University Rankings in 1925:Not much has changed

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Anonymous wrote:Once again the booster repeats his same old mantra ad nauseum. Nobody, including you, thinks these two schools are at the same level anymore academically. For overall prestige, Michigan easily bests Wisconsin. OOS Students admitted to both overwhelmingly chose Michigan. Frankly, it isn’t even close. I know how that bothers you, but that’s just the way it is. You should be proud that a school located in a state of only 5 million overachieved for so many years, as you constantly remind everyone here. That’s all in the past now. It’s over.

It’s not just that - no matter how it’s spun, an acceptance rate at or near 50% disqualifies Wisconsin from these kinds of discussions. Touting advances and inventions from the early 20th century is embarrassing, frankly. There’s only one big public that gets to live on its past laurels and that’s Berkeley.

[Anonymous]

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/top-public

Michigan #3








Wisconsin #12

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once again the booster repeats his same old mantra ad nauseum. Nobody, including you, thinks these two schools are at the same level anymore academically. For overall prestige, Michigan easily bests Wisconsin. OOS Students admitted to both overwhelmingly chose Michigan. Frankly, it isn’t even close. I know how that bothers you, but that’s just the way it is. You should be proud that a school located in a state of only 5 million overachieved for so many years, as you constantly remind everyone here. That’s all in the past now. It’s over.

It’s not just that - no matter how it’s spun, an acceptance rate at or near 50% disqualifies Wisconsin from these kinds of discussions. Touting advances and inventions from the early 20th century is embarrassing, frankly. There’s only one big public that gets to live on its past laurels and that’s Berkeley.

All schools get to live off their past laurels. Nothing wrong with that. It’s just that Cal has maintained its excellence. Michigan and UCLA have continued improving. Wisconsin’s best years were last century.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Once again the booster repeats his same old mantra ad nauseum. Nobody, including you, thinks these two schools are at the same level anymore academically. For overall prestige, Michigan easily bests Wisconsin. OOS Students admitted to both overwhelmingly chose Michigan. Frankly, it isn’t even close. I know how that bothers you, but that’s just the way it is. You should be proud that a school located in a state of only 5 million overachieved for so many years, as you constantly remind everyone here. That’s all in the past now. It’s over.

Famous last words. You forget that UW Madison is also rising in popularity; not as much as Michigan, sure. But when Scott Walker shockingly lost election in 2018, OOS applications did grow pretty dramatically. They received 66,000 application for 2024: not as much as Michigan, but more than UIUC/UVA/UNC/Texas.