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Subject: Re: Some People Don't Belong Author: HC1843 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 12:16:14 05/14/02 Tue In reply to: Go...'gate 's message, "Re: Some People Don't Belong" on 18:30:26 05/13/02 Mon "Only PL school comparable to Colgate in academics is Lehigh." What an absurd statement but if you believe it then its true at least to you. Cheers. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Some People Don't Belong Author: Go...'gate [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 18:05:51 05/14/02 Tue It's much less absurd than the comment by someone else here that Colgate was somewhere down around the level of American. The numbers and objective ratings speak for themselves.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Some People Don't Belong Author: HC1843 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 09:15:43 05/15/02 Wed Well whoever made the American comparison was smoking something very strong. I'll give Colgate slightly higher SAT scores but not much else over other PL schools. I also don't agree that Lehigh is a step above HC, BU, Laf. The objective scores do not speak to this as a "fact". Furthermore, the biggest contributor to HC's decline in USNWR from my day (92-96/ranked 23rd) is the increased weighting put on faculty and financial resources, whose affect is vastly overstated. Cheers.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Some People Don't Belong Author: Go...'gate [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 17:11:02 05/15/02 Wed I think you guys don't get enough respect because BC is so close by. HC has always been the stronger school; yet BC seems to get some rub-off effect from its growing athletic relationship with ND.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Some People Don't Belong Author: Dan [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 10:28:32 05/15/02 Wed U.S. News and World Report is objective? Whatever. Look, Colgate is fine school and worthy of Pl Membership but using U.S. News and World Report as your gauge is akin to saying someone is smarter based on their SAT score. Arbitrary.

[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Re: Some People Don't Belong Author: HC1843 [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 11:04:51 05/15/02 Wed USNWR is not objective but it can not be discounted wholesale either. My point which I think you agree with is that apart from SAT scores, which are only marginally higher than other PL schools, Colgate is not in fact a step above the rest and this implies that Colgate's students are not inherently or matter of factly smarter. Looking at "student selectivity" Colgate is 22nd, HC 25th, Bucknell26th or 28th and Laf 33rd, pretty close if you ask me. Cheers.