WSJ College Rankings 2024 / US News Rankings better for ACC schools

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If you have a kid in North Carolina looking at colleges I would seriously consider Western Carolina - they are one of the NC promise schools so tuition in state is $500 a semester - my daughter started school there this fall and is really enjoying it
 
GoHeelsweeeehoooo said:
If you have a kid in North Carolina looking at colleges I would seriously consider Western Carolina - they are one of the NC promise schools so tuition in state is $500 a semester - my daughter started school there this fall and is really enjoying it
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GoHeelsweeeehoooo said:
If you have a kid in North Carolina looking at colleges I would seriously consider Western Carolina - they are one of the NC promise schools so tuition in state is $500 a semester - my daughter started school there this fall and is really enjoying it
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A friend's son went there 15 yrs ago. Had a blast. Got a constructiion mgmt degree. Banking nice coin these days.
 
Considering the 82% in-state requirement and the relatively smaller population of NC relative to CA, TX, and FL, I've always thought we've done reasonably well in USNWR rankings. Consider some of the other "top publics"

Berkeley - 76% in-state (CA population 260% larger)
UCLA - 79% in-state
Michigan - 52% in-state
UVa - 66% in-state
UT-Austin - 80% in-state (TX population 182% larger)
U Florida - 79% in-state (FL population 109% larger)

I am not advocating that NC change its requirements, but simply suggesting that if rankings were the most important factor (and they certainly should not be), Carolina could likely move a bit higher.
 
Queen City Heel said:
Considering the 82% in-state requirement and the relatively smaller population of NC relative to CA, TX, and FL, I've always thought we've done reasonably well in USNWR rankings. Consider some of the other "top publics"

Berkeley - 76% in-state (CA population 260% larger)
UCLA - 79% in-state
Michigan - 52% in-state
UVa - 66% in-state
UT-Austin - 80% in-state (TX population 182% larger)
U Florida - 79% in-state (FL population 109% larger)

I am not advocating that NC change its requirements, but simply suggesting that if rankings were the most important factor (and they certainly should not be), Carolina could likely move a bit higher.
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I did not realize how weird Mich is with paying attention to in State
 
Queen City Heel said:
Considering the 82% in-state requirement and the relatively smaller population of NC relative to CA, TX, and FL, I've always thought we've done reasonably well in USNWR rankings. Consider some of the other "top publics"

Berkeley - 76% in-state (CA population 260% larger)
UCLA - 79% in-state
Michigan - 52% in-state
UVa - 66% in-state
UT-Austin - 80% in-state (TX population 182% larger)
U Florida - 79% in-state (FL population 109% larger)

I am not advocating that NC change its requirements, but simply suggesting that if rankings were the most important factor (and they certainly should not be), Carolina could likely move a bit higher.
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One tweak made to the USNWR formula this year is that they no longer include first generation college students in the assessment of overall graduation rates of a University… which to me is a good change that doesn’t penalize Universities for accepting first generation college students (who tend to have a significantly lower/slower graduation rate, unfortunately)
 
GoHeelsweeeehoooo said:
If you have a kid in North Carolina looking at colleges I would seriously consider Western Carolina - they are one of the NC promise schools so tuition in state is $500 a semester - my daughter started school there this fall and is really enjoying it
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Been a few decades but my job use to have me hang out a couple days every few years at most campuses
What I remember about Western was on days like class sign up all employess would get involved , HR, Accounting-not just student services So ALL university employees would get to know the students-their ultimate customers- a bit
Now I get it no one goes to the gym to sign up for clases anymore-but that was the "attitude " at Western:)
 
mpaer said:
Been a few decades but my job use to have me hang out a couple days every few years at most campuses
What I remember about Western was on days like class sign up all employess would get involved , HR, Accounting-not just student services So ALL university employees would get to know the students-their ultimate customers- a bit
Now I get it no one goes to the gym to sign up for clases anymore-but that was the "attitude " at Western:)
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Way back when, Pat Earey was the head coach of the UNC Swim Team ‘58-‘74 or so (his son, Mike, played on UNC’s basketball team in the late ‘60’s/early ‘70’s).

Registration was a big, “all hands” affair at UNC in those days. UNC also needed additional hands and a good number of locals become “UNC Staff” for a few days.

Coach Earey was a big proponent of locals working registration because in those days, the temporary registration workers were given a staff ID that was identical to permanent staff. That meant those locales could go get a staff family athletic pass (for about $10 and it lasted for 12 months). That gave them access to the pools.

Coach Earey wanted many more families using the University’s swimming pools. Chapel Hill had few pools in the ‘60’s (and I think no public pools).

As a member of the Chapel Hill Swim Club, that meant a lot of kids who weren’t University brats could also join the team if their families attained a staff athletics pass - Coach Earey let us use the Bowman Gray Pool Monday-Friday (eventually Sat & Sun, as well) at 5:00 - 8:00 am) in the fall and spring semesters and 5:30-8:00 pm in summers) and the Kessing Pool (the outdoor 50-yard pool) from 6:00-10:30 am in the summers.
 
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