<p>No, but I don’t have time to make a separate conversion for each Region!</p>
<p>“Gut Feel” (50%) + “Hunch” (50%) = VALID RANKING </p>
<p>That is a great formula. </p>
<p>That way, everyone whose college choice is #1 based on those feelings has found the Magic Formula. </p>
<p>By George, I think you’ve got it. 
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<p>Thank you 1Sokkermom, I knew you would appreciate the complexity of the human mind.</p>
<p>National University >>> Regional University.</p>
<p>There are exceptions, of course. A top 10 regional school is better than a National University ranked in third tier. However, a school ranked in the 30s of the Regional University rankings is not as good as a school ranked in the 30s of the National University rankings.</p>
<p>The categories are shaky at best. I’ll use one example. West Point and Annapolis are ties for 16th in the National LAC category. The Air Force Academy which has essentially the same curriculum and competing students nationally is #1 in the regional colleges, West. How does that make sense?</p>
<p>xiggi,</p>
<p>Thank you for that post about Trinity in San Antonio. This is the 19th straight year it has been #1 West, and generally not too close is the #2, also a great school. I think but for those < than 200 grad students, it would/should be a National LAC. It has never billed itself as anything but an LAC. There really isn’t a weak department in the school, and two departments it has that most LAC’s don’t, are engineering and business.</p>
<p>I would place it at least on par with Trinity in CT or Lafayette in PA, as far as academic quality. It’s really a great school, and big bang for the buck.</p>