woeishe

Alabama

Alabama - Party school with great football, most smart kids want to go here for some reason.

Auburn - Same as above, but located in a better place.

momophony

That's funny. In fact the UCB Republicans club is enormous.

informative

No "smart" kids want to go to Alabama. A desire to attend Alabama (or any school in Alabama) negates any intelligence you presumed these kids had.

pierre0913

^well that's very mature of you!

kenzie1992

WASHINGTON STATE

UW: The one every mid to top student thought was a shoo-in and that produced mass panic a few weeks ago when they realized it wasn't. Great school but some people are turned off by its proximity to home and its size and its asian population.

WSU: When you can't get into UW, there is always WSU. although I feel like that's not entirely true because oftentimes someone who wants to live in Seattle probably would not be happy in Pullman. Known for being a party school with the big State U sports culture.

WWU: Also bit of a UW reject school, but also the safety for people who think UW is too big or too Seattle or too close to home. As UW gets more competitive, WWU picks up the pieces and rises in stature as well

Evergreen:
Out of state: Nice, you went to Evergreen?
In state: LOL you went to Evergreen?
Pass the bong.

Whitman: A really nice LAC that everyone applies to, many are accepted to, and not very many actually end up attending. Usually a match school for people applying to places like Pomona or Carleton or Bowdoin as reaches. People who use Whitman as a reach tend to not get in - I don't know anyone who has ever been accepted ED there.

Puget Sound: Reasonably bright wealthy kids, or super smart poorer kids who snag big merit scholarships

Seattle U: UW? That's so mainstream.

Central: 4LOKO!!!!

Eastern: No one actually knows anyone who goes there. At least in the Seattle area I think it's a myth to tell young children to scare them into doing their homework.

Gonzaga: Everyone has a relative who went there.

Whitworth: Where you go for your MRS degree. Everyone at that school comes out married.

PLU, SPU: Average kids with some money to spare.

DigiPen: Nerdy boys who will never ever get laid

H3Proto

Illinois

I come from a tiny town in the northwest corner, so this may not be accurate and I'm sure I'm missing a lot of schools.

Urbana-Champaign: Respected, known for engineering. But a lot of people can't afford it.

NIU: The people that didn't get into UIUC or can't afford it.

ISU: Who cares?

University of Chicago: Good liberal arts school I think? No one from my school goes there, but it seems to be respected.

UIC: Known for high concentration of black people, which is a turn-off to people around here.

Western: The people that couldn't get in to a great school but want to stay in-state.

Northwestern: I think it has a great medical program, but I don't know anyone that went there.

touhou

University of Kentucky (UK): State Flagship. More than half of my graduating class will be attending, or will transfer in from the local community college. Awesome athletics, terrible campus. Pretty well known medical school.

University of Louisville: Really good for engineering. Terrible at sports (UK ALL DAY!), known for being in a pretty crappy location.

Bellarmine: Way too expensive. Overly religious. Spent my summer there for a residential scholarship program, and I have to say that I do like the campus. The stairs will kill you during the hot summer, but the overall layout is really cool. Close to the city if you want to do anything.

Centre College: IMO, an underrated LAC. Really nice campus, very liberal and artsy. Known for being one of the best financial deals you can get. Beat out Duke and Vandy as the Best College in the south. The best school in Kentucky undoubtedly.

Transylvania University: I'm biased, because I hate it. It's in downtown Lexington, and there's literally nothing to it. It's tiny any has hardly and students. I don't even know what it's known for. Gives out full rides like nothing, though.

Eastern Kentucky University: Party school. Has really trashy greek system. Known for robotics and video game design. Dreadful campus.

Western Kentucky: IMO, a nice school. My brother is studying physics and teaching there, and my girlfriend will be studying bio there next year. Has a really nice campus, but some of the buildings are pretty junky. Good for math and science.

Northern Kentucky: Concrete jungle is literally the picture that everyone thinks of when they hear NKU..

Campbellsville University: uh.. really cheap?

University of the Cumberlands: No.

Morehead State: Really fratty and into sports. Decent school, decent campus.

Murray State: Awesome campus, really fratty and into sports.

A majority of people I know will either attend UK or BCTC (local community college), or they try to get out.

kcpat1

The main two:
University of Michigan - If you're a smart kid in Michigan (unless you're Ivy, Stanford smart), you go here. Kind of an elitist reputation, but actually really diverse. There are UMich fans/clothes everywhere you go in the state outside of East Lansing, including a lot of redneck dumbasses that obviously won't/didn't go there.

Michigan State - Reputation of a party school. Generally average to above average students go here, minus a few really smart kids that get like full rides. Great agricultural and veterinary programs, other than that nothing is really better than UMich.

The rest:
Michigan Tech: Although if you're at least an average student, you can get in, it actually is a very good engineering school. I would say it could rival State in that, but kind of a weird reputation. TON of guys vs. girls, cold all the time and snow in May.

Central Michigan: A dumber, more party-focused version of State.

Grand Valley: Really new stuff everywhere, also kind of a weird reputation though. Really good DII athletics...although that's like being the best tee ball team.

Eastern: Good for a teaching degree I suppose but not much special about it, I know very few people who go here.

Western: Big party school, pretty chill vibe on the west coast of the state.

Wayne State: Detroit...

Northern: Non-engineering version of Tech.

