2011 PA Scores

xiggi
Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:05:37 +0000

Not exactly, xiggi. They specifically ask the user to rate a university’s academic programs from distinguished (5) to marginal (1). Colleges with higher PA scores (typically) have more renowned academic programs than colleges with lower scores.

They probably do take into consideration UNDERGRAD…For example, Berkeley has many distinguished academic programs and would probably be ranked 5…however, since the university is larger and has less resources to devote to all of its undergrads, its PA score is discounted.



UCB, as I often do, I’ll tell you … do not take my word for it. Why don’t we look at the instructions for the LACs (because I just used them a few days ago) while I’ll locate the exact text of the survey for a national university.



Here are the Directions for Overall Ratings:


Please rate the academic quality of undergraduate programs at the following schools in the liberal arts colleges category. These schools are primarily undergraduate colleges that award fifty percent or more of their baccalaureate degrees in the liberal arts.
Please review the entire list first, considering each program’s scholarship record, curriculum, and quality of faculty and graduates.
Using a black pen, rate each school with which you are familiar on a scale from marginal (1) to distinguished (5) by marking an “X” in the corresponding box. If you are not familiar with a school’s faculty, programs, and graduates, please mark “don’t know.”