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UNH 2025 Offseason: Where in the World is MS7?

Snively65 said:
The USN&WR article that came up on top of my Google search has Massachusetts ranked 45th (6th worst state) in Higher Education (18th in graduation rate, 41st in tuition and fees (10th highest), and 49th in student debt (second highest)). Guess those highly rated fancy K-12 public schools are taking up the lion’s share of the public’s tax dollars in Taxachusetts?
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Here it is Snives, in all its glory, with MA at #45 for higher education (NH not great at #38, but 2nd out of the 6 New England states) ...


NH ranks as the 2nd best state overall per USN&WR by a totality of the metrics, with MA lagging behind at #9 overall.
 
Snively65 said:
If you are not joking, please read my post #1207 and do not be like Potluck. 🙂
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If all goes to plan, "But how many employees does UNH have?" will catch on and become embarrassingly synonymous with our pal potty as the infamous yet memorable "UHN" tourney sign we still hear about almost a generation later down the line.
 
Chuck Murray said:
If all goes to plan, "But how many employees does UNH have?" will catch on and become embarrassingly synonymous with our pal potty as the infamous yet memorable "UHN" tourney sign we still hear about almost a generation later down the line.
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Oh, Buford, do I ever own you!

Me thinks the photo of you with your bowl haircut says it all, no?

I got you throwing punches by yourself in a dark room. Hillbilly, indeed!
 
FWIW it seems some folks bought entire rows and are selling for $100+/seat on SeatGeek.

EDIT: I thought I was looking at total price for 2 tickets but it was individual seat price. They are selling for $200+/seat on SeatGeek.
 
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Chuck Murray said:
Here it is Snives, in all its glory, with MA at #45 for higher education (NH not great at #38, but 2nd out of the 6 New England states) ...


NH ranks as the 2nd best state overall per USN&WR by a totality of the metrics, with MA lagging behind at #9 overall.
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FL at the top of the list? :LOL: Factors include 2-Year-College Graduation Rate, 4-Year-College Graduation Rate, Low Debt at Graduation, Educational Attainment,
Low Tuition and Fees... Best States 2025: How They Were Ranked

I'm only skimming the non hockey drivel here so maybe missed the point that y'all are discussing. If it is not higher education quality then please stop reading here. Else, just use the eye test. Give Dartmouth a break and say it is equal to Harvard. Now compare the second, third, fourth, etc. schools in NH vs. MA. UNH, St. A's, Colby-Sawyer, SNHU, NEC vs. MIT, BU, BC, Simmons, Bently, Babson, WPI, Amherst, Williams, Wellesley, NU... Berklee. Stop comparing when NH runs out of schools and then count how many MA schools remain. Fer chrissakes, my junior year in a MA HS was significantly more difficult than my Freshman year at UNH.

Go 'cats!

P.S. - Claremont
 
Darius said:
I'm only skimming the non hockey drivel here so maybe missed the point that y'all are discussing. If it is not higher education quality then please stop reading here. Else, just use the eye test. Give Dartmouth a break and say it is equal to Harvard. Now compare the second, third, fourth, etc. schools in NH vs. MA. UNH, St. A's, Colby-Sawyer, SNHU, NEC vs. MIT, BU, BC, Simmons, Bentley, Babson, WPI, Amherst, Williams, Wellesley, NU... Berklee. Stop comparing when NH runs out of schools and then count how many MA schools remain. Fer chrissakes, my junior year in a MA HS was significantly more difficult than my Freshman year at UNH.
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You do realize, of course, that MA has five (5) times as many people as NH, so it shouldn't be shocking they have five (5) times as many colleges, no?!? Are there five (5) MA colleges superior to Dartmouth? I doubt it. Are there five (5) UMass schools superior to UNH? Again, I doubt it. And so on, and so on, etc.

I read the survey Snives cited as a value-for-money analysis, so no, I'm not surprised the Northeast fared so poorly. There are a lot of schools out there (UNH not being one of them) that charge ungodly tuition - hand in hand with inflated urban room & board - for a secondary education that doesn't move the needle out in the real world. Lots (LOTS) of folks are starting to wake up to that reality, and the liberal arts degrees and gender studies majors (plus others) will take a hit over the coming generation. The good schools will adjust and make the right corrections. The others won't learn, act like pigs and will eventually die off. Academic Darwinism, eh?

FWIW the jump between my North Shore MA high school experience (pedestrian at best) and my first year at Bentley was shocking, luckily, I had the aptitude to cope and adjust on the fly, so I can assure you, your one-year dalliance in MA was by no means a typical experience. Lots of mediocre MA high schools, and I know our kids both had a vastly superior HS experience up here than I did 45 years ago down there. Still, fun to compare and discuss while we wait for hockey.
 
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