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Originally posted by calf+Nov 8 2004, 12:18 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (calf @ Nov 8 2004, 12:18 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-No I.D.@Nov 7 2004, 06:15 PM
 # I was bound to make a mistake typing out that many names.# I agree though, it seems pretty biased, the entire thing is pretty much eastern schools.
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The thing with Eastern schools is that they're all (for the most part) older schools, meaning they have more 'established reputations' larger library collections etc...those all play a huge factor in the rankings, which puts younger schools at a "disadvantage" [/b][/quote]
That is exactly one of the bias problems. A university in the east has had a lot longer to build a reputation, and that also affects the amount of funding and donations the school gets, which in turn affects some of the other things the school gets graded on.