My point is that football is the reason kids go there. I'm sure there are some exceptions, but for the most part, kids are going there because they perceive their football teams to be great. If either of those schools dropped football, hardly anyone would apply there. Then in a couple of years, the schools would cease to exist.
That's true and not true at the same time. Many NJ families try to boost their egos by sending their kids to highly overrated OOS schools like Delaware or some other overpriced school that doesn't justify the cost as bragging rights in the Shoprite lines or something. Keeping up with the Joneses is a very real thing especially in the upper middle class suburbs of NJ.
gee you are dumb, the BIG is ( from their website)
"many NJ families" is still a very small minority. there is no added prestige @ Delaware, MD, URI or a hundred other state schools. some kids just want to go experience living in another state. I highly doubt anyone brags about sending a kid to UDel.
Academic excellence is not related to football conference.
When I was in high school during 2006 Rutgers became "cool" among my friends. There's plenty of evidence that football and to a lesser extent basketball success leads to increase in applications.
Does Penn state get more applicants or better students because the team joined the BIG?
The SAT scores of incoming students is higher than ever.
Nebraska refused to count the Med school with the main campus stuff. It operates on its own and the AAU wanted them to combine it. They also don’t give any credit for agriculture research which is NU’s main research arm. Without the med school and the ag stuff the AAU says NU doesn’t qualify for AAU status.
There is the Big Ten Academic Alliance, too, so there is some academic benefits shared by the conference affiliation.
Oh, I absolutely agree with that. Success increases popularity regardless of conference.
Then why doesn’t ND join a conference ?
No more discussion with you . One shouldn't argue with dumb aholes.
It’s like Namath. He won the big one.
Per Wiki:
Test optional. Schools are telling kids don’t submit unless you have X. I think the % of applicants that provide SAT scores is around 50%.
I would laugh in their face if they are “bragging” over Delaware. I get some kids want to get away and parents don’t want to say no if they can afford it. It’s their money.
It’s true. My son is going to be a junior at Delbarton. He just got a 34 on his practice ACT. His school advisor told him to continue practicing and taking a practice ACT until he gets a 35 or 36 (out of 36) and then he’ll be ready for the real ACT.
So why is Alabama ranked 137?
Is he taking the SAT also? My daughter took the SAT and score a submitable score. But she wants to take the ACT to see if she can improve.
No he’s only taking the ACT. The thinking is that it is easier to get a perfect score on the ACT than over 1500 on the SAT.
