Academically Prestigious Universities At Altitude?

Colorado College in Colorado Springs.

UNAM MX City

Air Force Academy

Colorado School of Mines

At around 5600 feet altitude and has an acceptance rate of 35%. I know acceptance rate doesn't necessarily correlate with academic prestige but they may be a good school to look into. They are D2 but have some pretty solid guys from the 800m all the way to 10k.

St John's college in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Altitude A&M 👍

Coach wrote:

St John's college in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Do they have sports?

Big time basketball over there...surely you've heard of St. John's B-ball?

First, "prestige" at major D1 research universities is somewhat to vastly overrated. Think about your education first and what field of study you wish to pursue.

That said, and already mentioned, USAF Academy and Colorado School of Mines would be up there, as would BYU. If you are into rankings just look at the US News and World Report lists.

As for the others, it depends on what are your academic interests, but Colorado University, University of Utah, and University of New Mexico would your next tier. And if you are into science and engineering, plus many other majors, then Colorado State, Montana State, Utah State are all very good.

Composite Score Avg SAT Avg Sat Avg Top-3 5000 Avg Top-3 5000 Elevation School

39 ---- 1370 ---- 5% ---- 16:22 ---- 4% ---- 6930 ---- Air Force

23 ---- 1280 ---- 11% ---- 16:30 ---- 5% ---- 4665 ---- BYU

21 ---- 1340 ---- 7% ---- 17:50 ---- 29% ---- 6051 ---- Colorado College

20 ---- 1230 ---- 15% ---- 16:29 ---- 5% ---- 4772 ---- U Utah

19 ---- 1180 ---- 21% ---- 16:06 ---- 1% ---- 5374 ---- Colorado

17 ---- 1150 ---- 25% ---- 16:09 ---- 2% ---- 5166 ---- UNM

17 ---- 1320 ---- 8% ---- 18:26 ---- 44% ---- 5782 ---- Colorado School of Mines

16 ---- 1140 ---- 26% ---- 16:54 ---- 9% ---- 5003 ---- Colorado St

14 ---- 1120 ---- 29% ---- 17:11 ---- 15% ---- 4913 ---- Montana St

13 ---- 1050 ---- 40% ---- 16:56 ---- 10% ---- 4787 ---- Utah St

n/a ---- ? ---- ---- ? ---- ---- 7382 ---- UNAM (Mexico)

n/a ---- 1310 ---- 9% ---- ? ---- ---- 7328 ---- St. Johns NM

UC Boulder/JILA.

It's difficult to post tables on this form. The data from left to right is the following

1. A proprietary composite score, which is: Square Root of (elevation in feet / ((SAT percentile x 2) + 5000 percentile)/3) / 100)

2. Average SAT score

3. Percentile of avg SAT score

4. Average time of top-3 5000 times in the '17 outdoor season

5. Percentile of that average 5000 time from #4

6. Elevation in feet

7. University

I could not find much data for UNAM. I don't believe St. Johns NM has a legitimate athletic program that would be suitable for the athlete in question.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. If anyone has additional colleges they recommend or comments, that would be welcomed.

Crowd Sorcerer wrote:

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. If anyone has additional colleges they recommend or comments, that would be welcomed.

Appalachian State University.

Altitude: 3,500'

That table/formula may be one of the dumbest things I have ever seen. Congratulations.

Crowd Sorcerer wrote:

Composite Score Avg SAT Avg Sat Avg Top-3 5000 Avg Top-3 5000 Elevation School

39 ---- 1370 ---- 5% ---- 16:22 ---- 4% ---- 6930 ---- Air Force

23 ---- 1280 ---- 11% ---- 16:30 ---- 5% ---- 4665 ---- BYU

21 ---- 1340 ---- 7% ---- 17:50 ---- 29% ---- 6051 ---- Colorado College

20 ---- 1230 ---- 15% ---- 16:29 ---- 5% ---- 4772 ---- U Utah

19 ---- 1180 ---- 21% ---- 16:06 ---- 1% ---- 5374 ---- Colorado

17 ---- 1150 ---- 25% ---- 16:09 ---- 2% ---- 5166 ---- UNM

17 ---- 1320 ---- 8% ---- 18:26 ---- 44% ---- 5782 ---- Colorado School of Mines

16 ---- 1140 ---- 26% ---- 16:54 ---- 9% ---- 5003 ---- Colorado St

14 ---- 1120 ---- 29% ---- 17:11 ---- 15% ---- 4913 ---- Montana St

13 ---- 1050 ---- 40% ---- 16:56 ---- 10% ---- 4787 ---- Utah St

n/a ---- ? ---- ---- ? ---- ---- 7382 ---- UNAM (Mexico)

n/a ---- 1310 ---- 9% ---- ? ---- ---- 7328 ---- St. Johns NM

So it looks like it depends what your major will be -- Colorado College (Liberal Arts) or Mines (Engineering). The rest seem like run of the mill state schools. (I'm assuming USAFA is not your thing.)

If you want a run of the mill D1 state school, University of Wyoming is over 7,200 feet.

Crowd Sorcerer wrote:

It's difficult to post tables on this form. The data from left to right is the following

1. A proprietary composite score, which is: Square Root of (elevation in feet / ((SAT percentile x 2) + 5000 percentile)/3) / 100)

2. Average SAT score

3. Percentile of avg SAT score

4. Average time of top-3 5000 times in the '17 outdoor season

5. Percentile of that average 5000 time from #4

6. Elevation in feet

7. University

I could not find much data for UNAM. I don't believe St. Johns NM has a legitimate athletic program that would be suitable for the athlete in question.

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. If anyone has additional colleges they recommend or comments, that would be welcomed.

What is the rationale behind that ridiculous 'proprietary' formula?

Wow, these 5000m times are really bad. Do they train at all? Hobby joggers at best.

Northern Arizona University, it's around 6999-7000.