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I guess my overall simple statement is get something with soccer that you would not have otherwise obtained.

While there is nothing wrong with being one of the smarter kids at the school playing varsity and paying the money everyone else is to do it, a lot would be left on the table in that case.

Besides money, rankings, and particularly in the big chunks like top 20, top 50, top 100 is one measure of getting something. Most lists will give you an idea. Knowing how they rank is important to me. The how is more important than the rank to me. If I find a list that matches my kids/our values *I think* I will have a list that is also a better fit for us/my kid.

The other list we worked off of was/is common for soccer parents to use: http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-women/d1/nscaa-coaches and http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-women/d1/ncaa-womens-soccer-rpi

We spent time putting together a personal power rankings list that was a combination of academic, soccer and major and what DD thought of the campus life. That exercise is both fun and highly recommended.
 
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Zoro said:
I guess my overall simple statement is get something with soccer that you would not have otherwise obtained.

While there is nothing wrong with being one of the smarter kids at the school playing varsity and paying the money everyone else is to do it, a lot would be left on the table in that case.

Besides money, rankings, and particularly in the big chunks like top 20, top 50, top 100 is one measure of getting something. Most lists will give you an idea. Knowing how they rank is important to me. The how is more important than the rank to me. If I find a list that matches my kids/our values *I think* I will have a list that is also a better fit for us/my kid.

The other list we worked off of was/is common for soccer parents to use: http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-women/d1/nscaa-coaches and http://www.ncaa.com/rankings/soccer-women/d1/ncaa-womens-soccer-rpi

We spent time putting together a personal power rankings list that was a combination of academic, soccer and major and what DD thought of the campus life. That exercise is both fun and highly recommended.
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New rankings are out, interesting (actually, sorta cool) to see 50% out of the top public universities in the nation are here in CA.

Link: http://usat.ly/2ckRsyP

Ok Zoro....time for your monologue & narrative:D
 
Zerodenero said:
New rankings are out, interesting (actually, sorta cool) to see 50% out of the top public universities in the nation are here in CA.

Link: http://usat.ly/2ckRsyP

Ok Zoro....time for your monologue & narrative:D
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I'm not surprised that CAL, UCLA, UCI, UC Davis, UCSD and UCSB are all in the top 50 of national universities. Part of the US Newsweek methodology includes selectivity which accounts for 12.5% of the weighted measure. All of the UC schools above are difficult to gain admissions, because California is such a populous state. Then add the out of state students wanting to attend UC Schools and gaining admissions is more difficult. Another reason why 3 of the top Cal State Schools; SLO, SDSU and LB State have acceptance rates in the 30%.
 
NoGoal said:
I'm not surprised that CAL, UCLA, UCI, UC Davis, UCSD and UCSB are all in the top 50 of national universities. Part of the US Newsweek methodology includes selectivity which accounts for 12.5% of the weighted measure. All of the UC schools above are difficult to gain admissions, because California is such a populous state. Then add the out of state students wanting to attend UC Schools and gaining admissions is more difficult. Another reason why 3 of the top Cal State Schools; SLO, SDSU and LB State have acceptance rates in the 30%.
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You forgot Pepp They made top 50
 
NoGoal said:
Another reason why 3 of the top Cal State Schools; SLO, SDSU and LB State have acceptance rates in the 30%.
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Yes. Growing sentiment of Engineering/architecture graduates of SLO Is that they are amongst the top tier of CA avail job candidates (within those deciplines).
 
Zerodenero said:
Yes. Growing sentiment of Engineering/architecture graduates of SLO Is that they are amongst the top tier of CA avail job candidates (within those deciplines).
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I am pleased to see today that my school SDSU is ranked #20.

In football power rankings.
 
gkrent said:
Ah, but you forget most important ranking of all:

https://colleges.niche.com/rankings/hottest-guys/
https://colleges.niche.com/rankings/hottest-girls/
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goldentoe said:
Based on my previous days as a scientific researcher, I find it a travesty that ASU is not on this list!
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Perennial powerhouse, Heisman winning, hall of fame level in fun in the suno_O

15_reasons_why_asu_parties_harder_than_your_school.jpg
 
KidGretzky25 said:
At $12,836 tuition & books in-state, UCLA is one of the best bang for your buck choices if you can get in.
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I agree with you it is a great school but trying to get on the soccer field in the next 3 years is going to be pretty tough. It's going to be like the Hunger Games there with the talent that they have lined up.
 
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