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The 25 Most Desirable Large Schools: Newsweek

Very odd list...

1.Harvard University
2.University of Pennsylvania
3.Cornell University
4.University of Southern California
5.University of California, Berkeley
6.University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
7.University of Virginia
8.University of California, Los Angeles
9.University of Florida
10.New York University
11.University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
12.University of Texas at Austin
13.Brigham Young University
14.George Washington University
15.University of Maryland-College Park
16.Kansas State University
17.University of Nebraska-Lincoln
18.University of Miami
19.Northeastern University
20.University of Georgia
21.Clemson University
22.Baruch College, City University of New York
23.University of Central Arkansas
24.Texas A&M University
25.University of Wisconsin-Madison

We are also #24 on The 25 Most Desirable Rural Schools...

The 25 Most Desirable Rural SchoolsDartmouth College
Williams College
Amherst College
Bowdoin College
Middlebury College
College of the Ozarks
Washington and Lee University
Berea College
Carleton College
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Colgate University
Bucknell University
Colby College
Grinnell College
Kenyon College
Ave Maria University
Whitman College
Gettysburg College
Kansas State University
Dickinson College
State University of New York at Geneseo
St. Olaf College
Clemson University
University of Central Arkansas
St. Mary's College of Maryland

While I put little weight in these ratings, they do get schools media attention ....I saw an article from Univ of Maryland student blog that was very critical of this list and obsessed as to why UCA would be on the list...basic stupid blog rant...


http://collegepark.patch.com/articles/umd-slightly-less-desirable-than-really-good-schools

Of particular interest to me was the first comment on that blog, from one Ronnie Cummings, who claims to have grown up a half-hour from the UCA campus. He then states we are located in Cabot. Dynamite geography skills there, Ronnie.

Just as this kid doesn't put much stock into a Newsweek ranking, I don't put too much stock into a student blog from some kid from MD. I wouldn't worry too much about his opinion. I do know for sure that we have students from Maryland on campus. So they know where it is.