Haspula Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 http://www.studentsreview.com/big_ten_compare.html Based SAT/ACT scores on this you could say: 1. Northwestern 2. Penn State 3. Michigan State 4. Wisconsin 5. Michigan 6. Iowa 7. Minnesota 8. Ohio State 9. Indiana 10. Illinois 11. Purdue Where would nebraska rank in this list? Quote Link to comment
AF Husker Fan Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Doesn't NU only require a 30 on the ACT for a regents scholarship, which is basically a full ride (academically)? Quote Link to comment
307husker Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 You forgot UI-Chicago. Aren't they a member of the B1G academically? UNL may be near the bottom of the list. But then again, this is a conference of 13 schools named the Big 10, so maybe not... Quote Link to comment
NUance Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 NU's avg ACT is about the same as Penn State. But this is a football message board. So who cares? I'm more concerned with YAC. Quote Link to comment
UGAHusker Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Don't fool yourself for a fraction of a second. Dead last is the answer. Quote Link to comment
307husker Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 NU's avg ACT is about the same as Penn State. But this is a football message board. So who cares? I'm more concerned with YAC. Exactly! Quote Link to comment
knapplc Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I don't think that list is very telling. I think US News & World Report has had the definitive college rankings for quite some time. In those rankings the Big Ten appears: 4. Michigan 13. Wisconsin (tied with Texas) 15. Penn State 15. Illinois 18. Ohio State 18. Purdue 23. Minnesota 29. Iowa 32. Indiana 34. Michigan State 47. Nebraska Since this is a list of Public Universities, U-Chicago and Northwestern are not listed. Suffice it to say, Nebraska woefully trails academically in the Big Ten. But if it's any consolation, we're ranked right around where Penn State was ranked 20 years ago - just before they joined the Big Ten. The CIC is a powerful thing, a very good thing for UNL. LINK TO LIST Quote Link to comment
UGAHusker Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I don't think that list is very telling. I think US News & World Report has had the definitive college rankings for quite some time. In those rankings the Big Ten appears: 4. Michigan 13. Wisconsin (tied with Texas) 15. Penn State 15. Illinois 18. Ohio State 18. Purdue 23. Minnesota 29. Iowa 32. Indiana 34. Michigan State 47. Nebraska Since this is a list of Public Universities, U-Chicago and Northwestern are not listed. Suffice it to say, Nebraska woefully trails academically in the Big Ten. But if it's any consolation, we're ranked right around where Penn State was ranked 20 years ago - just before they joined the Big Ten. The CIC is a powerful thing, a very good thing for UNL. LINK TO LIST This. The CIC is probably the most important thing that is going to happen to Nebraska by virtue of joining the Big 10. Quote Link to comment
Roark Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Knapplc beat me to the US News & World Report link. However, if you include national public and private universities in the rankings there is a bit more disparity (with Northwestern ranking #12, Michigan State at #79 and UNL ranking #104) Quote Link to comment
Spartness Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Perlman has done a lot of good to academics ... otherwise we probably wouldn't have been invited. Twenty years ago we would be in the outside looking in. Quote Link to comment
74Hunter Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 I don't think that list is very telling. I think US News & World Report has had the definitive college rankings for quite some time. In those rankings the Big Ten appears: 4. Michigan 13. Wisconsin (tied with Texas) 15. Penn State 15. Illinois 18. Ohio State 18. Purdue 23. Minnesota 29. Iowa 32. Indiana 34. Michigan State 47. Nebraska Since this is a list of Public Universities, U-Chicago and Northwestern are not listed. Suffice it to say, Nebraska woefully trails academically in the Big Ten. But if it's any consolation, we're ranked right around where Penn State was ranked 20 years ago - just before they joined the Big Ten. The CIC is a powerful thing, a very good thing for UNL. LINK TO LIST This. The CIC is probably the most important thing that is going to happen to Nebraska by virtue of joining the Big 10. + 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000......... just sayin....... Quote Link to comment
bbeerma2 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Doesn't NU only require a 30 on the ACT for a regents scholarship, which is basically a full ride (academically)? The number it takes to get a scholarship varies year to year based on how many applicants there are from in-state with high ACT scores. Really you'd need a very strong profile outside of the 30 to get it. You would be well off to get a 32+ to improve your chances. I know people with 32s who were not given regents scholarships. Quote Link to comment
tschu Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Doesn't NU only require a 30 on the ACT for a regents scholarship, which is basically a full ride (academically)? The number it takes to get a scholarship varies year to year based on how many applicants there are from in-state with high ACT scores. Really you'd need a very strong profile outside of the 30 to get it. You would be well off to get a 32+ to improve your chances. I know people with 32s who were not given regents scholarships. Really? I know 3 people who got right on a 30 and got a regents. As long as you're in-state I think the regents is guaranteed above 30 unless they changed it within the last couple of years. But I think it is our graduation rates that are the problem; I remember hearing something about how terrible the grad rates are, but unfortunately I don't remember where I heard that so I can't back it up. Give us a decade or two in the B1G and our academics will improve, slowly but surely. Quote Link to comment
jsneb83 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Doesn't NU only require a 30 on the ACT for a regents scholarship, which is basically a full ride (academically)? The number it takes to get a scholarship varies year to year based on how many applicants there are from in-state with high ACT scores. Really you'd need a very strong profile outside of the 30 to get it. You would be well off to get a 32+ to improve your chances. I know people with 32s who were not given regents scholarships. Really? I know 3 people who got right on a 30 and got a regents. As long as you're in-state I think the regents is guaranteed above 30 unless they changed it within the last couple of years. But I think it is our graduation rates that are the problem; I remember hearing something about how terrible the grad rates are, but unfortunately I don't remember where I heard that so I can't back it up. Give us a decade or two in the B1G and our academics will improve, slowly but surely. It's based on ACT and class rank. Pretty much if you get a 30, you'll have to be in like top 5% of your class. Then the higher the ACT, the lower you can be in the class and still get a regents. Quote Link to comment
Creed Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 Look at the SEC schools: Florida #17 UGA #18 UA #34 AU #38 UT #47 SCar #52 LSU #60 UK #63 Ark #66 Miss #72 Miss St #79 Vandy not listed. Jim Delaney caught hell a couple years ago (mostly from SEC fans) saying the Big10 was not going to comprise academic standards like some other conferences in order to be more competitive on the football field. Quote Link to comment
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