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Hammer is correct. La Tech did have a head start in selective admissions. Folks, there is a difference between ratings and rankings. UL is rated the same as Louisiana Tech...Carnegie RU/H and SREB 4yr-2. We are slightly behind in Forbes rankings and USNWR rankings. Over the last few years we have been listed as one of the 377 best Universities by The Princeton Review and Louisiana Tech has not made the list. All three ranking systems (Forbes, USNWR and Princeton Review) are highly subjective and easily manipulated....several Universities are busted annually for doing just that. BTW, UL reached its present Carnegie and SREB ratings years before Louisiana Tech did and we are making steady progress toward the top rating in both. There is no 'separation'...both Institutions use their superior rankings to promote their progress....as I would expect them to do. Both Universities have done a remarkable job of growing considering the crumbs that the State throws their way. Lets mow our own grass and realize the progress that our University has made and continue to do our part to make it a Premier Institution of Higher Learning.

The only university in Louisiana that is thought of nationally as a "Premier Institution of Higher Learning" is Tulane. Even LSU isn't thought of nationally as anything more of than a good, state university.

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LoL man, do some research

They are a Tier 2 Doctoral National Research Institution as is LSU, UL is Tier 3. However the difference is Tech started selective admissions several years prior to UL starting. In the next year or so UL will also be a Tier 2 but does Tens of Millions more in research than Tech every year and at that point would be ahead of them.