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The hubris pendulum has swung fully to MSU. Pride goeth.

compare winning percentages over that time?

Wasn't he reveling in the new wave of alt-right as a great new thing? I mean, come on.

It really is the two americas here isn't it? One is the propagandized version designed to make racially sensitive ex-urban America feel better about itself and the other is the one in which facts and science matter.

Michigan's was something something: "Describe the community you come from and how it will make an impact on Michigan's community" or near enough to that. I told him to reference the TV Show Community

U-Chicago's essay question is pretty fun (paraphrased as): "People say something is as easy as pie, is that so?"

The kid is into the idea of solving the problem of plastic in the environment. U-Chicago appears to be the one that fits that niche interest very well. I would always be getting asks for things like gallium and other "fun" elements for Christmas. I keep saying that he needs to go to a proper large university because he is also a huge history and writing nerd who would love nothing more than to invent his own RPG system. He is so un-street smart that I'd worry he's be eaten alive by the big school drive to drink yourself to death except he's a very wise kid. Knows what not to eat, etc.

What is disconcerting to me is that Mike Flynn brother who was in the NMCC at the Pentagon is still employed by the US Army in a position of trust. The 82nd Airborne ready brigade should have been in the air and on the ground with bayonets on the day.

Everyone in that crowd should have been shot a long time before she died.

Known among his peers as "Suicide U" for some reason. Its on his list but we haven't visited so it holds lower enthusiasm for him.

Trump's phone call to the Georgia SoS was the nail that should have sealed his political coffin. He was asking the man to lie to give him an election.

My wife is a sparty and highly accomplished in life. I think the general quality of education she got plus her own native drive and intellect were fine. My interest in sending my son to a "good school" in the top 100 of whatever category is just scoreboard of his/our success raising him. The ratings are likely just junk like you say. We've been to a couple campuses on our tours. Michigan is a very nice one. UVA also very nice. Some are just utilitarian. In my own story...my terrible HS grades (we are talking Blutarski level gpa here) were mitigated when I finally realized I needed to get going: tested well on the ASVAB, joined the Air Force, got community college going, did well enough in University of Maryland overseas courses in the Air Force, got off active duty and applied for University of Michigan based on my CC and University of Maryland courses. I never had to write any essays or do well on the SAT. I showed up and worked hard because I gave a damn so it worked out for me.

Some really clever person spraypainted on a scissor lift in Reston where I went and saw Dune this: I was really appreciative of the depths of historical knowledge that took.

And yet, my family on both sides of the Atlantic are trying to piece together a family tree past 1815 when we have decent public records

Negative jinx

CYGNSS is a lot more than a cube sat. Its a whole network with a very important function.

Yeah, its sort of a gateway space thing any moderately sized institution can pull off.

I always wondered when the historical grievance clock runs out. Clearly plenty of people are angry about bad things that happened in their area in the past because of the Turks or the Russians or the British. When does that ebb? The Uzbek (basically) Mogul empire deindustrialized India leaving it ripe for takeover by the East India company. Do modern Indians have grievances against Uzbeks?

Michigan also benefits from having its historical ties to the Dharma Initiative https://lostpedia.fandom.com/wiki/DHARMA_Initiative

Now, I'm curious about the space science ratings. Michigan has the https://cygnss.engin.umich.edu/ satellite program. What helps OSU... this little cube sat is all I'm seeing thus far https://news.osu.edu/ohio-states-first-satellite-prepares-for-launch/ Wonder if OSU bought their ranking

Check this disturbing thing out Ohio State University--Columbus United States|Columbus #16 in Best Universities for Space Science (tie)

I note this with chagrin because this school prides itself on the "Space Bitches" meme #30 in Space Science

From this it appears that MSU excels in: #7 in Plant and Animal Science

From this it appears that Michigan excels (top 10 in): #9 in Arts and Humanities #10 in Computer Science #9 in Oncology #6 in Social Sciences and Public Health #8 in Surgery (tie)

Two universities in the state of Michigan will play a football game at Noon on Saturday the 30th. Known in the past in the Detroit area as Devil's Night except it will be played at Noon. Michigan and Michigan State both come in undefeated at football this season so the Fox crew will shift from fluffing up seditionists to promoting a noisy broadcast featuring Gus Johnson and Joel Klatt. My kid is in application mode so this is why this comes up. Rankings based on US News and World Report's college rankings of Global Universities. I understand that Michigan exceeded 50,000 last year so these numbers might not be up to date. Tale of the tape https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/university-of-michigan-ann-arbor-170976 Total number of students 43,873 Number of international students 7,551 Total number of academic staff 5,308 Number of international staff 972 Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 7,450 Number of master's degrees awarded 4,677 Number of doctoral degrees awarded 1,556 Number of research only staff 1,835 Number of new undergraduate students 6,826 Number of new master's students 3,470 Number of new doctoral students 1,668 Subject Rankings #9 in Arts and Humanities #13 in Biology and Biochemistry #57 in Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology (tie) #14 in Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems #26 in Cell Biology #67 in Chemical Engineering #40 in Chemistry #54 in Civil Engineering #12 in Clinical Medicine #10 in Computer Science #10 in Economics and Business #88 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering #23 in Endocrinology and Metabolism #51 in Energy and Fuels (tie) #19 in Engineering #33 in Environment/Ecology #16 in Gastroenterology and Hepatology #66 in Geosciences #33 in Immunology #12 in Infectious Diseases #44 in Materials Science #21 in Mathematics #29 in Mechanical Engineering #43 in Microbiology (tie) #20 in Molecular Biology and Genetics #71 in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (tie) #44 in Neuroscience and Behavior (tie) #9 in Oncology #19 in Pharmacology and Toxicology #27 in Physics #75 in Plant and Animal Science (tie) #13 in Psychiatry/Psychology #24 in Public, Environmental and Occupational Health #38 in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging #6 in Social Sciences and Public Health #30 in Space Science #8 in Surgery (tie) https://www.usnews.com/education/best-global-universities/michigan-state-university-171100 Key facts: Total number of students 45,678 Number of international students 7,113 Total number of academic staff 2,755 Number of international staff 672 Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 9,120 Number of master's degrees awarded 2,240 Number of doctoral degrees awarded 1,138 Number of research only staff 511 Number of new undergraduate students 10,346 Number of new master's students 1,578 Number of new doctoral students 1,080 Subject Rankings #22 in Agricultural Sciences #55 in Arts and Humanities (tie) #116 in Biology and Biochemistry #68 in Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology #138 in Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems #276 in Chemistry (tie) #216 in Clinical Medicine (tie) #63 in Computer Science (tie) #29 in Economics and Business #200 in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (tie) #235 in Energy and Fuels #185 in Engineering (tie) #39 in Environment/Ecology (tie) #196 in Materials Science (tie) #70 in Mathematics (tie) #68 in Microbiology (tie) #186 in Molecular Biology and Genetics (tie) #214 in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (tie) #166 in Neuroscience and Behavior (tie) #212 in Pharmacology and Toxicology (tie) #80 in Physics (tie) #7 in Plant and Animal Science #72 in Psychiatry/Psychology #158 in Public, Environmental and Occupational Health #48 in Social Sciences and Public Health (tie) #118 in Space Science (tie) #245 in Surgery (tie)