<p>PosterX, your blind, limited way of thinking about things as well as your habit of dodging questions makes me question the Yale reputation.</p>
<p>PCB,</p>
<p>If posterx wants to rely on those rankings and all they entail it is his/her perogative. However, I suspect we would find that posters on the Yale thread with the same name believe that ND would provide a better academic experience than UConn. As Omciscient1 said, UConn can compete with ND on many levels but most people would think that ND would provide a better academic experience.</p>
<p>I would suggest that posterx not get painted with a broad Yale or UConn brush but a very narrow and limited one.</p>
<p>All you have to do is go to the Yale board to see how much of an attention-craving loser this PosterX kid is</p>
<p>Its pretty sad that Yale accepts people like this.</p>
<p>That kid got into Yale, wow</p>
<p>You don't have to slam UConn - which is a fantastic university that has been growing and developing arguably more quickly than any other university in the country over the past 10 years - in order to prop up Notre Dame, just because UConn is ranked higher. I was just at UConn and students were studying harder there than just about any other university I've seen, and also there were dozens of fantastic new buildings filled with researchers. The acceptance rate to get in there has plummeted.</p>
<p>The rankings are what they are, and the data are also extremely valid for what they are. I'm not saying you have to pay attention to them. Rankings can give a valid picture of a certain aspect of something, especially if there is a gap of hundreds of places between one thing and another (just a few places means nothing, of course), but they are limited in terms of what they are telling you beyond that.</p>
<p>I dont think anyone was bashing UConn, posterX. However, I believe we were bashing YOU and your pointless messages whose only purposes is to create an argument. </p>
<p>I think UConn is a great university, and is probably a fantastic option for many students. But, I think most will agree that Notre Dame is on a different level than UConn, however that doesn't take away from Uconn's validity.</p>
<p>Actually, no, I don't think most people would agree with that. I'm just saying, make your points without totally bashing schools that you think are worse just because they are ranked much higher, not even because you have spent time at them.</p>
<p>When did I every bash UConn?? I was bashing you, there's a difference</p>
<p>Here is a quote that I said in post #107 </p>
<p>"I think UConn is a great university, and is probably a fantastic option for many students." --- and the negativity is where?</p>
<p>Can you read, bud? I recommend Hooked on Phonics, or Dr. Seuss for starters. They work well with pre-schoolers, and are on the same intelligence level as yourself. Your neighborhood Borders should do the trick.</p>
<p>I think this kid is propping up a school he was too inadequate to get into. Look at the USNWR rankings. There isn't a gap of hundreds of spaces because that ranking at least has some legitimacy. You and the ranking are jokes, you troll. Go home.</p>
<p>I am a senior graduating from UConn in a couple weeks, and can tell you that the undergrad rankings mean ****. Believe me... </p>
<p>For undergrad, Notre Dame has always been strong. UConn was a lousy school 12 years ago, and the state of Connecticut was experiencing a brain drain problem. Give the school 10 to 15 years, and you will be comparing Notre Dame with UConn the same way it is being compared with Yale on this board. </p>
<p>In terms of grad programs....UConn is definitely on Notre Dame's level. Top 50 medical, law, and education schools....and a business school that in just a few years will experience a jump into the top 50....</p>
<p>also, what is this troll comment?</p>
<p>Connecticut experiencing a brain drain? Last time I checked, CT was by far the wealthiest state in America, had the most millionaires per capita, had the highest percentage of people with college degrees AND the highest percentage of people with advanced degrees, of any state in the nation. NY, California and Massachusetts have been losing much more population.</p>
<p>I believe that he means that people have recently been leaving Conn. to get their undergrad degrees.</p>
<p>Read the following posterX, and then leave collegeconfidential.com for good. You are not only embarrassing yourself, but me as well. Please do not advocate for UConn. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.neasc.uconn.edu/introduction.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.neasc.uconn.edu/introduction.htm</a></p>
<p>Sure, people leave to get more degrees, that happens in every wealthy state. But it doesn't mean smart people don't come back or move in. About half the people I know from New York who eventually got their Ph.D. moved to Connecticut. That's just where the best jobs and smartest people are. Like I said, it is by far the smartest and most educated state in the country. Omniscient, what's the reaccred study for?</p>
<p>PosterX, just admit you were wrong on this one. You tried to use the "educated state" argument to show that UConn is a great school, you got shot down, and now you are trying to say that the smartest people come back to Connecticut? That is great, and may be true, but it tells us nothing about UConn.</p>
<p>I give you credit, you go down with the ship, but one of these days you are going to have to admit that those rankings aren't worth jack.</p>
<p>Go to a school you feel comfortable going to. Believe me when I tell you that recruiters do not look at the rankings....</p>
<p>Lets get started on another discussion....</p>
<p>I heard, a while back, from the head FMP (Financial Management Program) recruiter for GE that GE does not recruit from Ivy League schools for the FMP. The FMP is pretty much the best entry level corporate job in the world. When asked why this was, he replied, we do not like the way Ivy League students think...it does not fit in well with GE. This coming from one of the head recruiters for the most admired company in the world....UConn and Notre Dame, by the way, are 2 of the 35 target schools for the FMP.....Discuss.</p>
<p>It probably has something to do with the heavy emphasis on business ethics that Mendoza is known for.</p>
<p>Perhaps it is. Mendoza is an unbelievable business school.</p>
<p>"The FMP is pretty much the best entry level corporate job in the world."</p>
<p>I highly doubt that, given that I know dozens of HYP graduates who made $130k in corporate jobs right out of college, got into any MBA or JD program they wanted two years afterwards, and now probably make over $250k+ even though they are still in their 20s.</p>
<p>Also I know several HYP grads who worked for GE corporate HQ right after they got their BAs; they worked with top mentors and got very high salaries, so your point is pretty much moot.</p>