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Herman Cain

US New Rankings coming out soon. Last year MU was a solid 86.

What is the Scoop Prediction for this years ranking?

"It was a Great Day until it wasn't"
    ——Rory McIlroy on Final Round at Pinehurst

Galway Eagle

I think with our current strategy we stay between high 70s and mid 80s. We'd need to add a med school or have a huge jump in their KPIs to get to the next notch up.
Retire Terry Rand's jersey!

tower912

Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

4everwarriors

"Give 'Em Hell, Al"

WhiteTrash



MU1in77

The WSJ rankings that came out last week had MU at 55 and UW Madison at 73.

MuggsyB

Quote from: MU1in77 on September 08, 2024, 10:17:53 PM
The WSJ rankings that came out last week had MU at 55 and UW Madison at 73.

We're strong in their "salary impact score".  95.

MU82

People are saying that if we're not #1, it's rigged.
"It's not how white men fight." - Tucker Carlson

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." - George Washington

"In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." - George Orwell

Jay Bee

The portal is NOT closed.

The Sultan

From what I understand, Marquette's freshman class was about 10% larger than the year's prior.
"I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them" - Frederick Douglass

The Sultan

Marquette retained a record number of last year's freshman to their sophomore Fall - over 91%. That shows that they are doing a great job recruiting students that can succeed at the school, and have done a wonderful job giving those students a sense of place on campus.

That figure, I would guess, blows a lot of their competitors' out of the water. Excellent work by the school.

Way more important than any ranking honestly. Glad they are promoting the hell out of it.
"I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them" - Frederick Douglass

Uncle Rico

Quote from: The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole on September 17, 2024, 03:15:14 PM
Marquette retained a record number of last year's freshman to their sophomore Fall - over 91%. That shows that they are doing a great job recruiting students that can succeed at the school, and have done a wonderful job giving those students a sense of place on campus.

That figure, I would guess, blows a lot of their competitors' out of the water. Excellent work by the school.

Way more important than any ranking honestly. Glad they are promoting the hell out of it.

Considering at least 7% were shot dead, that's a big win
"Well, we're all going to die."

WhiteTrash

Quote from: Uncle Rico on September 17, 2024, 03:20:32 PM
Considering at least 7% were shot dead, that's a big win
And by dental schools students, to boot.

cheebs09

Quote from: The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole on September 17, 2024, 03:15:14 PM
Marquette retained a record number of last year's freshman to their sophomore Fall - over 91%. That shows that they are doing a great job recruiting students that can succeed at the school, and have done a wonderful job giving those students a sense of place on campus.

That figure, I would guess, blows a lot of their competitors' out of the water. Excellent work by the school.

Way more important than any ranking honestly. Glad they are promoting the hell out of it.

Good to see the university adopting Shaka's methods on a larger scale.

Billy Hoyle

#15
Quote from: The Hippie Satan of Hyperbole on September 12, 2024, 07:59:48 AM
From what I understand, Marquette's freshman class was about 10% larger than the year's prior.

any concrete numbers for the incoming class yet? MU should have hit its census date by now.

And how are we doing with residential students? I know one of the reasons O'D closed was they didn't need it due to more local commuter students enrolling.
"Kevin thinks 'mother' is half a word." - Mike Deane

WhiteTrash

Quote from: Billy Hoyle on September 19, 2024, 01:43:31 PM
any concrete numbers for the incoming class yet? MU should have hit its census date by now.

And how are we doing with residential students? I know one of the reasons O'D closed was they didn't need it due to more local commuter students enrolling.
Not saying it has anything to do with O'Ds but I saw reports this year that drinking was down for 20 somethings. Hitting the brewers and distillers materially.

The Sultan

Quote from: Billy Hoyle on September 19, 2024, 01:43:31 PM
any concrete numbers for the incoming class yet? MU should have hit its census date by now.

I don't have 10 day numbers, but I have no reason to believe they are substantially different.
"I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them" - Frederick Douglass

Billy Hoyle

Quote from: WhiteTrash on September 19, 2024, 03:17:02 PM
Not saying it has anything to do with O'Ds but I saw reports this year that drinking was down for 20 somethings. Hitting the brewers and distillers materially.

