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Date Posted: 01:35:30pm 12/30/05 Fri,
Author: Stagophile
Subject: Re: Hoops Success & SAT Scores - Correlation or Causation?!?!
In reply to: JoeStag 's message, "Re: Hoops Success & SAT Scores - Correlation or Causation?!?!" on 12:27:50pm 12/30/05 Fri,

JoeStag, I agree with you. But speaking from my own experience in applying to schools in the late 80s, Fairfield was considered to be equal if not a better school than Villanova by my Catholic high school peers and Providence was not even close academically. Most of us who went the Catholic university route ranked the schools in the following order 1.) ND, 2.) HC, 3.) BC, 4.) Fairfield, 5.) VU and then 6.) PC. I suspect that if you asked the guys from my Catholic high school today you would probably see the following ranking: 1.) ND, 2.) BC, 3.) HC, 4.) VU, 5.) PC and 6.) Fairfield. While I am sure that the quality of Fairfield student body continues to improve, the problem is that Fairfield is not improving at the same pace as VU and PC. Both schools are benefiting from their Big East affiliations and have invested significant amounts of money into their academic offerings and facilities. Villanova looks nothing like what I looked at when I applied there.

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Re: Hoops Success & SAT Scores - Correlation or Causation?!?! -- FU73, 03:05:32pm 12/30/05 Fri, [1]

I applied to Fairield in 1969 and did so because it was Jesuit. At the time, Fairfield was ranked behind ND,HC,BC by my peers but ahead of PC. Maybe it was my location in Springfield,MA but HC and BC were very popular and seemed to draw the most students. A few years ago, I was at PC with my niece and as far as the campus goes, there is no comparison.

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