Dodge, deflect, deny. Nothing changes the fact that you posted a lie -- business school students at Wisconsin were then and are now admitted after earning 24 credits on campus and not upon admission as freshmen. Why not just admit you fibbed? Man up, Pewter!
As so which is the "safety school," check with any high school admissions advisor -- the students admitted to the University of Minnesota, on average, have lower ACT/SAT scores and lower class rank than their counterparts at the University of Wisconsin. This isn't a knock on Minnesota -- both are great schools.
Check it out. Any reputable publication can confirm it.
One component of the US News rankings is ease of admission, and you know how the two universities have always ranked on that scale (which is, of course, also subjective):
Best Colleges: Top Public Schools: National Universities
University of California--Berkeley Berkeley, CA 1
University of California--Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA 2
University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 2
University of Michigan--Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI 4
University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 5
College of William and Mary Williamsburg, VA 6
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 7
University of California--San Diego La Jolla, CA 7
University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL 9
University of Wisconsin--Madison Madison, WI 9
University of California--Davis Davis, CA 11
University of California--Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 11
University of Washington Seattle, WA 11
University of California--Irvine Irvine, CA 14
Pennsylvania State University--University Park University Park, PA 15
University of Florida Gainesville, FL 15
University of Texas--Austin Austin, TX 15
Ohio State University--Columbus Columbus, OH 18
University of Maryland--College Park College Park, MD 18
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 20
University of Georgia Athens, GA 21
Clemson University Clemson, SC 22
Purdue University--West Lafayette West Lafayette, IN 22
Texas A&M University--College Station College Station, TX 22
University of Minnesota--Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 22
