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ACC Does well in 50 best colleges in America rankings

From highest-ranked to lowest-ranked. Only schools that made the top 50 are listed.

#15: Duke University
#22: University of Virginia
#24: Georgia Tech
#26: UNC-Chapel Hill
#39: Boston College
#48: Wake Forest University

Congrats to all the schools that made the cut!

RE: ACC Does well in 50 best colleges in America rankings

Oops, forgot to include link. Rankings come from Business Insider-

http://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-best-colleges-in-america-2012-11?op=1

RE: ACC Does well in 50 best colleges in America rankings

Four from the state of NC - three private and one FLAGSHIP.

RE: ACC Does well in 50 best colleges in America rankings

congrats to Duke University, the real flagship of the ACC. superior academics and athletics. follow the leader, tarholes

RE: ACC Does well in 50 best colleges in America rankings

congrats to Duke University, the real flagship of the ACC. superior academics and athletics. follow the leader, tarholes 

- Posted by uncsuckz

Superior academics, sure. Athletics...not so much. Duke's best program is basketball and they are second-rate to UNC in that.

RE: ACC Does well in 50 best colleges in America rankings

congrats to Duke University, the real flagship of the ACC. superior academics and athletics. follow the leader, tarholes 

- Posted by uncsuckz

Simply being superior to the wusspack athletically does not make dook the leader.

RE: ACC Does well in 50 best colleges in America rankings

Well this is talking about academics, not athletics. Football and Basketball players are exceptions (with a few exceptions to that) to the standards each of these schools requires. Basically a HS student has to be in the top 5% of their class to even get considered. So in a world of nerds (no offense intended)each school has this little island of kids that, had they not been super jocks at their high school would have been in the military, community college, working construction or at a university with admissions standards that admit regular (non-nerd) students. Lets keep this all in perspective. :)

RE: ACC Does well in 50 best colleges in America rankings

congrats to Duke University, the real flagship of the ACC. superior academics and athletics. follow the leader, tarholes 

- Posted by uncsuckz

I think you mean "dook,the flagship of New Jersey"

RE: ACC Does well in 50 best colleges in America rankings

Check the N&O today. The gift that keeps on giving.

RE: ACC Does well in 50 best colleges in America rankings

Well this is talking about academics, not athletics. Football and Basketball players are exceptions (with a few exceptions to that) to the standards each of these schools requires. Basically a HS student has to be in the top 5% of their class to even get considered. So in a world of nerds (no offense intended)each school has this little island of kids that, had they not been super jocks at their high school would have been in the military, community college, working construction or at a university with admissions standards that admit regular (non-nerd) students. Lets keep this all in perspective. :)
 

- Posted by lazydawg58

Totally agree. Athletics and academics are separate, and this list was based on academics.

RE: ACC Does well in 50 best colleges in America rankings

Well this is talking about academics, not athletics. Football and Basketball players are exceptions (with a few exceptions to that) to the standards each of these schools requires. Basically a HS student has to be in the top 5% of their class to even get considered. So in a world of nerds (no offense intended)each school has this little island of kids that, had they not been super jocks at their high school would have been in the military, community college, working construction or at a university with admissions standards that admit regular (non-nerd) students. Lets keep this all in perspective. :)
 

- Posted by lazydawg58

Totally agree. Athletics and academics are separate, and this list was based on academics. 

- Posted by jgunn

Yup. The ABC crowd has been clamoring for UNC's ranking to drop because of the athletic scandal...what they don't understand is that academic rankings basically ignore athete exceptions because they represent such a small portion of the student body.