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Notable alumni of the University of Connecticut include WNBA star Sue Bird; George Harrison, senior vice president at Nintendo; and David Lee, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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no offense to Sue... but this is really the notable alum list?
 
I don't put a lot of stock into these rankings. That being said, we are ranked ahead of both Cuse (#62) and Rutgers (#68).
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
I don't put a lot of stock into these rankings. That being said, we are ranked ahead of both Cuse (#62) and Rutgers (#68).
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It's good advertising... and I think it shows how far the UConn has come...
 
upstater is going to shortly explain why this ranking is meaningless.
 
Jimmy Serrano said:
I don't put a lot of stock into these rankings. That being said, we are ranked ahead of both Cuse (#62) and Rutgers (#68).
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We passed them both out this year. I believe we were in the mid 60's last year. That's a hell of a nice jump.
 
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Let's hope Super Sue can maintain and improve on her predecessor's accomplishments.
 
zls44 said:
upstater is going to shortly explain why this ranking is meaningless.
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They're not meaningless. They are just bad. They are meaningful to a lot of people, however.
 
Anyone notice that Rutgers has dropped 20 spots or so in the last decade.

Interesting ain't it?
 
upstater said:
Anyone notice that Rutgers has dropped 20 spots or so in the last decade.

Interesting ain't it?
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Problems with budgets.

I think however that UConn's rise is something that cannot be ignored either. I just posted in the basketball board about this. UConn's graduation rate in 2010 was 81% (WOW! I must say I contributed to that ;)) and their freshman retention rate is 93% (that's easily in the top 1-2% of universities in the country).

It's also important to note that UMass is now considered the 3rd best public school in New England. UVM just overtook them. UMass has been declining since UConn took the #1 spot 13 years ago.

And why is this important...because people pay attention...and not any people, but parents of children who are about to send their kids to school. UConn also made it on a list this year "A+ schools for B students" in this report, saying that they offer some of the best education for students who don't necessarily have the grades to get in more difficult schools.

UConn is seen as a school with low cost and high rewards. That's why it's skyrocketing up these lists. UConn easily in the next decade or two could be considered among one of the best in the nation. They're trending in the right direction and show no signs of stopping with Herbst at the helm.
 
upstater said:
Anyone notice that Rutgers has dropped 20 spots or so in the last decade.

Interesting ain't it?
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I think the reasons for Rutgers' problem is that they actually take a big chunk of their student body from New Jersey. That can't help their rankings. I heard the original title of Jersey Shore was "Honors Dorm at Rutgers".
 
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zls44 said:
upstater is going to shortly explain why this ranking is meaningless.
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yeah I love that Debate.

But, I am also pleased that we have inched ahead of Snooki U.
 
21Huskies said:
no offense to Sue... but this is really the notable alum list?
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Surprising how Robert Diamond (CEO of Barclay's Capital) is not mentioned all too much, even though he got his MBA from UConn.

Still prominent alumni though.
 
I think the knock on these rankings is more that they don't always show what the "best" schools are, really what they're more useful for is publicity. Sure, it gives a pretty close reading, but if I'm going to school for engineering, I'm not going to go to the #1 school, I'm going to go to the #5 school. If I'm going to school for film, I'm not going to go to the #1 school, I'm going to go to the #25 or so school. Nonetheless, great for the university.

I always get a kick out of the notable alumni section at my school, BU, when they list Bill O'Reilly next to Howard Stern. Opposite ends of the spectrum there, to say the least.
 
IMind said:
It's good advertising... and I think it shows how far the UConn has come...
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Have we graduated to the same level as "THE Ohio State University"???
 
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338-uconn wtf should be top 200ish considering other schools near them in other rankings.
 
upstater said:
I feel sorry for the stellar student whose parents send him/her to U. Chicago because it's number 5 rather than a school much further down the list. You know it happens.
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Aren't they still good for physics?
 
upstater said:
I feel sorry for the stellar student whose parents send him/her to U. Chicago because it's number 5 rather than a school much further down the list. You know it happens.

Have a look at the world rankings: http://www.usnews.com/education/wor...ings/top-400-universities-in-the-world?page=2

Don't jibe with the nationals at all.
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My brother was a prof at University of Chicago and I'm guessing he would disagree with your statement just mildly. But he's moved on so maybe he wouldn't care. I'll tell you that UC's MBA program is top notch, particularly in the finance area.
 
upstater said:
I feel sorry for the stellar student whose parents send him/her to U. Chicago because it's number 5 rather than a school much further down the list. You know it happens.

