Top Colleges by State

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<p>Schools included with Peer Assessment=3.0 or greater</p>

<p>All types of schools included: National Universities, Liberal Arts Colleges, Masters Universities, Comprehensive Colleges (Note: Specialty Schools not included as ratings were not avaliable for them)</p>

<p>Samford University (AL) 3.6 AL
University of Alabama * 3.1 AL
Auburn University (AL) * 3.1 AL
Spring Hill College (AL) 3.1 AL
Auburn University—Montgomery (AL) * 3 AL</p>

<p>Ouachita Baptist University (AR) 3.5 AR
John Brown University (AR) 3.3 AR
University of the Ozarks (AR) 3.2 AR
Hendrix College (AR) 3.1 AR
Harding University (AR) 3.1 AR</p>

<p>University of Arizona * 3.6 AZ
Arizona State University * 3.3 AZ</p>

<p>Stanford University (CA) 4.9 CA
California Institute of Technology 4.7 CA
University of California—Berkeley * 4.7 CA
Univ. of California—Los Angeles * 4.3 CA
Pomona College (CA) 4.3 CA
Harvey Mudd College (CA) 4.1 CA
Claremont McKenna College (CA) 4 CA
Univ. of Southern California 3.9 CA
Santa Clara University (CA) 3.9 CA
Cal Poly—San Luis Obispo * 3.9 CA
Univ. of California—San Diego * 3.8 CA
University of California—Davis * 3.7 CA
Occidental College (CA) 3.7 CA
Loyola Marymount University (CA) 3.7 CA
University of California—Irvine * 3.6 CA
Scripps College (CA) 3.6 CA
Univ. of California—Santa Barbara * 3.5 CA
Pitzer College (CA) 3.5 CA
Vanguard University of Southern California 3.5 CA
Calif. State Poly. Univ.—Pomona * 3.4 CA
Master's Col. and Seminary (CA) 3.4 CA
Pacific Union College (CA) 3.4 CA
Menlo College (CA) 3.4 CA
San Francisco State University * 3.3 CA
California State U.—Long Beach * 3.3 CA
Univ. of California—Santa Cruz * 3.2 CA
Mary Baldwin College (VA) 3.2 CA
University of Redlands (CA) 3.2 CA
St. Mary's College of California 3.2 CA
San Jose State University (CA) * 3.2 CA
Chapman University (CA) 3.2 CA
California State U.—Fullerton * 3.2 CA
California State U.—Northridge * 3.2 CA
Univ. of California—Riverside * 3.1 CA
Pepperdine University (CA) 3.1 CA
California State Univ.—Fresno * 3.1 CA
California State U.—Sacramento * 3.1 CA
Azusa Pacific University (CA) 3.1 CA
Bethany College (CA) 1 3.1 CA
University of San Francisco 3 CA
Mills College (CA) 3 CA
Sonoma State University (CA) * 3 CA
Mount St. Mary's College (CA) 3 CA
California State U.—Los Angeles * 3 CA
Cogswell Polytechnical College (CA) 3 CA</p>

<p>Colorado College 3.7 CO
University of Colorado—Boulder * 3.5 CO
Univ. of Colo.—Colorado Springs * 3.2 CO
Colorado State University * 3 CO
Regis University (CO) 3 CO</p>

<p>Yale University (CT) 4.9 CT
Wesleyan University (CT) 4.3 CT
Trinity College (CT) 3.7 CT
Connecticut College 3.5 CT
Fairfield University (CT) 3.5 CT
Quinnipiac University (CT) 3.3 CT
University of Connecticut * 3.2 CT</p>

<p>Georgetown University (DC) 4.1 DC
George Washington University (DC) 3.5 DC
Gallaudet University (DC) 3.5 DC</p>

