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<p>More accurate question would be, why is American ranked so LOW? If you go by the kind of caliber of students AU is attracting (in terms of SAT and GPA etc), AU should be ranked in the vicinity of top 50 or even better. I believe the ranking system punishes schools like AU because of the “transient” nature of some of the faculty and perhaps because of the lack of doodah Ph.D. level research</p>
<p>Also, what are your political leanings? These two universities are very much on the opposite sides of the spectrum. AU on the liberal side with very high score on diversity vs. WF a very conservative southern school. </p>
<p>I was thinking about WF for my son, but when I read a post by a current student who is SO happy there saying “Oh, in terms of diversity, it’s fine. there is only one fraternity that is known to not admit blacks. No biggie. If you are black, I am sure you can find fraternities that will accept you”. Well, I immediately crossed this off the list of potential schools. My S is not black, but no way I will send him to a school where the nice thing about the school is that there is ONLY ONE frat that won’t admit blacks.</p>