From: dbayer@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Daniel L Bayer)
Subject: Re: Ohio St (national merit scholars) Wussconsin
Organization: The Ohio State University
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Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:41:34 GMT

In article <1ifmd7INNa2e@uwm.edu> paul@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Paul R Krueger) writes
:
>In article <1993Jan6.215635.18411@cbnewse.cb.att.com> jimf@cbnewse.cb.att.com 
(james.r.fehrenbacher) writes:
>>Well gee, it might, cheesehead, but the UW Madison-campus-for-alcoholism-
>>training and Minnesota and Michigan and Michigan St and Purdue aren't exactly
>>small.  And Minnesota was actually bigger than OSU last time I counted. As
>>you might have guessed, teeny Northwestern was next in merit scholars. I 
>>don't really think the number of students has much to do with it, but then 
>>I don't spend quite as much time pounding brewskis as the average UW student.
>>No other Big 10 education factory was even in the top 20 nationally. (OSU was
>>13th.) Too bad Ohio State's football program isn't as good as its academic
>>program.
>>
>   I would love to see the stats to back that up. I can't imagine Ohio State
>   being ranked above either Northwestern or Wisconsin when it comes to
>   academics. Of course I could be wrong, I haven't researched academic
>   standings lately. :)  As for pounding brewskis, what's wrong with that?
>   They're cheaper than Boilermakers!
>
>   --salty
>
>   p.s.--obligatory woof--Maybe in a couple years when Wisconsin is a
>   national college football power, your Buckeyes will be able to pull off
>   a couple of upsets over the Badgers like we've done to you over the past
>   decade or so!
>
>
>


As per your request:
     From the "Almanac" of _The Chronicle of Higher Education_ 8/26, 1992

          Colleges with most NMS, Fall 1991

          1.  Harvard         292 National Merit Scholars (Freshmen)
          2.  Rice            246
          3.  Texas@Austin    210
          4.  Stanford        159
          5.  Texas A&M       154
          6.  Yale            144
          7.  Princeton       107
          8.  Northwestern    105
          9.  OHIO STATE      102
         10.  MIT             100
              BYU             100
              Duke            100
         13.  Florida         96
              Chicago         96

         22.  Michigan State
         27.  Michigan
         34.  Minnesota
         36.  Illinois

     I know these figures are a year old,  but Ohio State did move up to first
in recruitment of NMS for enrollment in Fall, 1992, according to a later
article in _The Chronicle_,  which I cannot seem to locate.  Statistics for how
many NMS who actually stay for four or more years and graduate as far as I know
are not tabulated.

     BTW,  Minnesota,  as of Fall, 1991,  has the largest enrollment on a 
single campus -- 57,168.  OSU is second -- 54,087.  It has been this way for a 
few years.  Dan


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