<p>University of Delaware * 3.2 DE</p>

<p>Rollins College (FL) 3.7 FL
University of Florida * 3.6 FL
Stetson University (FL) 3.5 FL
Embry Riddle Aeronautical U. (FL) 3.4 FL
Flagler College (FL) 3.4 FL
University of Miami (FL) 3.2 FL
Florida Southern College 3.2 FL
Florida State University * 3.1 FL
University of Tampa (FL) 3 FL
University of North Florida * 3 FL</p>

<p>Emory University (GA) 4 GA
Georgia Institute of Technology * 4 GA
Berry College (GA) 4 GA
Mercer University (GA) 3.7 GA
University of Georgia * 3.4 GA
Spelman College (GA) 3.3 GA
LaGrange College (GA) 3.3 GA
Georgia Southern University * 3.2 GA
Kennesaw State University (GA) * 3.2 GA
Agnes Scott College (GA) 3.1 GA
Morehouse College (GA) 3.1 GA
Georgia College and State University * 3.1 GA
Shorter College (GA) 3 GA</p>

<p>Brigham Young University—Hawaii 3.7 HI</p>

<p>Grinnell College (IA) 4.2 IA
Drake University (IA) 3.8 IA
Wartburg College (IA) 3.7 IA
University of Iowa * 3.6 IA
Iowa State University * 3.3 IA
Simpson College (IA) 3.3 IA
Central College (IA) 3.2 IA
University of Northern Iowa * 3.1 IA
Dordt College (IA) 3.1 IA
Buena Vista University (IA) 3 IA</p>

<p>Lewis - Clark State College (ID) * 3.3 ID
Boise State University (ID) * 3 ID</p>

<p>University of Chicago 4.7 IL
Northwestern University (IL) 4.4 IL
U. of Illinois—Urbana - Champaign * 4 IL
Bradley University (IL) 3.6 IL
Elmhurst College (IL) 3.4 IL
Millikin University (IL) 3.3 IL
Illinois College 3.3 IL
University of Illinois—Chicago * 3.2 IL
North Central College (IL) 3.1 IL
Wheaton College (IL) 3 IL
Knox College (IL) 3 IL</p>

<p>University of Notre Dame (IN) 3.9 IN
Purdue Univ.—West Lafayette (IN) * 3.8 IN
Indiana University—Bloomington * 3.8 IN
Valparaiso University (IN) 3.8 IN
Butler University (IN) 3.6 IN
St. Mary's College (IN) 3.6 IN
Earlham College (IN) 3.5 IN
Taylor University (IN) 3.5 IN
DePauw University (IN) 3.4 IN
University of Evansville (IN) 3.4 IN
Manchester College (IN) 3.3 IN
Wabash College (IN) 3.2 IN
Franklin College (IN) 3.1 IN
University of Indianapolis 3 IN
St. Mary - of - the - Woods College (IN) 3 IN
Huntington University (IN) 3 IN</p>

<p>University of Kansas * 3.3 KS</p>

<p>Berea College (KY) 4.3 KY
Asbury College (KY) 3.5 KY
Centre College (KY) 3.3 KY
Murray State University (KY) * 3.2 KY
Western Kentucky University * 3.2 KY
University of Kentucky * 3 KY
Bellarmine University (KY) 3 KY
Kentucky Wesleyan College 3 KY</p>

<p>Tulane University (LA) 3.4 LA
Loyola University New Orleans 11 3.4 LA
Xavier University of Louisiana 11 3.2 LA
Dillard University (LA) 11 3 LA</p>

<p>Harvard University (MA) 4.9 MA
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology 4.9 MA
Williams College (MA) 4.7 MA
Amherst College (MA) 4.7 MA
Wellesley College (MA) 4.5 MA
Smith College (MA) 4.3 MA
Stonehill College (MA) 4.1 MA
Mount Holyoke College (MA) 4 MA
Tufts University (MA) 3.7 MA
Brandeis University (MA) 3.6 MA
Boston College 3.6 MA
College of the Holy Cross (MA) 3.6 MA
Boston University 3.4 MA
Bentley College (MA) 3.4 MA
Univ. of Massachusetts—Amherst * 3.3 MA
Wheaton College (MA) 3.3 MA
Merrimack College (MA) 3.3 MA
Simmons College (MA) 3.2 MA
Emerson College (MA) 3.2 MA
Northeastern University (MA) 3.1 MA
Simon's Rock College of Bard (MA) 3.1 MA
Univ. of Massachusetts—Dartmouth * 3 MA</p>

