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I should have also added that given the lag in the stats used by USNWR, Tulane was also severly affected by the retention stats, 4 and 6 year graduation stats, and possibly others that were far more a reflection of the post-Katrina issues than the quality of the school. For example, Tulane had to eliminate a few majors (primarily 3 engineering majors, they only kept Chemical and Biomedical) when it was unclear in those early days what would happen. They could have rationalized “correcting” the data they reported for these issues since it was clearly impossible for these students to stay at Tulane if they still wanted those majors. But they didn’t, they took the hit because it was the accurate reporting of the data as requested by the publications. So much for all the talk about how schools do everything to boost their USNWR rankings.</p>

<p>Anyway, those issues have now been wrung out of the system for the most part (still has not been 6 years since Katrina), and Tulane should be on a more level playing field stats wise.</p>

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<p>Copy and pasted from a previous post of mine:
Tulane University
Applications (entering fall year)
7,783 (1998)
8,389 (1999)
8,245 (2000)
10,000 (2001)
12,986 (2002)
14,107 (2003)
17,572 (2004)
18,666 (2005)
20,757 (2006)
16,969 (2007)
34,125 (2008)
39,920 (2009)
43,834 (2010) <-The most of any private school in the country despite a class size of 1500 for the entering class and around 6,500 total undergrads.</p>

<p>Avg SAT (Entering Class Year)
1168 (1993)
1180 (1994)
1270 (1995)
1265 (1996)
1265 (1997)
1278 (1998)
1282 (1999)
1278 (2000)
1326 (2001)
1348 (2002)
1335 (2003)
? (2004)
? (2005)
? (2006)
? (2007)
1365 (2008)
1370 (2009)
It will be interesting to see once everyone in enrolled (2010).</p>

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<p>Ben, thanks again for this post. They said the average SAT is going up another 9 points, so even if a small shift from summer melt, safe to say 1378-1380. Based on other schools’ 2009 numbers, that would put Tulane 27th, but of course others may have seen a rise also. We will see.</p>

<p>Maybe it was 2001 when they started the more aggressive marketing, that is a fairly big jump from the previous year, and then a steady rise until the Katrina effect. Then the huge rise. So when I said 20,000 I was remembering 2006, but I think it is more accurate to ignore 2007 even though it makes my case seem even stronger.</p>

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<p>USC is also not on the rise in terms of ‘rankings’ if that was the intent. Here’s why:</p>

<p>University of Southern California
Rank, Year
26, 2010
?, 2009
?, 2008
27,2007
30, 2006
30, 2005
30, 2004
31, 2003
34, 2002
35, 2001
42, 2000
41, 1999
41, 1998
43, 1997
44, 1996</p>

<p>I think it’s safe to say that USC, on the heels of a huge athletic probation and after a meteoric rise already in the rankings, will settle down where it is for some time. It’s a great school, but once you start pushing that magic 20 number it’s extremely difficult to get in there.</p>

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<p>Tulane, on the other hand, was ranked in the 30’s for 4 years and tied with NYU and Lehigh before being sent down into the vast depths of the 40’s. lol. </p>

<p>It had a $1 billion endowment until 09 when it went just back under due the financial crisis. </p>

<p>It also has a lot of attention as three presidents (Clinton, Papa Bush, and Obama) have spoken at the school in the last 4 years. </p>

<p>The US Surgeon General as well as the head of the EPA are both Tulane alum. </p>

<p>I’m not going to touch the crime issue as it’s not in my plans to ever sell drugs. 99% of the crime is drug dealer on drug dealer crime. I quit dealing months ago. :)</p>

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<p>I’d vote for schools like SMU, and yes Baylor, getting much more national appeal.</p>

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<p>go get’em fallenchemist, my old buddy</p>

<p>I would be more on the side of fallenchemist - Tulane will either stay at the same level in the USNWR rankings or move up a bit based on its overall improvement in all aspects.</p>

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<p>on USC, Ben is correct.</p>

<p>USC has stabilized at the 26th ranking for 2010 (last August) and there is not much “wiggle” room to move past other universities in the near future.</p>

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<p>[Best</a> Colleges - Education - US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-uc-rank]Best”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/national-uc-rank)</p>

<p>UMBC topped the list again, rocketing into tier 1 national rankings this year from being tier 2 last year. Expect this to continue as UMBC will at the very least approach UMCP and surpass it in some respects academically in the coming years.</p>

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<p>USC is definitely still on the rise. It has not stabilized. It reached the 23rd ranking this year and I think it still has some upward momentum left over the next few years.</p>

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<p>I would say that Kansas State is definitely on the rise. In the past few years, it has moved from USNWR third tier to first tier on the national universities ranking. The university has adopted a comprehensive plan to become a top 50 public research university by 2025. Recently, the Department of Homeland Security selected K-State as the site for the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF), which is a $500 million dollar, 500,000 square foot state of the art research complex to be built on a 46 acre tract adjacent to K-State’s College of Veterinary Medicine. More importantly, the men’s basketball team made it to the elite 8 last year. :-)</p>

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<p>^ I’m a big K-State fan, but the ranking change may be due to the alteration in USNews methodology that broadened T1 classification significantly.</p>

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<p>I am not up on the statistics, and we are on the West Coast, which doesn’t have as much presence here on the boards except for Stanford, USC, and the Claremont Colleges, and Reed, but I have been impressed with Santa Clara University, and thinking it must be on the up and up. Our valedictorian and 3 others (private prep school) are going there this year, mainly for engineering. We went on a tour this summer, and were very impressed with all of the new buildings, and the beauty of the campus. They have small classes, and seem to have lots of internships in the silicon valley. The business school looked great. This is anecdotal, but we went to Stanford that morning, and thought it was going to be unfair to go to Santa Clara in the afternoon after that wow factor, but my son was impressed enough to put it on his list. Many in our tour group thought the same.</p>

