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Originally posted by KSig RC
So the University of Florida is the best public school in the country, by your assessment? I'm sure Cal will be interested in your findings.
Interestingly, I went to the feeder school that produces around 40% of all Iowa National Merit Scholars (as of 99, when I graduated) - of these I know exactly one that went to ISU, he went because it was free for NMS. That may or may not have impact on that statistic - apparently that's a pretty good incentive, it would appear.
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That's totally the reason that they're going. The state schools give so much money to their mediocre to high-achieving students in order for them to stay in-state, of COURSE they're going to either stick around their home state or go to another state school. I'd totally put Cal, UVa, Michigan, and a few more over UF.
I know National Merit kids who turned down Harvard, Yale, etc. to go to UF because between Bright Futures, their college funds, minority scholarships, and National Merit money--it was too good to pass up. I, on the other hand, opted to get the hell out of Floriduh.
So, that "list" doesn't mean that much in terms of quality.