Albion: For rich kids, frat-heavy

Alma: REALLY small, farm-kid oriented, if you are pretty good at a high school sport (but not scholarship good) they will come calling...

Ferris State: lol

Can't really think of any others right now

hesdjjim

@informative Is it because of the football? You obviously have never been to Alabama, and your perceptions of that state are so biased that you just sound silly. You think you know what you're talking about, when in reality you haven't got a clue.

Students who come from Auburn and the University of Alabama are highly intelligent, and they typically become very successful in life. Auburn produces the vets and the engineers, while Alabama produces doctors and lawyers, and a degree from either school is highly respected by major employers. You may not like it, but those are the facts. Deal with it.

Sparkeye7

"A host of Michigan State University graduate programs—from nuclear physics to elementary education to African history—rank among the nation’s best, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools.

And four programs continue their hold on No.1 spots: nuclear physics for the second year in a row; elementary and secondary education programs for the 17th year in a row; and industrial and organizational psychology, which has been ranked No.1 since 1998."

Source: MSU's tradition of excellence continues | Michigan State University

lammb66

I have to chime in here. I've lived in Ohio my whole life so here is my report.

Ohio State- I am the only person living in Columbus who in no way and never will support this University. I see overcrowded classes, students who don't try and end up with having a cookie cutter degree. My college-age student once said, "If every college on earth burned down and the only school left was OSU, I would join the army." The med school is really good, I've seen many good doctors but other than that I am just not impressed.

University of Dayton - Great engineering program

Wright State - great campus for those with disabilities, very handicapped accessible

University of Akron - they have made some really nice changes lately to the university. many improvements

Ohio University - nothing new to report - party school reputation

University of Cincinnati - very low graduation rate for student atheletes

vansiCsula

can smbday plz tell about CSULA ...

nerdasaurus

Cal States (CSU):

Bakersfield: located in the middle of nowhere, otherwise known as Central California.

Channel Islands: I don't know very much about this campus.

Chico: notorious party school.

Dominguez Hills: it's known to be a "ghetto" campus. Dorms are allegedly locked down at night.

East Bay: I don't know too much about this campus.

Fresno: despite knowing someone who goes to Fresno State, I don't know much about the campus.

Fullerton: one of the top-tier CSU campuses; tough to get into if you're a non-local student. Has fantastic business, nursing, communications, history, and psychology departments.

Humboldt: for students who are obsessed with nature, Woodstock, and vegan diets.

Long Beach: a top-tier CSU. An excellent school for dance, art, psychology, and nursing students.

Los Angeles: reportedly hosts a large Hispanic population. Student life is nonexistent. Campus looks dull.

Monterey Bay: I don't know anything about this campus.

Northridge: known to be a solid, good school, especially for students majoring in education.

Pomona: another top-tier CSU.

Sacramento: for Northern California students who couldn't get into UC Davis and who want to stay up north.

San Diego: has a terrible party reputation. Top-tier CSU, despite being mockingly called "STDSU."

San Francisco: beautiful, green campus; amazing location. An ideal school for students who love city life.

San Jose: from what I've heard, it has a good electrical engineering department.

San Luis Obispo: definitely a top-tier CSU. Incredibly competitive to receive admission to. Known for it's engineering, pre-vet, and architecture departments.

San Marcos: lives in the shadow of SDSU.

Stanislaus: I don't know anything about this campus, other than that it's in the middle of nowhere.

sk8runr24

ILLinois

SIU let's all get drunk in southern illionis!
Western let's all get drunk in the cornfields of western Illinois!
Northern let's all get drunk in the cornfields of northern illinois!
University of Illinois uc let's all get drunk but have amazing engineering and business programs when we aren't wasted at football games
Augustana good liberal arts college middle of nowhere quad cities
Bradley u Middle of no where
Loyola good business pre med suburban kids
Depaul good business computer science theatre
Uchicago crazy eccentric kids mixed with ridiculous academics life of the mind
Northwestern more normal kids but just as qualified as uchicago pre med pre everything w big 10

dantheman1018

PA
PSU: Party school for sure, but students work hard. Recognized as an excellent educational opportunity that also is not short on the occasional drink.
Pitt: Mainly a bunch of PSU rejects who act like they go to a Public Ivy. The exception to this is some of the science programs which are pretty good.
Temple: Basically where you go if you can't get in anywhere else. In the 'hood, and most of the students are dumb as a bar of soap.
UPenn: A bastion of snobbery. Everyone who goes to or went to the school in the area acts like that makes them better than you for every reason. You'd think it was friggin' Cambridge the way some people talk about it. It's a good school, but jeez, it's not that good, especially if you aren't in Wharton.
Drexel: A pretty good school, excellent co-op program. It is considered very easy to get in but they give out tons of money so they get lots of good students. "Campus" is awful, but it still has a solid rep.
'Nova- Emerging school, but still can't shake the rich kids rap.
St. Joes, La Salle- Where you go if you can't get into 'Nova.
West Chester, IUP, Kutztown, Bloomsburg etc.-13th grade.
Haverford, Swarthmore- Very pompous (especially Swathmore) but the students are workaholics.
F&M, Gettysburg, Muhlenberg- Very solid, LACs that churn out good, hardworking students who go on to big careers.
Ursinus- Lesser version of the previous 3.
CMU- Excellent school, slightly worse version of UChicago.