<p>Johns Hopkins University (MD) 4.6 MD
Univ. of Maryland—College Park * 3.7 MD
Loyola College in Maryland 3.6 MD
St. John's College (MD) 1 3.5 MD
Towson University (MD) * 3.2 MD
Villa Julie College (MD) 3.1 MD
Goucher College (MD) 3 MD
Hood College (MD) 3 MD
Mount St. Mary's University (MD) 3 MD
Salisbury University (MD) * 3 MD</p>

<p>Bowdoin College (ME) 4.3 ME
Colby College (ME) 4 ME
Bates College (ME) 4 ME</p>

<p>University of Michigan—Ann Arbor * 4.5 MI
Calvin College (MI) 4.1 MI
Michigan State University * 3.5 MI
Kalamazoo College (MI) 3.3 MI</p>

<p>Carleton College (MN) 4.4 MN
Macalester College (MN) 4 MN
Univ. of Minnesota—Twin Cities * 3.8 MN
St. Olaf College (MN) 3.5 MN
Hamline University (MN) 3.5 MN
College of St. Catherine (MN) 3.2 MN
Augsburg College (MN) 3.2 MN
St. John's University (MN) 3 MN
Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) 3 MN
University of Minnesota—Duluth * 3 MN</p>

<p>Washington University in St. Louis 4.1 MO
Truman State University (MO) * 3.6 MO
Univ. of Missouri—Columbia * 3.3 MO
Drury University (MO) 3.2 MO
Rockhurst University (MO) 3.1 MO
College of the Ozarks (MO) 3.1 MO
St. Louis University 3 MO</p>

<p>Mississippi Univ. for Women * 3.3 MS
Belhaven College (MS) 3 MS</p>

<p>Carroll College (MT) 3.5 MT</p>

<p>Duke University (NC) 4.5 NC
U. of North Carolina—Chapel Hill * 4.2 NC
Davidson College (NC) 4.1 NC
Elon University (NC) 3.7 NC
Wake Forest University (NC) 3.5 NC
Appalachian State University (NC) * 3.4 NC
U. of North Carolina—Charlotte * 3.4 NC
U. of North Carolina—Wilmington * 3.2 NC
Wingate University (NC) 3.2 NC
Lenoir - Rhyne College (NC) 3.2 NC
North Carolina State U.—Raleigh * 3.1 NC
High Point University (NC) 3.1 NC
Meredith College (NC) 3 NC</p>

<p>Creighton University (NE) 4.1 NE
Univ. of Nebraska—Lincoln * 3.1 NE
University of Nebraska—Omaha * 3 NE</p>

<p>Dartmouth College (NH) 4.4 NH
Colby - Sawyer College (NH) 3.2 NH</p>

<p>Princeton University (NJ) 4.9 NJ
College of New Jersey * 3.5 NJ
Rutgers—New Brunswick (NJ) * 3.4 NJ
Ramapo College of New Jersey * 3.3 NJ
Rowan University (NJ) * 3.1 NJ
Rutgers—Newark (NJ) * 3 NJ
Drew University (NJ) 3 NJ
Rider University (NJ) 3 NJ
Montclair State University (NJ) * 3 NJ
Fairleigh Dickinson Univ. (NJ) 3 NJ</p>

<p>St. John's College (NM) 1 3.1 NM
College of St. Scholastica (MN) 3 NM
College of Santa Fe (NM) 3 NM</p>