O'D as in O'Donnell Hall, not the bar. I know they closed it a few years ago due to not needing it and the basement is being used as the rec center while Helfaer is being rebuilt. I have friends, family, and coworkers who have kids at state schools where dorms are overcrowded due to large incoming classes.
"Kevin thinks 'mother' is half a word." - Mike Deane

WhiteTrash

Quote from: Billy Hoyle on September 20, 2024, 08:56:53 AM
O'D as in O'Donnell Hall, not the bar. I know they closed it a few years ago due to not needing it and the basement is being used as the rec center while Helfaer is being rebuilt. I have friends, family, and coworkers who have kids at state schools where dorms are overcrowded due to large incoming classes.
LOL. Shows where my head is. So, "never mind".

Billy Hoyle

Quote from: WhiteTrash on September 20, 2024, 09:14:44 AM
LOL. Shows where my head is. So, "never mind".

Well, when I would tell my dad I was "at The Gym" it wasn't to play pick up ball, LOL!
"Kevin thinks 'mother' is half a word." - Mike Deane

mu_hilltopper

My son is a HS senior, so we're in the thick of early applications and campus tours.

We toured 9 schools .. MU's tour was in the upper half, but we got in the car and he said "yeah, sorry, I'm not going there."   He wants to get out of the Milwaukee area, I can't blame him.

We toured UW .. he wanted a sweatshirt, but I made him buy that with his own money as my retinas were burning in the Badger shop.   It's his safety school.   :-\

Uncle Rico

Quote from: mu_hilltopper on September 20, 2024, 10:58:10 AM
My son is a HS senior, so we're in the thick of early applications and campus tours.

We toured 9 schools .. MU's tour was in the upper half, but we got in the car and he said "yeah, sorry, I'm not going there."   He wants to get out of the Milwaukee area, I can't blame him.

We toured UW .. he wanted a sweatshirt, but I made him buy that with his own money as my retinas were burning in the Badger shop.   It's his safety school.   :-\

Attending UW-Madison will help Marquette's cause
"Well, we're all going to die."

swoopem

Quote from: mu_hilltopper on September 20, 2024, 10:58:10 AM
My son is a HS senior, so we're in the thick of early applications and campus tours.

We toured 9 schools .. MU's tour was in the upper half, but we got in the car and he said "yeah, sorry, I'm not going there."   He wants to get out of the Milwaukee area, I can't blame him.

We toured UW .. he wanted a sweatshirt, but I made him buy that with his own money as my retinas were burning in the Badger shop.   It's his safety school.   :-\

Out of curiosity, what other schools is he looking at? And wherever he goes, I'm sure he'll still be rooting for MUBB
Bring back FFP!!!

Billy Hoyle

My wife and I have been talking up MU to her niece who is a junior in HS. Unfortunately, her mom is a professor at a Big Ten school and a Hahvahd grad (as is her dad) and they won't even let my wife take her to visit MU...but she's going to take her anyway.  ;D
"Kevin thinks 'mother' is half a word." - Mike Deane

Shaka Shart

Good on your wife. Sounds like she knows Harvard is doomed
"If we finish off this recruiting class on a high note and have another good year next year, with one 2018 already signed up (Bailey) we may be on the verge of a new era of sustained basketball success which would be known to all as the Golden Eagles era." - Herman Cain

WhiteTrash

Quote from: Plaque Lives Matter! on September 20, 2024, 12:15:14 PM
Good on your wife. Sounds like she knows Harvard is doomed
Kinda off/on topic, but somehow the Harvard Crimson is part of my Google news feed, and they are so damn critical of their own university. You would think "Harvard is doomed" based upon their own newspaper.

Perhaps it is more noble and enlightened to criticize than to acknowledge success? 

Hards Alumni

Quote from: WhiteTrash on September 20, 2024, 12:23:40 PM
Kinda off/on topic, but somehow the Harvard Crimson is part of my Google news feed, and they are so damn critical of their own university. You would think "Harvard is doomed" based upon their own newspaper.

Perhaps it is more noble and enlightened to criticize than to acknowledge success?

Alternatively, students doing investigative journalism are setting themselves up for future jobs with those stories.

Puff pieces don't have the same impact on a resume.  ;D

mu_hilltopper

Quote from: swoopem on September 20, 2024, 11:21:47 AM
Out of curiosity, what other schools is he looking at? And wherever he goes, I'm sure he'll still be rooting for MUBB

He's a casual sports fan, which is odd since he went to about 20 mubb games/year as an infant/kid sitting on our laps.   I guess Wojo claimed another victim.