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<p>^ Yeah, Santa Clara University has a very nice campus. I used to hang out there before. I’d say that, in general, it’s a great alternative to those who wouldn’t get into Stanford, Caltech, top UCs or Claremont colleges. It’s a school to consider for those who would want to have a career in SV.</p>

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<p>Ohio State facilities expansion to cost $290M</p>

<p>By Justin Conley</p>

<p><a href=“mailto:conley.325@osu.edu”>conley.325@osu.edu</a></p>

<p>Published: Tuesday, October 26, 2010
Updated: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 20:10</p>

<p>For the third consecutive year, Ohio State broke its record for student population, and the university is spending millions to make room for its growing numbers.</p>

<p>To fit those students on campus - along with increasingly larger future freshmen classes - the university plans to spend $290 million expanding and improving campus facilities.</p>

<p>OSU plans to complete the South Campus High Rise Renovation and Addition Project by August 2013. The project will connect Park Hall to Stradley Hall and Steeb Hall to Smith Hall, providing room for 360 more students, said Molly Calhoun, assistant vice president for Student Life, in an e-mail.</p>

<p>The university also plans to complete the Hall Complex 2 expansion, a new six-story dormitory being built behind the 11th Avenue Parking Garage that will add 526 beds by 2012, Calhoun said.</p>

<p>The budget includes completed renovations of Jones Tower and the Lane Avenue Residence Hall and the ongoing renovation at Kennedy Commons, she said.</p>

<p>“In addition, we are currently working on a plan that would envision more housing in the north and (Olentangy River) districts,” Calhoun said. “The details have not been worked out, but we have plenty of capacity in those areas to add up to 4,000 additional beds if needed.”</p>

<p>New dining facilities and recreation space are included in the plans.</p>

<p>The expansion is driven by one goal: to make OSU a premiere university.</p>

<p>“We’re not growing just to grow,” said M. Dolan Evanovich, vice president of strategic enrollment. “We want to be one of the very best public universities in the country and world.”</p>

<p>Besides building projects, OSU’s plan to become one of the best calls for increases in student enrollment.</p>

<p>According to the Fifteenth Day Enrollment Report for autumn, 64,077 students are attending the main and regional campuses this year, a 1.4 percent increase from last Autumn Quarter.</p>

<p>This year, the Columbus campus also posted a record-high population of 56,064, a 1.9 percent increase from 2009.</p>

<p>The record-breaking quarter comes on the heels of OSU’s announcement of a strategic enrollment plan titled “From Excellence to Eminence: The One University Plan.”</p>

<p>For the past two years, the university has been holding the freshman class to about 6,600 students, said Allen Kraus, the director of marketing and strategic communications for the Office of Enrollment Services.</p>

<p>One goal of the plan is to add about 100 freshmen a year to the Columbus campus from 2011 to 2015, Evanovich said.</p>

<p>For OSU President E. Gordon Gee, the new record represents an important step toward that goal.</p>

<p>“These latest measures of distinction are important mile-markers in assuring that we are fulfilling our profound public purpose as Ohio’s land-grant and research university,” Gee said.</p>

<p>Source: [</a>" + artTitle.replace(“-”,“”) + " - " + “The Lantern” + " - " + “Campus” + "](<a href=“http://www.thelantern.com/campus/ohio-state-facilities-expansion-to-cost-290m-1.1728424]”>http://www.thelantern.com/campus/ohio-state-facilities-expansion-to-cost-290m-1.1728424)</p>

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<p>"The University of Central Florida has become the second largest university in the nation in student enrollment, surpassing Ohio State.</p>

<p>The ranking is based on preliminary enrollment data reported from the nation’s largest universities, according to UCF. UCF is home to 56,235 students, the most in the university’s history.</p>

<p>Arizona State continues to be the nation’s largest with more than 70,400 students."</p>

<p>Source: [Quality</a> Growth: UCF is Nation’s Second-Largest | UCF Today](<a href=“http://today.ucf.edu/quality-growth-ucf-is-nations-second-largest/]Quality”>Quality Growth: UCF is Nation's Second-Largest | University of Central Florida News)</p>

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<p>“One goal of the plan is to add about 100 freshmen a year to the Columbus campus from 2011 to 2015, Evanovich said.”</p>

<p>Wow!! with ~30% increase in application last year alone for all campuses, the school is only adding 100 freshmen a year for the main campus the next 5 years!! That is crazy!! lol</p>

<p>Go Bucks!!! :)</p>

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<p>^I think it’s generally perceived that tOSU clearly has advanced in quality in the last several years. However, it’s also generally perceived that size has an inverse relationship with the quality of the undergrad experience.</p>

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<p>USC, Stanford, Duke, and UPenn are high on the rise. </p>

<p>My alma mater has already reached the pinnacle though :p</p>

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<p>^I wouldn’t say any of those schools, save USC, are “on the rise” because they’ve been held in high prestige for quite a bit now.</p>

<p>University of Washington seems to be gaining more attention. It used to be the hidden gem of the west and only OOS kids with ivy-league stats would be admitted.</p>

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<p>^ I’m not sure about “ivy-league stats,” but UDub is a great school.</p>

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<p>umbc is doing a great job according to an admittedly small number of kids i know who attend. they are getting lots of attention from teachers</p>