(12-16-2018 06:40 AM)vandiver49 Wrote:  

(12-15-2018 05:54 PM)Scoochpooch1 Wrote:  

(12-14-2018 09:16 PM)Kittonhead Wrote:  Here is one of the problems I see for UNT.

Florida
SEC: Florida
ACC: Florida St., Miami FL
AAC: UCF, USF

UCF only has 3 in-state programs that play in a higher level conference.

Texas
SEC: TAMU
XII: Texas, Baylor, Texas Tech, TCU
AAC: Houston, SMU
CUSA: UNT, UTSA, UTEP, Rice

UNT is looking up at 7 in-state programs in more prestigious conferences.

The article said UNT's enrollment (38,000) is about the same as UCF's (66,000). That is only like half of UCF's enrollment.

Denton of course is near Dallas but not the same attraction as going to school in Orlando.

I'd say UTSA might be more convincing with a unique city in San Antonio that doesn't have an NFL team. Dallas has an NFL team in it which killed SMU's program.

People attend UCF because there is no admmission requirements or vetting. It is basically a degree mill.

Last I checked UCF had an ABET accredited engineering college along with a new med school. Those programs are the very antithesis of a degree mill.

http://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/college...scores-GPA

(12-16-2018 06:53 AM)whittx Wrote:  http://www.prepscholar.com/sat/s/college...scores-GPA

So, tl;dr: A "degree mill" that rejects half of applicants, is ranked competitive for SAT and very competitive for HS GPA, and is overall ranked "moderately competitive" by prepscholar.

It's a "degree mill" in the sense that students with good HS grades and good SAT scores can be confident of going there and coming out with a degree ... which isn't really the way that most people use the term.