Smartest State rankings 2004-2005

[Saulbadguy]

Inspired by SDChiefsFans thread about public education...

States Ranked: Smartest to Dumbest

The smartest state in the union for the second consecutive year is Massachusetts.

The dumbest, for the third year in a row, is New Mexico.

These are the findings of the Education State Rankings, a survey by Morgan Quitno Press of hundreds of public school systems in all 50 states. States were graded on a variety of factors based on how they compare to the national average. These included such positive attributes as per-pupil expenditures, public high school graduation rates, average class size, student reading and math proficiency, and pupil-teacher ratios. States received negative points for high drop-out rates and physical violence.

How does YOUR state rank?

1. Massachusetts
2. Connecticut
3. Vermont
4. New Jersey
5. Wisconsin
6. New York
7. Minnesota
8. Iowa
9. Pennsylvania
10. Montana


11. Maine
12. Virginia
13. Nebraska
14. New Hampshire
15. Kansas
16. Wyoming
17. Indiana
18. Maryland
19. North Dakota
20. Ohio


21. Colorado
22. South Dakota
23. Rhode Island
24. Illinois
25. North Carolina
26. Missouri
27. Delaware
28. Utah
29. Idaho
30. Washington


31. Michigan
32. South Carolina
33. Texas and West Virginia (tie)
35. Oregon
36. Arkansas
37. Kentucky
38. Georgia
39. Florida
40. Oklahoma


41. Tennessee
42. Hawaii
43. California
44. Alabama
45. Alaska
46. Louisiana
47. Mississippi
48. Arizona
49. Nevada
50. New Mexico

http://www.morganquitno.com/edrank.htm

[Pants]

Originally Posted by raiderhader

What happened to our little gay bird? Probably off checking to see if the numbers I posted were accurate.

Pour soul is in for a real disappointment.

Haha, nah dude, I actually went out for a few hours, now I'm back home to study. But, yeah I'd like to see a link or something, I mean it's kinda hard to just buy some random facts you are stating.

All I know is that KU is the 3rd best buy in the nation among public schools according to Fisk's guide (I'm not sure aout the title, but I saw it in the book this year, it's legit). And since it costs MORE than KSU and still is a MUCH BETTER buy tells me a something. Also, half my friends went to KSU so I kind of know what's it like, sucks for them.

We are also ranked 94th in the list of 130 top schools in the nation, KSU is not on the list... ( http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/col...udoc_brief.php )

I'll give KSU this, though, they do have a good engineering and agriculture schools.

PS Did you even go/are goig to KSU?

[DJay23]

If you've ever driven in Pennsylvania you'd know that #9 ranking is based solely on the fact that we have Penn, Penn State, and Pitt. The people here are not all that bright.

[Saulbadguy]

Originally Posted by Metrolike

Haha, nah dude, I actually went out for a few hours, now I'm back home to study. But, yeah I'd like to see a link or something, I mean it's kinda hard to just buy some random facts you are stating.

All I know is that KU is the 3rd best buy in the nation among public schools according to Fisk's guide (I'm not sure aout the title, but I saw it in the book this year, it's legit). And since it costs MORE than KSU and still is a MUCH BETTER buy tells me a something. Also, half my friends went to KSU so I kind of know what's it like, sucks for them.

We are also ranked 94th in the list of 130 top schools in the nation, KSU is not on the list... ( http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/col...udoc_brief.php )

I'll give KSU this, though, they do have a good engineering and agriculture schools.

PS Did you even go/are goig to KSU?

I've seen his figures before, and i've seen yours. They are pretty different in their fields of study..no comparison IMO.

[Slayer Diablo]

Geez, New Mexico's been at #50 for the past three years...they suck at existence.

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by Metrolike

Can't believe Iowa is #8. They'd probably take the top 4 places had a certain member on this board not lived there.

I think it is because Iowa only has about thousand students total and half are Mormans..

[Rain Man]

With apologies to philfree, this #47 ranking is the highest ranking I've ever seen for Mississippi on a ranking of positive attributes.

[Bob Dole]

Originally Posted by DJay23

If you've ever driven in Pennsylvania you'd know that #9 ranking is based solely on the fact that we have Penn, Penn State, and Pitt. The people here are not all that bright.

