<p>Some who are considered “Homers” are just proud of their schools, and some (like me) feel the ranking systems are faulty and unfair to their schools. For example- someone posted that Washington is a “superior” school, but based on standardize test scores, the student body of the UF undergraduate population is in higher intellectual class. </p>
<p>2008 Florida SAT = 1270 (~1300 for the 2009 freshman)
2008 Washington SAT = 1210</p>
<p><a href=“College Search - BigFuture | College Board”>College Search - BigFuture | College Board;
<p>I’ve said it before- the rankings really UNDERweigh the quality of the student body. I think it is ~7.5% in US NEWS. Students spend FAR more time interacting with and learning from wachother than they do in class. </p>
<p>Having said that- I can say that personally, I still keep my impartiality. As evidence, here is a thread where I attempt to expose Florida’s race based admissions policy which I feel is wrong on many levels. </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/525312-sat-race-university-florida.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-search-selection/525312-sat-race-university-florida.html</a></p>
<p>So, by the above definition of a homer, not all of us who are proud are actually homers!</p>