And I clearly posted that ISU goes beyond the one initial press release to promote their strengths as described via their website and applicable social media.
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I think that was directed towards people that "attended" inferior schools like Iowa.
But the reasons given, dont hold up when you compare ISU to other schools still in, or getting in AAU.ISU explained it in their withdrawl press release. They can't nor should worry about what other Presidents think about AAU and its changing criteria when you have schools like USF getting in.
Where is Oregon's med school that keeps them in? They dont even have a Engineering school let alone a med school.
How did ASU qualify? They just announced the creation of a med school, after gaining AAU status, so somehow met the qualifications without a Med school first.
One of my daughter's good friend attended USF. He had an ACT score of 36. Evidently, USF has a tremendously innovative school for health studies and garners an unusually unique amount of cooperation from Tampa/St. Pete health services businesses. This doesn't necessarily offset the argument that having a medical school is too important according to the AAU. I just want to point out that USF is one of the more underappreciated schools in the country.
I know that ASU has made great improvements to their academic reputation but from what I hear, it's still pretty much that warm weather party school with hot co-eds that it always has been.
Regarding ASU, it sounds like they are pulling several departments that focused on medical in different schools in to one school now. So they were always doing it, but they just did a reorg so that it now falls in to one department, instead of several.
The math is a bit harder when you have a conference named the Big12 and it only has 10 teams...
I almost hate to contribute to the AAU dumpster fire, but what ARE the criteria for membership?
Are there hard requirements and then you qualify, like $$ of research funding, # of profs / student, etc?
Or is it purely "voted in by the other members" like some mens-only club from the 1920s?
I just don’t like the MVC vibe it gives off. What other P5 conferences have different teams for the two major sports?
Damn a 36? Isn’t that a perfect score? I was happy with my 32, highest I had heard of in our area was a 35, good for them!
Sure they do. Even you should be able to determine that ISU doesn't have a medical school, thus the AAU withdrawl due to AAU's increasing emphasis on medical research.
Well we never converted to metric for a reason...
The 36 is a perfect score. The kid is a uniquely charismatic and likeable kid. He's also the only person I know that actually ate a Tide Pod (even with that 36).
I think the primary criteria are that if you are in the Ivy Leaque or Big Ten, you most likely get in. If you aren't in one of those conferences and you have a large ag program, they'd prefer that you not be in.
Honestly, it seems almost as questionable as how the IOC chooses host locations for the Olympics.
The ACC.
Notre Dame is an all sports member that doesn't play football there. Would be the exact same setup and Gonzaga is a MUCH better basketball program.
I gave ur mom some credit.....
Neither does Oregon, and they also dont have an Engineering school. The 2 main focuses of AAU.
They also only have 1/3 the total research funding as ISU does. The main focus of AAU.
So if it is about the things that the press release said, about Medical research etc. How does a school like Oregon maintain their membership.
This is my whole point. They give reasons, but when you put those reasons up against other schools in AAU, they dont hold up.
Eh, ND plays much of their schedule there, and is required to. Gonzaga, doesnt have FB so not a apples to apples comparison.
What is being discussed is more like the old Big East.
