Tears Gator Tears

[TheOriginalCane]

It's just the bold. It's not fair to other schools, really.

If a state just keeps getting bigger, and the school doesn't expand its enrollment proportionally (and they never do), the school can get more and more selective without doing...anything.

And the fact is, the states of Florida and Georgia ain't slowing down any time soon.

This was my main point. JD08 is correct about Bright Futures, which certainly contributed, but UGa is also moving up in the rankings, and that one has nothing to do with BF scholarships.

Your statistical point is right on. In a state like Michigan, which has a static or declining population, a school like U-M (Michigan) could actually go DOWN on selectivity index, while maintaining an excellent academic program and reputation. Conversely, UiF, F$U, and UGa could RISE in the rankings without doing a single thing to improve their academic programs or reputations, simply by having an ever-increasing selectivity index.

Bizarre. And, look, I can acknowledge that UiF is a good school (F$U is not), but nobody can point to any specific academic initiatives that are driving the rankings movements of those 2 universities in the US News lists.

 

[JD08]

I remember Bright Futures was still relatively new when I started high school (2001). When I got to high school, there were some children of Lizards who wanted to go there, but I don't remember that many people who had UiF as a "dream school." The price just ended up too good to refuse for a lot of smart kids.

I argued even back then that UM should be trying something aggressive to counteract this, such as offering automatic entry to the top 5% or valedictorians/salutatorians in a 3-6 county area. I know it's gimmicky, but someone could iron out the details. We definitely should have done more, earlier, to try to keep the best of South Florida here.

Back in the early 80's, UF was where the kids went whose parents insisted they go to college. They'd come back a term or two later and enroll in Palm Beach Junior College.

 

[Cajuncane]

All private. They’re just bragging that they’re up there academically with NYU and Tufts.

I can guaran-dam-tee you in the real world that NYU and Tufts degrees hold more weight than a gaytor degree.

NYU and Tufts would use UFAG diplomas as toilet paper

 

[Negro-Wan Kanobi]

Maybe we should have praised his attitude and effort more often...

Underrated comment

 

[Cajuncane]

Thread headed to second page so when that happens I usually just remind people that:

UFAG SUCKS !!! ALWAYS HAS ALWAYS WILL !!!

To make sure it doesn’t happen.NEVER put baby in the corner .

 

[JD08]

Thread headed to second page so when that happens I usually just remind people that:

UFAG SUCKS !!! ALWAYS HAS ALWAYS WILL !!!

To make sure it doesn’t happen.NEVER put baby in the corner .

Why this and Nole Tears aren't stickies is beyond me.

 

[Cajuncane]

Why this and Nole Tears aren't stickies is beyond me.

Agree..this thread alone has to be making as much from advertising as the rest of the board together

 

[TheOriginalCane]

Why this and Nole Tears aren't stickies is beyond me.

@RVACane

It's his baby.

And he's a Maude now. He can get ****e done.

Speaking of which...do we have...or can we get...a Maude emoji?

 

[JD08]

@RVACane

It's his baby.

And he's a Maude now. He can get ****e done.

 

[canenok]

Will someone post and link the new WSJ rankings of Colleges and Universities? Miami is ranked #53, Ufag #56, and FSU #187. So much for all the flagship university in Florida and Harvard of the south Gayta talk. Thanks

 

[theribdoctor]

Will someone post and link the new WSJ rankings of Colleges and Universities? Miami is ranked #53, Ufag #56, and FSU #187. So much for all the flagship university in Florida and Harvard of the south Gayta talk. Thanks

Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings 2020

The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings gives students and their families the information that they need to help them choose where to study. The ranking of more than 800 universities is based on 15 individual performance indicators and responses from more than 170,000...

www.timeshighereducation.com

 

[canenok]

Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings 2020

The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Rankings gives students and their families the information that they need to help them choose where to study. The ranking of more than 800 universities is based on 15 individual performance indicators and responses from more than 170,000...

www.timeshighereducation.com

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Thank you, thought it was fitting for Gator tears! But ****, how Bad is FSU right now on and off the field!

 

[theribdoctor]

Thank you, thought it was fitting for Gator tears! But ****, how Bad is FSU right now on and off the field!

although US News has ufag at 30, and us at 49, and fspoo at 58

 

[theribdoctor]

I'm behind a paywall, can't tell you the wsj numbers for 2021.

 

[canenok]

I'm behind a paywall, can't tell you the wsj numbers for 2021.

Yeah my numbers were the WSJ 2021 numbers.

 

[LokiCane]

have the turds played a game this year yet?

 

[Nick_conlan]

have the turds played a game this year yet?

26th is their first i believe

 

[Warrior808]

The US News rankings is hardly based on academic strength at all. Retention rates, , alumni giving (yes, im not making that up) "Expert opinion" etc etc are all factored in and its very arbitrary.

 

[TheOriginalCane]

The US News rankings is hardly based on academic strength at all. Retention rates, , alumni giving (yes, im not making that up) "Expert opinion" etc etc are all factored in and its very arbitrary.

Yep. Miami alums can't give as much because we are paying back our student loans. Gaytor grads can give more because the entire cost for four years is about $59.

 

[Cryptical Envelopment]

Why this and Nole Tears aren't stickies is beyond me.

Stickies are the worst. I think it actually has a negative affect and they just clog up the first page. Let the market speak. Neither thread is going anywhere. Not as long as my heart is still pumping orange and green.