Florida named "New Ivy" by Forbes

I bet it would be an upgrade to replace Cornell

It is good enough for Parker Valby.

Gainesville > Raleigh.

Plus Aaron Hernandez

As a Florida native and UF alum, this made me LOL. I despise Urban.

To the OP, UF has been listed among the “public Ivies” for quite a long time. The admissions standards are just ridiculous now. One of my kids might be able to get in…maybe. Even with both parents as alumni, it’s doubtful.

Too bad it’s not top5 at indoors. Arkansas is still better and will beat Valby. Hoping Olemomoi or Markezich beat your princess Valby.

yeah majoring in sports administration is really gaining maximum value from a great school.

Stanford and MIT ranked higher than UF per Forbes.

Forbes isnt the same Forbes magazine your dad read on the can, its really nothing more than click bait. UF is a fine school, excellent medical and law school...its difficult to get into for a reason. Its not an IVY, its UF and they have plenty of good things happening there.

Gainesville is not greater than Raliegh or Durham or Chapel Hill for distance runners.

Florid is a great school and possibly one of the "Public Ivys," but I would not consider it the same. As far as "New Ivys" go, I would be thinking more along the lines of MIT, University of Chicago, Cal Tech, or Carnegie Mellon. Schools that are extremely selective academically and are not schools that give a $hit about lowering standards to bring in top-notch caliber athletes to produce successful sports teams.

All Ivies are woke.

Is Florida a non woke alternative or is it woke also?

Ron DeSantis wins again!

Letsrun never fails with the the fragile white guy, letting everyone know he is a weak racists loser...athletically and academically

It was named a new "Public Ivy". That is, public schools that come very close to the Ivies as far as their academic rigor and value proposition. The rest of the list: Binghamton, Georgia Tech, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, UNC, Texas, UVA, Wisconsin.

They also gave a list of new "Traditional Ivy" schools, which really just consisted of the same schools you've always seen on top 20-25 lists: Georgetown, CMU, Rice, Notre Dame, USC, Emory, Boston College, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, and Vanderbilt (no particular order). This was not particularly interesting to me, because nothing has really changed here and they don't provide exceptional financial value, but it was in the article.

Full article:

forbes.com

The New Ivies: As Employers Sour On The Super-Elite, These 20 Colleges Shine

Emma Whitford

The Ivy League is losing its standing as America’s producer of great talent. Here are the schools producing the hard-working high achievers that employers crave.

Link:www.forbes.com/sites/emmawhitford/2024...

This is woke, that is woke, everything that unhinges you is woke...

UF also had a great president Ben Sasse who last week penned this assurance that the adults are still in charge, unlike at the traditional "Ivy League" indoctrination centers

Raleigh is one of the most desirable cities to live in in the U.S., regardless of age. Certainly much more so than Gainesville.

Why attack NC State? NC State is WAYYYY above many of the other top distance running schools in academic rankings - including NAU, Ok State, Colorado, New Mexico, BYU