Nebraska...Good for Little Brother
Unfortunately with the addition of Nebraska, MSU just became our 4th biggest rival.
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I used to live at 920 Dewey, so plus one to you!
they are our #4 rival, but we are their #1 rival . . . . . what does that tell you? LOL
so be it and by all means "you win" hands down.
The University of Nebraska Lincoln is the flagship U in a small population state. We can't do the big state model of Giant State U with elite admissions + multiple regional universities for all the other students in the state into multiple regional schools--we only have 2 other U's , one is for the western Nebraska ranchers and the other is a commuter school in Omaha (our largest city but just a villege by Michigan standards). Therefore, yes, we have pretty much an open admission standard for all high school grads as its THE University of Nebraska (that's a dig on OSU, Heston).. Its a totally different demographic and mission.
In our humble way it works for us but probably not for you
First time your in Lincoln for a game give me a call, I'll give you the guided tour--should only take 5 minutes, not much to see really. We'll start with "The Penis of the Plains"--you'd like that.
UM fans and alum haveevery right to be proud of your school both in the classroom and on the field. You do it "the right way" and have set the example for a long long time. Not easy.
U of M Admittance Requirements:
http://www.admissions.umich.edu/prospective/prospectivefreshmen/requirements.php
Nebraska University Admittance Requirements:
http://admissions.unl.edu/requirements/freshman.aspx
Michigan State Admittance Requirements:
http://admissions.msu.edu/admission/freshmen_profile.asp
If you read all three of these, you will find that the requirements for Nebraska are more along the lines of Michigan's.
So Little Brother is still the bottom dwellers. You will find that Nebraska is a quality university in academics.
I dont believe you can stereotype it as in the cellar of the Big 10....just my honest opinion.
take it FWIW.
I wouldn't say that graduating in the top half of their high school class and scoring above 20 on the ACT is in line with Michigan
What in those links led you to believe Nebraska is a quality academic institute?
I know people on here want to belittle MSU, but Nebraska is farther away from UM than State is.
Michigan ACT Averages:
Test Scores of Freshman Class
| SAT Scores |
25th Percentile |
75th Percentile |
|
| SAT Math | 640 | 740 | |
| SAT Critical Reading | 580 | 690 | |
| SAT Writing | 590 | 700 | |
| ACT Scores | |||
| ACT Composite | 27 | 31 | |
| ACT Math | 26 | 32 | |
| ACT English | 27 | 32 | |
http://colleges.collegetoolkit.com/colleges/admissions/university_of_michigan-ann_arbor/170976.aspx
Nebraska ACT Averages:
Test Scores of Freshman Class
| SAT Scores |
25th Percentile |
75th Percentile |
|
| SAT Math | 530 | 670 | |
| SAT Critical Reading | 510 | 670 | |
| SAT Writing | — | — | |
| ACT Scores | |||
| ACT Composite | 22 | 28 | |
| ACT Math | 21 | 28 | |
| ACT English | 21 | 28 | |
Test Scores of Freshman Class
| SAT Scores |
25th Percentile |
75th Percentile |
|
| SAT Math | 540 | 660 | |
| SAT Critical Reading | 480 | 620 | |
| SAT Writing | 480 | 610 | |
| ACT Scores | |||
| ACT Composite | 23 | 27 | |
| ACT Math | 22 | 28 | |
| ACT English | 22 | 28 | |
ok i stand corrected, Nebraska and Michigan State are closer...
Still not the lowest though;
Northwestern University ACT Averages:
ACT Test Admission
Ranks 822nd for 75pctl scores
|
Applicants submitting ACT results |
27% |
|
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) |
18 / 25 |
|
Math scores (25/75 %ile) |
17 / 24 |
|
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) |
19 / 24 |
on entrance requirements, you are correct.
If you didn't realize something was fishy with this data.
This is Northwest (FULL STOP) University, in Seattle.
I guarantee that Northwestern is more selective than Michigan, as it takes much smaller incoming classes every year. (I'd still take the top 8,000 undergrads at Michigan against the the Northwestern student body, though.)
To be fair, MSU was never alone. Always tied with Iowa and Indiana…
Nebraska is the outlier with their #96 ranking.
Conference rankings:
This. Right on the money.
for entrance to Nebraska's Engineering Courses, the min ACT score is 24.
That's funny when you bring up academics. When your whole fanbase is crying because admissions didnt let your boy Dorsey in. You want to be held in such high esteem academically, yet you want to let in criminals that barely scrape by in high school as long as they are a great athlete. Wow, a little double standard??? Want your cake and to eat it too??? Check out your APR and then say something.
We'll start crushing those bucknuts and start winning the b10 east every season, while UN may have it easy in the west. It could be a good rivalry seeing UM vs NU in the b10 championship game every year. A nice warm up game on our way to the BCS national championship game!
Not drag up a meme, but doesn't this feel a bit like this:
But seriously, I welcome Nebraska to the fold. It is a good school with some nice programs, and a leading research school in the plain states/midwest. If the battle is between the "worst" academic schools in your conference and all are in the top 100, I think we are in good shape.
I don't believe that the Big Ten will do much to pull up Nebraska's academics. Most state schools have continued to improve their student bodies due to growth of in-state populations and very limited growth in the number of places at the top state universities. In an agrarian state like Nebraska, you have little population growth and competition improves very slowly, if at all. Personally, I find adding Nebraska to the BT to be a very equivocal decision. ND, Pitt, Texas and Texas A&M would have been better fits. Obviously, some of this may yet happen.
Michigan also pulls a substantial number of OOS students, more than most state U's, further increasing competition for each available spot, thus continuing to raise the caliber of the student body.
Their importance just keeps getting lower with these new teams that are going to come in.
good point. not that i had their importance that high to begin with....