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US News and World Report Rankings out...
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 8:19 amby SMUltimedia
SMU comes in at #67.
Anyone know how we did last year?
I know Turner was one of many university presidents protesting the way these rankings are compiled. Hopefully we'll see a more equitable system in the future...
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 10:31 amby PonyKai
#70 tied with Clemson last year.
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:09 amby 72mustang
TCU 108
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:10 amby LonghornFan68
I was just about to post this.
Looks like the top 50 didn't do much shifting. Surprised to see aTm that high.
At least SMU is leaps and bounds higher than TCU.
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 1:31 pmby DiamondM
One of the factors is percentage of alumni donating to the university, and SMU has one of the lowest rates around. Pretty sad.
I always hear "I paid SMU enough to attend, why should I donate," but for some reason, graduates of Yale, Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford, who paid more than SMU students, are among the highest percentages of alumni donors.
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Fri Aug 17, 2007 11:11 pmby RE Tycoon
Because when you say you went to those schools, you don't have to explain what S.M.U. stands for, or where it is.
It's all about image.
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Sat Aug 18, 2007 12:38 amby NavyCrimson
I give but it's to athletics & Cox only.
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Sat Aug 18, 2007 6:02 pmby SMUltimedia
That still counts. The reason for the seemingly-uncreative senior class gift this past spring (give $20.07 to the SMU entity of your choice) was to encourage a cultur of giving back to the school and raise that category ranking.
Basically for 20 bucks you raise the value of your degree.
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Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:17 pmby that's great raplh
top 40 is a realistic goal
give some cash
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Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:19 pmby that's great raplh
muffie went to vassar
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Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:23 pmby smupony94
that's great raplh wrote:top 40 is a realistic goal
give some cash
Muffie told me what you give and you are not a true SMU alum
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Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:34 pmby that's great raplh
why i otta smack you
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Sat Aug 18, 2007 10:47 pmby smupony94
[quote="that's great raplh"]why i otta smack you[/quotePle
Please do