A few of us have actually seen that in action.

[Boozer]

Originally Posted by raiderhader

Top Scholar Rankings - Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater, Udall scholarships

1986-2004

Public colleges and universities
state-supported schools

1. K-State
2. Penn State
3. U. of North Carolina
4. Arizona State
5. Gay U
6. University of Virginia
7. University of Illinois
8. University of Michigan
9. Monatana State
10. Berkeley


Top Scholar Rankings - Rhodes, Marshall, Truman, Goldwater, Udall scholarships

1986-2004

Public and private universities

1. Harvard
2. Yale
3. Princeton
4. Stanford
5. Duke
6. Brown
7. K-State
8. Cornell
9. Chicago
10. MIT


KSU is not just some backwater country school house, they have an excellent educational program.

Original enough for you?

All that tells me is that K-State has an excellent scholarship application assistance program. You really don't think that K-State and ASU are all-around better schools than Michigan and UVA, do you? And Montana State over Cal?

[Saulbadguy]

Originally Posted by Boozer

All that tells me is that K-State has an excellent scholarship application assistance program. You really don't think that K-State and ASU are all-around better schools than Michigan and UVA, do you? And Montana State over Cal?

Says the KU student....

[Boozer]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

Says the KU student....

Hey, I went to the number four public school in the land for undergrad.

[Saulbadguy]

Originally Posted by Boozer

Hey, I went to the number four public school in the land for undergrad.

Probably the same year the Princeton Review named them the #1 party school in America, correct?

[Mr. Kotter]

One particular CP member is probably solely responsible for keeping Oregon out of the top twenty....

[DJay23]

Originally Posted by Bob_Dole

A few of us have actually seen that in action.

I'll give you a couple of examples:

You are nearing your exit ramp on a 4 lane highway. Do you:

A. Maintain speed, turn on signal and decelerate AFTER you have left the flow of highway traffic.
B. Slow down to about 45 mphwhile still in the flow of highway traffic, jerk your wheel suddenly upon encountering your exit, and continue to decelerate down the ramp so that by the time you reach the stop sign/light, it would have taken just as much time to get off at the next exit and double back.

In PA that answer is B.

It is foggy outside, but still daylight and visibility is about a mile. Do you:

A. Turn on your headlights so that other motorists can see you, even though you can seemingly see just fine.

B. Not turn on your lights because you can see, why turn on your lights, it's light outside?

In PA, of course the answer is B.

You are driving on a 4 lane highway with light traffic. Which lane is the appropriate lane to drive in:

A. The right lane, because there is a freaking law in PA that says you have to drive in the right lane unless you are passing.

B. Drive in the left lane, matching the speed of every slow ass mother f'er in the right lane, thus blocking all traffic for a mile behind you, and subsequently making no effort to increase your speed long enough to get around the slow people in the right lane and let the furious guy in the Jeep behind you pass you you fucking DOUCHE BAG!

Once again, the answer in PA is B.

And finally:

4 cars pull up to a 4 way stop sign at approximately the same time. Do you:

A. Take charge and cross the intersection first.
B. Sit and stare at each other for up to 10 minutes, everyone trying to wave the next person through because you're too stupid to realize that if you pull out first, no one is going to ram their car into yours, and if they do, you pulled into the intersection first and you had 2 other witnesses to verify that.

Once again, in PA, it's B.

[Boozer]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

Probably the same year the Princeton Review named them the #1 party school in America, correct?

Actually, I was there when Playboy ranked us number one (2002). http://www.snopes.com/college/admin/playboy.asp

I don't even think we made the Princeton Review list at all when I was there.

[MichaelH]

Originally Posted by DJay23

If you've ever driven in Pennsylvania you'd know that #9 ranking is based solely on the fact that we have Penn, Penn State, and Pitt. The people here are not all that bright.

I have to agree. I lived in Northeastern Pennsylvania for 31 years. Some of the rural people make the southern rednecks look like scholars. And the Amish in Central PA, well we won't go there! Evertime I get called a yankee from Pennsylvania, I suggest my southern friends take a ride through Amish country.