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Originally Posted by AGDee
For Michigan, I would guess that's because of the criteria that they base the overall score on:
Average Freshman Retention Rate, 2004 ** I know an awful lot of freshman don't make it past freshman year at Michigan
Faculty Resources Rank, *** Michigan has a lot of HUGE classes and undergrad courses are often taught by GAs/TAs rather than full time professors
% of classes under 20 in 2004,
% of classes with 50 or more in 2004,
Student/Faculty Ratio 2004,
% of faculty who are full-time 2004,
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sounds like my alma mater. and program prestige has nothing to do with any of that. the overall rankings are usually craptastic, obviously. pay attention to individual program rankings.