Karl_Smith comments on Open Thread: March 2010, part 2 - Less Wrong

4 Post author: RobinZ 11 March 2010 05:25PM

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Comment author: RobinZ 12 March 2010 01:34:39AM 1 point [-]

Am I from Illinois? No, actually - Maryland. Checking the data, it seems I'm in a very strange statistical anomaly: 82% in 6 years. At a state university.

No wonder my impressions were skewed.

Comment author: Karl_Smith 12 March 2010 05:04:02PM 1 point [-]

You are at the state flagship. 82% at College Park is roughly equal to Urbana-Champaign's 80%. The point is that top schools pick students who can get through and/or do a better job of getting students through.