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11-05-2012, 08:27 PM
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Although US News classifies all these schools as "national" universities, each draws students heavily from its home state.
| Nonetheless, tOSU student body is still the most racially, ethnically, culturally, and geographically diverse of them all.
Geographic diversity (autumn 2012)
Ohio State enrolls students from every state and territory. States with the highest enrollment:
500+: Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, New York, Michigan
300 – 499: New Jersey, Texas, Maryland, Virginia
100 – 299: Florida, Indiana, Georgia, Massachusetts, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Kentucky, Connecticut, Minnesota, Tennessee, Washington, Missouri, Utah, Arizona
50 – 99: Colorado, West Virginia, South Carolina
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11-06-2012, 05:38 AM
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>> Ohio State enrolls students from every state and territory.
According to the Chronicle map I cited above, in the referenced year TOSU did not draw any freshmen from SD, Wyoming, Montana, Mississippi, or Alaska. It drew less than 10 students each from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevado, Utah, NM, OK, Kansas, Nebraska, ND, Iowa, Arkansas, LA, Alabama, SC, Delaware, NH, VT, and Maine. From many of these, it drew only 1-5 freshmen.
>> 500+: Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, New York, Michigan
According to the same Chronicle data, the number of freshmen from Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, New York, and Michigan ranged from 46 (MI) to 123 (Illinois). For the total student numbers to be as high as 500+ for any of these states, either the OOS enrollments must be fluctuating greatly (and Chronicle happened to pick a down year), or the numbers include many graduate students.
>> Nonetheless, tOSU student body is still the most racially, ethnically, culturally, and geographically diverse of them all.
According to the 2011-12 Common Data Sets, section B, Iowa enrolled 305 Hispanic freshmen, 119 AA freshmen, and 3283 whites. In the same year, TOSU enrolled 273 Hispanic freshmen, 379 AA freshmen, and 5361 white freshmen. So the percentage of black and Hispanic freshmen at both schools was slightly higher at Iowa (12.9% at Iowa, 12.2% at TOSU).
I don't have the 2011-12 CDS figures for Alabama. In 2010-11, Hispanics and African Americans comprised nearly 20% of the freshman class.
As for comparative geographic diversity, have another look at these two maps:
TOSU ... http://chronicle.com/article/Interac...547/#id=204796
SMU ..... http://chronicle.com/article/Interac...547/#id=228246 | |
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11-06-2012, 05:57 AM
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The data "where your freshman class come from" is two years old. While that may not make much difference for some schools, it does for Alabama.
This last fall's frosh class is 55% OOS...the numbers from states like Calif, NY, Conn, IL, NJ went up significantly. Calif is now ranked #5 in sending kids to Bama.
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11-06-2012, 07:30 AM
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what do you guys think about Tulane? I just got accepted there as well....
same type of bad rep as SMU and Baylor?
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11-06-2012, 10:11 AM
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With over 50,000 students, of course Ohio State will be diverse. With that large a crowd, it's easy to check all the boxes.
Man, that's a big school.
Why would you think Tulane has a bad rep?
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11-06-2012, 12:58 PM
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Tulane doesn't have a bad rep. However, it suffered a LOT after Katrina and it had to eliminate much of its engineering dept. Don't know how other depts fared.
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11-06-2012, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by lehm427 what do you guys think about Tulane? I just got accepted there as well.... | Great school with strengths in a wide array of fields like architecture, anthropology, classics, (tropical) medicine and public health, etc. New Orleans is awesome and probably the most distinctive city in the country. It's not quite at the Emory/Vandy level, but it's up there with Miami in the next rung. If financially feasible, I'd personally prefer it over any other school in this thread.
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Originally Posted by KBronx17 IMO Ohio State is the most well thought of school on your list. SMU, Baylor, and Iowa are not more prestigious than tOSU. And are people on here really arguing that Bama is as or more prestigious? | Agreed, Ohio State is the strongest and most reputable. That said, OSU is distinctive among the three by being urban and unusually large even for a public university. If you want a smaller school or more of a college town, Iowa or Alabama is a better bet.
Alabama normally wins for an OOS student because it's been taking the USC approach of buying students and thereby moving from a decent but unremarkable university to a good one, but my impression is that the money pool for transfer students is considerably smaller.
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11-06-2012, 05:27 PM
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of the schools you listed, Tulane is probably the highest ranked with Ohio State and SMU neck and neck right behind. Iowa is another state school and Baylor is much lower.
SMU and Tulane are basically the same school except SMU is located in a nice part of Dallas and Tulane is located in a nice part of NOLA. SMU student body is probably more Texas and Southwest, with Tulane more East Coast and Southeast.
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11-06-2012, 10:02 PM
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| USNWR Undergraduate Academic Reputation Index
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I am planning on majoring in economics, but I am kinda looking for a better overall reputation rather than just for my particular field.
| USNWR Undergraduate Academic Reputation Index
TOSU 77
Tulane 74
Iowa 73
Baylor 68
SMU 67
Alabama 66 Top universities by reputation 2012 http://www.timeshighereducation.co.u...ng/range/51-60
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11-08-2012, 06:06 PM
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I'd pass on SMU and then just focus on the best fit from there.
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11-08-2012, 06:16 PM
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Being one from Ohio, Ohio state is crazy. Big city, not much of a pretty campus. Intense fans. Lots and lots of partying. It's pretty hectic. But I have not heard one person say they dislike it there.
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11-08-2012, 07:27 PM
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"But I have not heard one person say they dislike it there."
Let me be the first. ;-)
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01-15-2013, 03:41 PM
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| National University Rankings | Top National Universities | US News Best Colleges
OSU = #56
SMU = #58
Iowa = #72
Baylor/Alabama tied = #77
Pretty bunched up - not a major difference amongst these schools according to this general list.
Baylor and SMU are religiously affilated - if that's important, choose between them.
If not, and you want to go to school in the South - hit Alabama.
If not, you are left with OSU and Iowa. These have extremely different campuses and feel to them. Iowa City is your consummate, beautiful college town with not much around it, with shops, places to eat, and the town is all about the U. Columbus is the largest city in Ohio and the school is completely massive. If you want the college town vibe, pick Iowa. If you want an urban experience, pick OSU.
I went to Iowa and enjoyed it.
Otherwise, you should focus on the major of choice, and look at it that way. But as far as general education quality, these schools are pretty darn similar. I do know that Iowa is very strong with law, nursing, creative writing, performance arts, and has a solid business school.
Good luck.
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