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Agree with golfgal, Rank them how? What is important to your daughter? I think rankings are silly if they are rating things that don't matter to the student like sports or certain programs. When my last son was college shopping he realized that the program was the most important thing to him, but there were other priorities too. How the schools ranked was inconsequential. Many colleges are recognized regionally and if the student is planning to stay in that area, that's fine.
Of the ranked national liberal arts colleges, here are the Lutheran colleges in order of US News ranking, with the caveat that US News is not the Gospel:
Gettysburg
St. Olaf
Muhlenburg
Bucknell
Gustavus Adolphus
Augustana, Rock Island, IL
Luther
Wittenburg
Susquehanna
Concordia-Moorehead
Roanoke
Wartburg
Wisconsin Lutheran
My apologies if I missed any. You have to know some of them are Lutheran; it's hard to tell from their names.
The only thing I know about Wittenberg aside from attending several parties there during my collegiate years is that my buddy had a class there with Bruce Willis' niece haha.
Of the ranked national liberal arts colleges, here are the Lutheran colleges in order of US News ranking, with the caveat that US News is not the Gospel:
Gettysburg
St. Olaf
Muhlenburg
Bucknell
Gustavus Adolphus
Augustana, Rock Island, IL
Luther
Wittenburg
Susquehanna
Concordia-Moorehead
Roanoke
Wartburg
Wisconsin Lutheran
My apologies if I missed any. You have to know some of them are Lutheran; it's hard to tell from their names.
So, Wisconsin Lutheran makes the list, yet Augustana in Sioux Falls has higher average test scores and GPA averages Wisconsin Lutheran, Wartburg, Roanoke, Condordia. See the problem here....rankings based on what? If you look at the college boards they all say that the caliber of student admitted is really what makes the school better. USNWR goes almost exclusively on acceptance rates. It only makes sense that schools like Harvard are going to get raked higher because they get more applicants.
The fact of the matter is, all of these are great schools. It doesn't matter what the parchment says as much as it does what you did to earn that piece of paper. Most of these, and other, liberal arts colleges have higher acceptance rates in to grad school, med school, law school, etc. then the Ivys and so called "top 20" schools. St. Ben's in MN has the second highest rate of students passing the CPA exam on the first try nationally, second behind Harvard but in front of all the rest. Why wouldn't you consider a school like that if you wanted to become a CPA?
So, Wisconsin Lutheran makes the list, yet Augustana in Sioux Falls has higher average test scores and GPA averages Wisconsin Lutheran, Wartburg, Roanoke, Condordia. See the problem here....rankings based on what? If you look at the college boards they all say that the caliber of student admitted is really what makes the school better. USNWR goes almost exclusively on acceptance rates. It only makes sense that schools like Harvard are going to get raked higher because they get more applicants.
The fact of the matter is, all of these are great schools. It doesn't matter what the parchment says as much as it does what you did to earn that piece of paper. Most of these, and other, liberal arts colleges have higher acceptance rates in to grad school, med school, law school, etc. then the Ivys and so called "top 20" schools. St. Ben's in MN has the second highest rate of students passing the CPA exam on the first try nationally, second behind Harvard but in front of all the rest. Why wouldn't you consider a school like that if you wanted to become a CPA?
Is Augustana in Sioux Falls your alma mater or something? I said the US News rankings are not the Gospel. However, acceptance rates are not their only criteria. Augustana, Sioux Falls is regionally ranked #3 in the midwest.
Is Augustana in Sioux Falls your alma mater or something? I said the US News rankings are not the Gospel. However, acceptance rates are not their only criteria. Augustana, Sioux Falls is regionally ranked #3 in the midwest.
No, just pointing out how pointless these so called rankings are....
Muhlenberg is very popular for Jewish people from North Jersey and NYC. That's not meant to be a bad thing, but while it started as a Lutheran College, it's pretty much non-denominational now. Pa. Lutheran college hot among Jewish students - USATODAY.com
Agree with golfgal, Rank them how? What is important to your daughter? I think rankings are silly if they are rating things that don't matter to the student like sports or certain programs. When my last son was college shopping he realized that the program was the most important thing to him, but there were other priorities too. How the schools ranked was inconsequential. Many colleges are recognized regionally and if the student is planning to stay in that area, that's fine.
I guess in the way that Katiana ranked them. In terms of how competitive they are. My daughter is concerned with that.
To some people the name on their sheepskin matters a lot, to others,; not so much.
I guess that's why there is a skicky that reads "Is this a good college?"
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