<p>Columbia University (NY) 4.6 NY
Cornell University (NY) 4.6 NY
Vassar College (NY) 4.1 NY
Colgate University (NY) 4 NY
Rochester Inst. of Technology (NY) 4 NY
Barnard College (NY) 3.9 NY
New York University 3.8 NY
Hamilton College (NY) 3.7 NY
Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst. (NY) 3.6 NY
Ithaca College (NY) 3.6 NY
Sarah Lawrence College (NY) 3.5 NY
SUNY Col. Arts & Sci.—Geneseo * 3.5 NY
University of Rochester (NY) 3.4 NY
Syracuse University (NY) 3.4 NY
Bard College (NY) 3.4 NY
Skidmore College (NY) 3.4 NY
Union College (NY) 3.3 NY
CUNY—Hunter College * 3.3 NY
Russell Sage College (NY) 3.3 NY
Elmira College (NY) 3.3 NY
SUNY—Stony Brook * 3.2 NY
St. Lawrence University (NY) 3.2 NY
CUNY—Baruch College * 3.2 NY
Fordham University (NY) 3.1 NY
University at Buffalo—SUNY * 3.1 NY
Hobart and William Smith Col. (NY) 3.1 NY
Marist College (NY) 3.1 NY
Alfred University (NY) 3.1 NY
CUNY—Brooklyn College * 3.1 NY
Utica College (NY) 3.1 NY
SUNY—Binghamton * 3 NY
Yeshiva University (NY) 3 NY
Le Moyne College (NY) 3 NY
Manhattan College (NY) 3 NY
SUNY Col. Arts & Sci.—New Paltz * 3 NY
CUNY—Queens College * 3 NY
CUNY—City College * 3 NY</p>

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<p>Oberlin College (OH) 4.2 OH
Ohio State University—Columbus * 3.7 OH
Kenyon College (OH) 3.7 OH
Xavier University (OH) 3.7 OH
Otterbein College (OH) 3.7 OH
John Carroll University (OH) 3.6 OH
Case Western Reserve Univ. (OH) 3.5 OH
Ohio Northern University 3.5 OH
Miami University—Oxford (OH) * 3.4 OH
Denison University (OH) 3.4 OH
College of Wooster (OH) 3.3 OH
Baldwin - Wallace College (OH) 3.3 OH
Mount Union College (OH) 3.3 OH
Ohio University * 3.1 OH
Marietta College (OH) 3.1 OH
Cedarville University (OH) 3.1 OH</p>

<p>Oklahoma Baptist University 3.4 OK
Oklahoma Christian U. 3.3 OK
Univ. of Science and Arts of Okla. * 3.2 OK
University of Oklahoma * 3 OK</p>

<p>Reed College (OR) 10 3.9 OR
Linfield College (OR) 3.9 OR
University of Portland (OR) 3.6 OR
Corban College (OR) 3.5 OR
University of Oregon * 3.3 OR
Lewis and Clark College (OR) 3.2 OR
Willamette University (OR) 3.1 OR
Pacific University (OR) 3.1 OR
Oregon State University * 3 OR
George Fox University (OR) 3 OR</p>

<p>Swarthmore College (PA) 4.6 PA
University of Pennsylvania 4.5 PA
Villanova University (PA) 4.3 PA
Carnegie Mellon University (PA) 4.2 PA
Haverford College (PA) 4.2 PA
Bryn Mawr College (PA) 4.2 PA
Pennsylvania State U.—University Park * 3.8 PA
Bucknell University (PA) 3.8 PA
Elizabethtown College (PA) 3.6 PA
University of Pittsburgh * 3.5 PA
Franklin and Marshall College (PA) 3.5 PA
Lafayette College (PA) 3.4 PA
Dickinson College (PA) 3.4 PA
University of Scranton (PA) 3.4 PA
St. Joseph's University (PA) 3.4 PA
Messiah College (PA) 3.4 PA
Grove City College (PA) 3.4 PA
Gettysburg College (PA) 3.3 PA
Lehigh University (PA) 3.2 PA
La Salle University (PA) 3.1 PA
Mercyhurst College (PA) 3.1 PA
Allegheny College (PA) 3 PA</p>

