I can think of several schools in the South that are nationally ranked, academically elite private research universities or liberal arts colleges that have her GLO on campus. Try Duke, Vanderbilt, Emory, Wake Forest, Washingon & Lee for starters.

Again, the image of Dionysus extending the olive branch of peace comes to mind.

OTW, which side are you on in the article in your profile

ooooh... i love being right.

I pm'ed you.

The problem you get into is, what makes up the tiers? Are you talking specific rankings, like U.S. News and World Report, etc.? Once you get beyond schools like the Ivy's, U. of Chicago, MIT, Williams, Swarthmore, and a few others, how do you make distinctions between schools? What about things like Northwestern's and Syracuse's journalism programs, or BU's public relations program, or the film programs out in California? how about schools with reputations in other professions? You have to at least admit that there is quite a bit of gray in this, right? You can go right on down the line, to grad and law schools with very good local reputations (i.e. there are top law firms in Boston that hire from Suffolk).

I'm not going to defend my own personal intelligence/credentials on a public board, as I'm pretty secure in my own merits, but if you have problems with my "low tier" opinion, feel free to pm me.

Somebody mentioned earlier not having anyone on here of Bush status...This is probably true, that is a pretty high status. However, it wouldn't be hard to find a few congressman's kids, in addition to some sons and daughters of corporate execs. I'm not necc. referring to anyone on this board...however, I could name many people in my campus's greek system and from within my fraternity.

I have no doubt the South has fine schools - but do any of you really believe that the North has a lack of good undergrad/grad/law schools?

well said georgewallace

While all those schools are certainly decent, Duke is the only one that I'd put on par with the Ivies.

And kids, she goes to Northwestern. ;)

Yes. Harvard, Yale, NYU, Columbia, UPenn, Cornell, Michigan, Georgetown, and UChicago are all on the same level as DeVry. Duh.