Wednesday, March 10, 2010
in other news... BYU is "most popular" university
I don't think "most popular" is quite the right phrase to describe this, but it's an interesting statistic and interesting article:
http://heraldextra.com/news/local/article_b7595199-5bc9-5828-9737-e44bcf3673ab.html
BYU named most popular college in nation
Brigham Young University has been named the most popular university in the country by a national magazine.
Rankings released last week by U.S. News and World Report put BYU at the top of the list with the highest percentage of students who are accepted to the school choosing to attend.
According to the report, 78 percent of the students accepted to BYU decide to attend the university. That's 2 percent more than Harvard, which came in second. The magazine ranks Harvard as the best college in the United States, while BYU is ranked 71 on that list.
BYU spokesman Todd Hollingshead said U.S. News and World Report has been ranking schools by popularity for three years, and BYU has been battling Harvard at the top of the list every year. The two schools tied the first year, while Harvard came in first last year. Hollingshead said it is an honor to be mentioned among the elite schools of the country like Harvard and Stanford, which came in third this year.
Hollingshead said the ranking is great news, though it was not a complete surprise. He said it was a surprise to come in first, but BYU has always had a very high yield. Even before U.S. News began ranking universities by popularity, BYU steadily had between 75 and 80 percent yield, he said.
"I think it says that the students that come to BYU want to be here," he said.
Hollingshead said students who apply to BYU want to be a part of the academics and school community there. Many students planned to go to the university their whole lives, so they applied only to BYU or a select few schools. He said to be recognized nationally is an honor and exciting for the students, who may feel their decision to go to BYU has been validated.
"Any time BYU is ranked high, the students welcome that and are excited to hear that," he said.
http://heraldextra.com/news/local/article_b7595199-5bc9-5828-9737-e44bcf3673ab.html
BYU named most popular college in nation
Brigham Young University has been named the most popular university in the country by a national magazine.
Rankings released last week by U.S. News and World Report put BYU at the top of the list with the highest percentage of students who are accepted to the school choosing to attend.
According to the report, 78 percent of the students accepted to BYU decide to attend the university. That's 2 percent more than Harvard, which came in second. The magazine ranks Harvard as the best college in the United States, while BYU is ranked 71 on that list.
BYU spokesman Todd Hollingshead said U.S. News and World Report has been ranking schools by popularity for three years, and BYU has been battling Harvard at the top of the list every year. The two schools tied the first year, while Harvard came in first last year. Hollingshead said it is an honor to be mentioned among the elite schools of the country like Harvard and Stanford, which came in third this year.
Hollingshead said the ranking is great news, though it was not a complete surprise. He said it was a surprise to come in first, but BYU has always had a very high yield. Even before U.S. News began ranking universities by popularity, BYU steadily had between 75 and 80 percent yield, he said.
"I think it says that the students that come to BYU want to be here," he said.
Hollingshead said students who apply to BYU want to be a part of the academics and school community there. Many students planned to go to the university their whole lives, so they applied only to BYU or a select few schools. He said to be recognized nationally is an honor and exciting for the students, who may feel their decision to go to BYU has been validated.
"Any time BYU is ranked high, the students welcome that and are excited to hear that," he said.
# posted by John Colton @ 5:06 PM 