<p>Brown University (RI) 4.4 RI
Providence College (RI) 3.7 RI
Roger Williams University (RI) 3.4 RI
Bryant University (RI) 3.1 RI</p>

<p>The Citadel (SC) * 3.7 SC
College of Charleston (SC) * 3.6 SC
Furman University (SC) 3.4 SC
Winthrop University (SC) * 3.3 SC
Clemson University (SC) * 3.1 SC
Converse College (SC) 3.1 SC
Columbia College (SC) 3.1 SC
Univ. of South Carolina—Columbia * 3 SC
Coker College (SC) 3 SC</p>

<p>Augustana College (SD) 3.4 SD</p>

<p>Vanderbilt University (TN) 4.1 TN
Sewanee—University of the South (TN) 3.6 TN
Maryville College (TN) 3.6 TN
Rhodes College (TN) 3.5 TN
Belmont University (TN) 3.4 TN
Lee University (TN) 3.4 TN
University of Tennessee * 3.2 TN
Univ. of Tennessee—Chattanooga * 3.2 TN
Tennessee Technological Univ. * 3 TN
Southern Adventist University (TN) 3 TN</p>

<p>Trinity University (TX) 4.2 TX
Rice University (TX) 4.1 TX
University of Texas—Austin * 4.1 TX
Texas Lutheran University 3.7 TX
Texas A&M Univ.—College Station * 3.6 TX
East Texas Baptist University 3.3 TX
Concordia University—Austin (TX) 3.3 TX
Southern Methodist University (TX) 3.2 TX
Baylor University (TX) 3.2 TX
McMurry University (TX) 3.2 TX
Lubbock Christian University (TX) 3.2 TX
University of Houston—Downtown * 3.2 TX
St. Edward's University (TX) 3.1 TX
Southwestern University (TX) 3 TX
Texas State University—San Marcos * 3 TX
St. Mary's Univ. of San Antonio 3 TX
Abilene Christian University (TX) 3 TX
University of Texas—San Antonio * 3 TX</p>

<p>University of Utah * 3.2 UT
Brigham Young Univ.—Provo (UT) 3.1 UT
Weber State University (UT) * 3 UT</p>

<p>University of Virginia * 4.3 VA
James Madison University (VA) * 4 VA
College of William and Mary (VA) * 3.8 VA
Washington and Lee University (VA) 3.8 VA
University of Mary Washington (VA) * 3.6 VA
University of Richmond (VA) 3.5 VA
Virginia Tech * 3.4 VA
Radford University (VA) * 3.2 VA
George Mason University (VA) * 3 VA
Hampton University (VA) 3 VA</p>

<p>Middlebury College (VT) 4.3 VT
St. Michael's College (VT) 3.3 VT
University of Vermont * 3.1 VT
Bennington College (VT) 3 VT</p>

<p>University of Washington * 3.9 WA
Gonzaga University (WA) 3.8 WA
Whitworth College (WA) 3.5 WA
Seattle University 3.5 WA
Seattle Pacific University 3.4 WA
Northwest University (WA) 3.4 WA
Whitman College (WA) 3.3 WA
Pacific Lutheran University (WA) 3.3 WA
Western Washington University * 3.2 WA
Washington State University * 3 WA
University of Puget Sound (WA) 3 WA</p>

<p>Univ. of Wisconsin—Madison * 4.2 WI
St. Norbert College (WI) 3.6 WI
Alverno College (WI) 3.5 WI
Lawrence University (WI) 3.2 WI
Beloit College (WI) 3.2 WI
Carroll College (WI) 3.2 WI
Univ. of Wisconsin—Eau Claire * 3.1 WI
Univ. of Wisconsin—La Crosse * 3 WI</p>

<p>Marshall University (WV) * 3.4 WV
University of Charleston (WV) 3.3 WV
Wheeling Jesuit University (WV) 3 WV
Shepherd University (WV) * 3 WV</p>

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<p>interesting. does anyone else find it ridiculous that connecticut college is considered lower than a bunch of 3rd tier schools?</p>

