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JerryBeeds
01-15-2008, 01:34 PM
Plenty of SEC representation. I hate that Clemson beat us by 2 spots.:brick:

Kiplinger.com (http://content.kiplinger.com/tools/colleges/pubcollege.php?sortby=INRANK04&orderby=flip&states%5B%5D=ALL&myschool%5B%5D=none&outputby=table)
JerryBeeds
01-15-2008, 01:35 PM
I had no idea that UF was that good of a school.:thumpsup:
geechee
01-15-2008, 01:48 PM
It's not a ranking of how good a school is as far as education. It's a ranking of best values in public schools. There are no private schools listed.
Tennessee Ted
01-15-2008, 01:54 PM
We rank much higher in the best party school list. :thumpsup:
Cianne
01-15-2008, 01:55 PM
I'm sure we could dig up some of USCRebel's old posts regarding these topics since he's a collegiate professor and a pretty worldly guy. But, I do recall him saying that Florida is far and away one of the better schools in the country and one of the few U.S. universities that ranks on the international level.
GatorBait15
01-15-2008, 01:55 PM
We rank much higher in the best party school list. :thumpsup:

We are high in every poll!:closedeye
geechee
01-15-2008, 01:58 PM
We rank much higher in the best party school list. :thumpsup:

Not compared to tUF and UGA. tUF is listed as the #4 party school followed by UGA at #5. UT is #15.:laugh:
GatorHunter
01-15-2008, 02:55 PM
I'm sure we could dig up some of USCRebel's old posts regarding these topics since he's a collegiate professor and a pretty worldly guy. But, I do recall him saying that Florida is far and away one of the better schools in the country and one of the few U.S. universities that ranks on the international level.

Not to "toot our horn"...but UF ranks 2nd only to Harvard in the number of Merit Scholars enrolled.

Also, this past Fall...there were so many applications to UF...that most students with less than a 4.0 GPA weren't admitted. That's just crazy!!!

Another thing...this report says UF's enrollement is 35,000? More like 50,000.
nellanaesp
01-15-2008, 02:59 PM
Wow, Carolina really has 4600 more students than Clemson? Thats crazy.
geechee
01-15-2008, 03:02 PM
Another thing...this report says UF's enrollement is 35,000? More like 50,000.

They are probably counting full time students not part time or those in graduate schools.
JerryBeeds
01-15-2008, 03:21 PM
Wow, Carolina really has 4600 more students than Clemson? Thats crazy.

Its always been that way. As the flagship university in the state, we are required to take more students than Clemson. Than can be pickier than we can. It does make our campus much more diverse than theirs though.:thumpsup:
SeattleGamecocks
01-15-2008, 03:25 PM
Not to "toot our horn"...but UF ranks 2nd only to Harvard in the number of Merit Scholars enrolled.

Also, this past Fall...there were so many applications to UF...that most students with less than a 4.0 GPA weren't admitted. That's just crazy!!!

Another thing...this report says UF's enrollement is 35,000? More like 50,000.
So.... if a high school student made a single B on a report card in 4 years of high school, they couldn't get admitted to UF? Really?
gatoraus
01-15-2008, 03:27 PM
So.... if a high school made a single B on a report card in 4 years of high school, they couldn't get admitted to UF? Really?

Well, there are classes with weighted grades. For example, if you take a college class, an A is worth 5 points. My friend though had a 4.3 and 1290 and didn't get in.
SeattleGamecocks
01-15-2008, 03:30 PM
Well, there are classes with weighted grades. For example, if you take a college class, an A is worth 5 points. My friend though had a 4.3 and 1290 and didn't get in.Ahhhh. I guess I'm getting old ;-)
D^3
01-15-2008, 03:31 PM
So.... if a high school made a single B on a report card in 4 years of high school, they couldn't get admitted to UF? Really?


I think they must operate on a 5 point grade system in Florida. In Georgia, a 4.0 is perfect.
gatoraus
01-15-2008, 03:32 PM
I think they must operate on a 5 point grade system in Florida. In Georgia, a 4.0 is perfect.

You guys didn't have AP classes? I think I had like a 3.7 on the 4.0 scale.
GatorHunter
01-15-2008, 03:37 PM
I think they must operate on a 5 point grade system in Florida. In Georgia, a 4.0 is perfect.

Only "Dual Enrollment" classes. These classes are offered by some HS...you get college credits for taking these HS classes...the courses are worth 5 points for an "A" instead of the usual 4.
GatorHunter
01-15-2008, 03:39 PM
So.... if a high school made a single B on a report card in 4 years of high school, they couldn't get admitted to UF? Really?

There was an article about this about 6 months ago in the Orlando Sentinel...thousands of students weren't admitted...some with 4.0 GPAs. I guess it depends on their "Major" as well.
adamsputnik
01-15-2008, 03:49 PM
Damn, Kennesaw State didn't make it.
GatorBait15
01-15-2008, 03:51 PM
GatorAus didn't have all A's!
scfan5338
01-15-2008, 04:35 PM
It's not a ranking of how good a school is as far as education. It's a ranking of best values in public schools. There are no private schools listed.

You can set up the query differently and can get the listing for private schools.

Heres the link:

Kiplinger's Best Values in Private Colleges Results - Kiplinger.com (http://content.kiplinger.com/tools/privatecolleges/privatecollege.php?schoollist=prv_univ&sortby=RANK&orderby=flip&states%5B%5D=ALL&myschool%5B%5D=none&outputby=table)