San Diego vs West Palm Beach

[popka]

Originally Posted by Bert_from_back_East

Historically, FAU was a highly non-selective, very lowly ranked national university, with over 95% of full-time students living off-campus and commuting daily. To my understanding, the FAU Admissions Committee has become more selective over the past ten years, but FAU will always be a glorified junior college held in low regard relative to other public research universities in Florida, the likes of which include UF and FSU.

Also, to clarify your point about FAU being the lifeblood of Boca Raton, most of the students at FAU are poor people of color from Broward County or northern Palm Beach County who do not and have never lived in Boca. Trust me, nobody who lives at The Sanctuary or the Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club is sending their children to FAU.



Finally, FAU has 8-12 different campuses and learning centers across South Florida, so many FAU students rarely, if ever, visit the flagship campus in Boca. For the record, there are not 30,000 students on campus at FAU at any given time when classes are in session.

Conversely, Lynn University, which is another lowly ranked university in Boca, albeit private, not public, has very low enrollment relative to FAU, and most students at Lynn are from wealthy families up North and totally disconnected from the Greater Boca community.

First off I never said FAU is the lifeblood of Boca Raton. FAU is just a tiny area of Boca. There are only 5 FAU campuses in the Miami metro, with the largest one in Boca, not 8-12. And to say that most of the students at FAU are poor people of color from Broward or Palm Beach County just makes you look like an ignorant fool. An overwhelming percentage of the students that go there come from middle and upper middle class families, with a huge number coming from Boca itself. It's really turned into a great school these days and the campus is beautiful. When's the last time you've been there 40 years ago?




"More than 70 percent of FAU's 29,000 students take classes at FAU's first and largest campus, and the majority of the University's 170+ degree programs are based here."

https://www.fau.edu/about/locations/




"As of 2013, the undergraduate student body contains 47% ethnic minorities and includes students from more than 180 countries, 49 states, and the District of Columbia."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florid...tic_University

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by Bert_from_back_East

Also, to clarify your point about FAU being the lifeblood of Boca Raton, most of the students at FAU are poor people of color from Broward County or northern Palm Beach County who do not and have never lived in Boca. Trust me, nobody who lives at The Sanctuary or the Royal Palm Yacht and Country Club is sending their children to FAU.

Nobody who lives in the Sanctuary or RP is sending their kid to most schools, not just FAU.

And suggesting most FAU students are “poor people of color” is an outrageous (and very false, as shown above) statement. You should immediately retract and delete it.

[Bert_from_back_East]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

Nobody who lives in the Sanctuary or RP is sending their kid to most schools, not just FAU.

And suggesting most FAU students are “poor people of color” is an outrageous (and very false, as shown above) statement. You should immediately retract and delete it.

No, I’m not retracting that statement because it’s true.

[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by Bert_from_back_East

No, I’m not retracting that statement because it’s true.

I guess you ignored the previous poster proving it to be false, with factual data.