He's got a list of ~20 schools, applying to ~5 in the early period.  MIT, Michigan, Purdue, UW, and maybe Stanford.  Maybe Notre Dame too.

Very smart kid, but we get it, there are lots of smart kids out there.  He's got a shot.

Shaka Shart

Fingers crossed that UW is Washington
"If we finish off this recruiting class on a high note and have another good year next year, with one 2018 already signed up (Bailey) we may be on the verge of a new era of sustained basketball success which would be known to all as the Golden Eagles era." - Herman Cain

Billy Hoyle

Quote from: Plaque Lives Matter! on September 20, 2024, 12:15:14 PM
Good on your wife. Sounds like she knows Harvard is doomed

The sister was once trying (well, more than once, it's her M.O.) to big time us about having gone to Hahvahd and my response to her was "have you ever been able to watch your alma mater in the Final Four? No? We win."
"Kevin thinks 'mother' is half a word." - Mike Deane

marqfan22


tower912

Luke 6:45   ...A good man produces goodness from the good in his heart; an evil man produces evil out of his store of evil.   Each man speaks from his heart's abundance...

It is better to be fearless and cheerful than cheerless and fearful.

marqfan22

Apologies if this is the best place to post, but I was curious what people think of Lake Forest College? Does it have a strong reputation? My child is exploring it and we don't live in the Midwest

The Sultan

Quote from: marqfan22 on March 30, 2025, 01:13:51 PMApologies if this is the best place to post, but I was curious what people think of Lake Forest College? Does it have a strong reputation? My child is exploring it and we don't live in the Midwest

Decent liberal arts college with a good reputation - similar to about a dozen other colleges in the midwest. Pretty campus, but kind of tucked away in a suburb.
"I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them" - Frederick Douglass

Shaka Shart

Quote from: The Sultan on March 30, 2025, 01:29:34 PMDecent liberal arts college with a good reputation - similar to about a dozen other colleges in the midwest. Pretty campus, but kind of tucked away in a suburb.

Yeah lake forest is like whitefish bay on steroids. But the college is good and very pretty campus.
"If we finish off this recruiting class on a high note and have another good year next year, with one 2018 already signed up (Bailey) we may be on the verge of a new era of sustained basketball success which would be known to all as the Golden Eagles era." - Herman Cain

The Sultan

Quote from: marqfan22 on March 30, 2025, 01:13:51 PMApologies if this is the best place to post, but I was curious what people think of Lake Forest College? Does it have a strong reputation? My child is exploring it and we don't live in the Midwest

Should have also asked...is she planning on being a student athlete? The reason I ask is they have a good reputation as a lower-level D3 athletic program.
"I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins—and he her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism, seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them" - Frederick Douglass

marqfan22

Yes. Looking to play a sport too.

Thanks for the responses.

Quote from: The Sultan on March 30, 2025, 01:44:21 PMShould have also asked...is she planning on being a student athlete? The reason I ask is they have a good reputation as a lower-level D3 athletic program.

WhiteTrash

Quote from: Shaka Shart on March 30, 2025, 01:42:02 PMYeah lake forest is like whitefish bay on steroids. But the college is good and very pretty campus.
They don't call it the Harvard of Lake Forest for nothing.  ;D

Shaka Shart

Quote from: WhiteTrash on March 30, 2025, 05:04:24 PMThey don't call it the Harvard of Lake Forest for nothing.  ;D

I think you mean the Madison of Lake Forest
"If we finish off this recruiting class on a high note and have another good year next year, with one 2018 already signed up (Bailey) we may be on the verge of a new era of sustained basketball success which would be known to all as the Golden Eagles era." - Herman Cain

WhiteTrash

Quote from: Shaka Shart on March 30, 2025, 05:05:40 PMI think you mean the Madison of Lake Forest
Now you're being ridiculous.

LOL! I like it!

Spaniel with a Short Tail

As to LFC, my daughter went there and graduated 9 years ago. Played basketball all 4 years. Hockey is big there. Have a rink on campus. Very strong in handball, of all sports. It's a good liberal arts school especially if planning on staying in Chicago area. Have had grads in high level positions in both the City of Chicago and Cook County. It's a very nice campus in a very exclusive suburb. Nice well maintained safe campus. Pretty good scholastic and vocational counseling. My daughter appreciated her time there very much.  She's been back several times for career days since graduation. Back then LFC took $10k off tuition for all Illinois residents which was nice. Hope this helps.

marqfan22

Thank you!

I really appreciate it!

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