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<p>Yeah, Conn College should be more in line with Trinity and Hamilton; however, I find it more proposterous that URochester is lower than Ithaca College and significantly lower than RIT. You almost wonder if they got these latter two schools mixed up. Not that SAT is everything, but the avg SAT at URochester is ~ 180 points higher than these other two schools.</p>

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<p>Where do these Peer Assessments come from? There are clearly some problems:</p>

<p>Peer assessment/ School/%admit/ SATs/</p>

<p>3.3 /Whitman / 49 /Verbal: 620 - 750 Math: 620 - 700 </p>

<p>3.5 /Seattle U/ 68 / Verbal: 520 - 630 Math: 530 - 620 </p>

<p>3.5/ Whitworth/ 67 /Verbal: 540 - 650 Math: 540 - 650</p>

<p>and most dubious:</p>

<p>3.8/ Gonzaga / 73!!! / Verbal: 540 - 640 Math: 550 - 650</p>

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<p>Add Dordt College, IA to the unusual/funny name list...</p>

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<p>Yeah, the more I looked at this the more inconsistecies there are. Stonehill College (which I've never heard of before) tied with Georgetown, Rice and WUSTL and ahead of Claremont MCKenna, Colgate, Colby, Bates, Hamilton, Bucknell, Tufts, BC, Holy Cross, Trinity, Conn College in a reputational survey? UScranton and Elizabethtown College considerably ahead of Lehigh? I wouldn't think consensus or any statistics could generate these anomolies. Anyone have an explanation or know about these schools to justify their placement?</p>

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<p>The one for Tennessee is ridiculous. Most of the students from the state go to UT, so I don't get why it's so low. Whatever. Rankings don't mean much in my opinion.</p>

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<p>more ridiculousness:</p>

<p>3.9 / Reed/ 45% admit / Verbal: 660 - 760 Math: 620 - 710</p>

<p>3.9 / Linfield/ 73% admit / Verbal: 510 - 620 Math: 520 - 640</p>

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<p>North Carolina is waaaaay off. SC and VA are also a bit off. I guess this is why US News only counts peer assessment as 25%. :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>These peer rankings are from US News and they are developed from colleges in the same categories. So Reed's eval is from other LACs while Linfield's is from Comprehensive colleges. They really can't be compared this way (between categories).</p>

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<p>Yeah, I've never of Linfield either. Not that I expect to have heard of every college in Oregon, but would think I would know of any that are considered comparable to Reed. This makes me question peer assessment even more than I had, especially below the 4.0 level. It seems that in many cases schools named after a city fare better than superior schools with a more obscure name, just because they have heard of the city before. Besides the Lehigh, UScranton, Elizabethtown example above, this would also work for Ithaca College above Skidmore and Union, which to me are considered far stronger than Ithaca College.</p>

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<p>Is a 4.0 in national universities supposed to be comparable to a 4.0 in LACs, comprehensive colleges and any other categories USNWR has or not?</p>

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<p>these rankings arenot accurate.
there are ERRORS</p>

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<p>absolutely worthless- where did you get these rankings?</p>

<p>University of Florida is 100x better than Rollins, FSU should be higher up, and UNF shouldnt even be on the list.</p>

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<p>These are from the US News website. This thread was made with the intent that people may use it when thinking of schools from their home state to apply to when doing prospective college searches. No college ranking is ever correct/perfect.</p>

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<p>Erin's dad has it right you can not compare peer assessment between categories.</p>

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<p>Rollins is crap</p>

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<p>Wow, these rankings are so bad. I was going to get angry, but it must be some sort of joke. Wake Forest between Elon and App state? ***? Wake, Davidson, and CH should all be tied.<br>
I also didn't realize that JMU was a better school than William and Mary or Washington and Lee. Interesting. Peer Assessment is worthless and these rankings just illustrate it.
Free your minds and look at this instead!:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=220855%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=220855&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>calvin college in michigan isnt really a tough one to get into...</p>