with the MOST LAC-type experiences, among other quality experiences for undergrads wins.</p>
<ol>
<li>Hendrix</li>
<li>Lyon</li>
<li>U of A-Fayetville</li>
<li>Ouachita Baptist</li>
<li>Harding</li>
<li>ASU-Jonesboro</li>
<li>UCA</li>
<li>UAPB</li>
<li>Henderson</li>
<li>Williams Baptist</li>
</ol>
<p>par72 - (if you were ranking) I wouldn't place Tufts behind Smith; Amherst, Williams, and Tufts are the same quality; Wellesley is definitely ahead of Mt. Holyoke, Brandeis, and Holy Cross. If you weren't ranking, then never mind lol. </p>
<p>Also, on another note, is it fair to be listing LAC's mixed in with Research Universities? just curious...This just applies to the posts in general.</p>
<p>Here's my opinion on AR schools:</p>
<ol>
<li>Hendrix (far ahead of the rest)</li>
<li>Lyon</li>
<li>UCA (Honors Program)</li>
<li>U of A - Fayetteville (Honors Program)</li>
<li>Harding</li>
<li>U of A - Little Rock (Donaghey Scholars Program)</li>
<li>AR Tech - Russellville</li>
<li>Ouachita Baptist</li>
<li>ASU-Jonesboro</li>
<li>Williams Baptist</li>
</ol>
<p>umm for oregon, i would definately say that schools such as linfield are a lot better than Oregon state</p>
<p>jPod you asked (re PENNSYLVANIA), and I'm replying. The Q which are the "top 10" schools in your state. If it had simply been which schools have the best reputation, I would have obviously gone w/ Penn because a big, powerful research U will generally trump an LAC of similar or even better rep (as an undergrad institution), because in this country, we favor graduate research & (financial) development potential. But I tend to lean toward the LAC experience. So when you look at Penn vs. Swat or Bryn Mawr or Haverford, you're really talking about the same pool of students, stats-wise. But I don't think a larger research institution like UPenn while, obviously much better than it's peer universities at undergraduate education, it is not a match for a top tier LAC whose focus, unlike a UPENN or a Michigan or a Berkeley or a Wisconsin, is the delivery of a high-quality collegiate learning experience. So, in my book, either the LAC -- or the research U with the MOST LAC-type experiences, among other quality experiences for undergrads wins.</p>
<p>I was talking about Penn State, but yeah...</p>
<p>DC & Virginia:</p>
<ol>
<li>UVA</li>
<li>Georgetown (I'm having trouble with which is better...they share a ranking on USNWR and UVA is public so...the egde goes to UVA)</li>
<li>Washington & Lee</li>
<li>William & Mary</li>
<li>George Washington</li>
<li>Virginia Tech</li>
<li>American</li>
<li>James Madison</li>
<li>University of Mary Washington</li>
<li>George Mason</li>
</ol>
<p>AU over VATech. No reason URichmond shouldnt be there. ;)</p>
<p>Public - Carnegie 1 Research:</p>
<h1>1 - U Florida*</h1>
<pre><code> Florida State*
</code></pre>
<h1>3 - U South Florida*</h1>
<p>Note:
*rank varies - depends on program area; this list reflects quantity of ranked programs</p>
<p>Public Undergraduate - Specialty:</p>
<h1>1 - New College of Florida</h1>
<p>Private:</p>
<h1>1 - U Miami</h1>
<ol>
<li>Northwestern University</li>
<li>University of Chicago</li>
<li>University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign</li>
<li>Wheaton College</li>
<li>University of Illinois - Chicago</li>
<li>Illinois Institute of technology</li>
<li>Loyola University</li>
<li>Knox College</li>
<li>DePaul University</li>
<li>Illinois Wesleyan</li>
</ol>
<p>The only thing worse than the various ranking by magazines, review books and college web sites are listings made with no apparent rational reasoning what so ever. </p>
<p>What is the point?</p>
<p>i'll just say alabama is hard to rank because of the lack of good schools
1. birmingham-southern college (hands down)
2. samford
3. u of a
4. auburn
5. montevallo?</p>
<p>man... I'm not going to change anything, but the people who ranked ohio's schools clearly do not live in Ohio.</p>