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08-23-2008, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by DSTRen13
I know it's blasphemy, but U(sic)GA actually isn't a bad school for certain things ... It's just that dog is so UGLY.
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Ok TECHIE. You just keep that mess up and see what happens.
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08-23-2008, 09:00 PM
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Originally Posted by alum
Another college admissions expert later expanded the list to include other publics by region. UGa is on the 2nd list.
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I wonder who that expert was. Hmmm |
The second book that expanded the list is entitled The Public Ivies: America's Flagship Public Universities. It was co-authored by independent college consultants, Howard and Matthew Greene.
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08-23-2008, 09:19 PM
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Ok TECHIE.
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Damn straight! 
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08-23-2008, 09:36 PM
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Damn straight! |
Took care of that for ya.
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08-24-2008, 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by irishpipes
I wonder who that expert was. Hmmm
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Uga?
He's a very smart dog even if Tech graduates find him cosmetically challenged.
(Personally, I think "Public Ivy" is pushing it for a description of UGA, but it seems to be getting better all the time, and if a student can get in and isn't interested in the programs Tech excels at, the HOPE grant makes it even more attractive.)
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08-24-2008, 06:37 AM
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Lol. Loving that Raid can. Now that recruitment is winding down, we pick on each other. Isn't the real point that Tech and UGA are both excellent public universities? 
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08-25-2008, 01:16 AM
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Originally Posted by UGAalum94
Uga?
He's a very smart dog even if Tech graduates find him cosmetically challenged.
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"OK Uga, bark once if we should call an unreasonable amount of schools 'Public Ivies' in our new book, so that PR offices and alumni of as many schools as possible will hype our book and bring it up in conversation, thereby fueling sales and making us rich, rich, rich. I know it sounds silly, but we'll give you a milkbone if it works."
(woof)
"Good boy. Now, bark twice if percentage of applicants admitted is a reliable measure of a school's quality of education."
(woof woof)
"Good dog! Now, let's get you out on the field. Remember, just like we practiced..."
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foGHh14uvKk )
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08-25-2008, 05:29 PM
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Originally Posted by gtdxeric
"OK Uga, bark once if we should call an unreasonable amount of schools 'Public Ivies' in our new book, so that PR offices and alumni of as many schools as possible will hype our book and bring it up in conversation, thereby fueling sales and making us rich, rich, rich. I know it sounds silly, but we'll give you a milkbone if it works."
(woof)
"Good boy. Now, bark twice if percentage of applicants admitted is a reliable measure of a school's quality of education."
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"Good dog! Now, let's get you out on the field. Remember, just like we practiced..."
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Maybe it WAS Uga's nefarious scheme all along.
It sounds like your objections are to college rankings generally, which probably puts a damper on Tech being so well ranked last week. Or is that somehow more merit based?
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08-26-2008, 12:13 AM
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It sounds like your objections are to college rankings generally, which probably puts a damper on Tech being so well ranked last week. Or is that somehow more merit based? |
I try not to let my love for and pride in my school be grounded in the wiggles and variations of something that US News came up with to sell magazines, that's all.
Last edited by gtdxeric; 08-26-2008 at 12:14 AM.
Reason: prepositions!
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08-26-2008, 09:49 PM
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I try not to let my love for and pride in my school be grounded in the wiggles and variations of something that US News came up with to sell magazines, that's all.
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Yeah, and that they manipulate slightly every year so as to seem to have new information to sell magazines.
I'm happy to see in-state kids have such great college options that may translate into degrees that employers recognize and value, but I don't know how much the rankings really contribute.
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