Have a look at the world rankings: http://www.usnews.com/education/wor...ings/top-400-universities-in-the-world?page=2

Don't jibe with the nationals at all.
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That is a strange statement. U of Chicago is a fantastic school for both grad and undergrad. I will acknowledge that there is a major freakshow quality among the undergrads, but it is still a top university. I wouldn't put it #5, but it would be Top 10.
 
UNC-Chapel Hill? being 57th...

WTF are they known for! besides athletics.

That may sound offensive and crap but it makes no sense!
 
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The 338 ranking is irrational! Perhaps President Herbst can address that....
 
Butchy said:
The 338 ranking is irrational! Perhaps President Herbst can address that....
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BCU is 359th...football, basketball, now academics. We're running out of things to eclipse them in.
 
UCDaveD said:
BCU is 359th...football, basketball, now academics. We're running out of things to eclipse them in.
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Heck with BCU. We have some bigger fish to eclipse!
 
upstater said:
They're not meaningless. They are just bad. They are meaningful to a lot of people, however.
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I agree, not "meaningless," but after the obvious top schools, they become an awful lot like "stars" in the recruiting world. Stars aren't meaningless but you have to use your judgment.
 
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Love that my degree increases in value each year! Loved going to UConn.
 
the acc must wake up every day and ask themselves why did they touch bcu. dont carry tv mk's, fball and bball are dying quickly, fans support is horrible etc etc and now they are slowly slipping in the all important to the acc school rankings. lmfao. alot of ppl want to be in a conf with bc after the expansion crazyness goes down. i want to be in a different one. they are our only other new england competition from new england. right now were different becuase of conf afiliation and where the sports programs are going etc. putting us in the same conf wouldn't help uconn, it would just level the field a bit. no matter who is in the better conf, if were both in different ones, recruits/fans will chose the sucessful team to follow. and things will build from there, its already happening in new england. i say we make sure we are far away from them, becuase we can be sucessful without them(we are already) and eventually we may kill them off. i can see a not to far away future where not just the best bball players are coming here, but in new england the best fball players are looking here and not bc.
 
rw005 said:
UNC-Chapel Hill? being 57th...

WTF are they known for! besides athletics.

That may sound offensive and crap but it makes no sense!
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I'll assume this is a joke, because UNC is a very good school.
 
Pudge said:
Isn't U of Chicago know more for Graduate Schools? I don't think I've ever met anyone who went there Undergrad.
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Yes, quite right. But they do have undergrads. I'd never send my kid there though.
 
jbdphi said:
My brother was a prof at University of Chicago and I'm guessing he would disagree with your statement just mildly. But he's moved on so maybe he wouldn't care. I'll tell you that UC's MBA program is top notch, particularly in the finance area.
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My point was that if you choose these schools by rankings, you're in for it. UC has a rep as being very unkind to undergrads.
 
nelsonmuntz said:
That is a strange statement. U of Chicago is a fantastic school for both grad and undergrad. I will acknowledge that there is a major freakshow quality among the undergrads, but it is still a top university. I wouldn't put it #5, but it would be Top 10.
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We just disagree. I agree the school overall is top notch, but if I'm an undergrad, I can find 40 to 50 schools I'd rather attend.
 
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Butchy said:
Yale is a bit too high. Let's stick with public schools....
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I think a good aim would be to eclipse some of the Cal schools and put us in the tier with UWash and UWisc.

upstater said:
We just disagree. I agree the school overall is top notch, but if I'm an undergrad, I can find 40 to 50 schools I'd rather attend.
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FWIW, Yale is also considered a much much better graduate school than it is an undergraduate school.
 
NHUConnfan said:
I think a good aim would be to eclipse some of the Cal schools and put us in the tier with UWash and UWisc.

FWIW, Yale is also considered a much much better graduate school than it is an undergraduate school.
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???

Go on. How'd ya figure?
 
upstater said:
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Go on. How'd ya figure?
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Just being in graduate school now and hearing a lot of what's going on - Yale is probably more important than most if not all of the Ivy's when it comes to graduate programs. For instance, I know Yale by far has the best graduate program in my field.
 
Yale has great graduate programs in many fields. Yale is a great world class university. It's bread-and-butter though has always been the strength of its undergraduate program.

There are only a few schools that are in Chicago's class when it comes to taking a complete disinterest in undergraduate studies. Johns Hopkins is one, Carnegie Mellon is another. These are three schools that a parent should beware of. I'm sure there are several more out there.
 
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