<p>It’s already been said but definitely UCLA and UCSD - </p>
<p>UCLA - across the street from Bel Air, next to Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Westwood. It’s interesting to hear from my D what kinds of cars she routinely sees around Westwood and sometimes driving through campus - Lambos, Maseratis, Bentleys, Ferraris, etc.</p>
<p>UCSD - In La Jolla, just south of Del Mar. </p>
<p>None of this helps when paying for off-campus apartments!</p>
<p>And the winner is:</p>
<p>Lake Forest!</p>
<p>I just did a search of the richest zip codes in the US. The top two: 06830 and 90210 don’t have any legitimate colleges. Although UCLA should get honorable mention for being darn close to 90210.</p>
<p>But the third richest zip code is 60045 and that’s the zip code for Lake Forest.</p>
<p>Do I have too much time on my hands or what?</p>
<p>I could’ve told you that…</p>
<p>I’m from Chicago and have spent tons of time at both Northwestern and Uof C. Both sit in the middle of expensive neighborhoods but go a few blocks in either direction and it gets scary. But the immediate area around both schools is expensive and affluent.</p>
<p>Good call birdrock. Lake Forest College is right by the lake. I looked at the google sattelite of the surrounding area, and it’s pretty much just huge estates. I never knew Lake Forest was that rich, and I’ve lived just miles away my entire life.</p>
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<p>Dare you to walk through the Hill District alone at night. ;)</p>
<p>Loyola of Md is in Baltimore’s blue-blood-wanna-be neighborhood. Which is right next to the true blue blood neighborhood.</p>
<p>a few more:</p>
<p>wake forest in winston-salem, nc
furman in greenville, sc
college of charleston, sc</p>
<p>most of the preppy libarts schools in ny and new england…</p>
<p>The thing about Lake Forest is that not only is it in a very affluent area, but it is probably one of the most affluent colleges in the country too as far as student body goes…to the same point as SMU, that the rest of academia holds its affluence against it…which is kind of ironic as far as discrimination because it downgrades the academic prestige of colleges seen as “rich-only.”</p>
<p>Winston-Salem and Greenville are really NOT that affluent.</p>
<p>osucowobys-</p>
<p>I’ve noticed on several threads you have talked about SMU losing prestige and academic credibility. I’m curious as to why you think SMU’s academics aren’t as rigorous as they use to be. I can understand the football disappointment, but SMU’s stats, when it comes to academics and rankings, have only gone up. What experience or stats validate your persistent notion that the academics are getting less rigorous?</p>
<p>Dallas- SMU.</p>
<p>Kyle…I’ve noticed a lot of intangible things about SMU considering I live within 15 minutes of it and I nearly went there. All of my friends will be going either to SMU, UT, or OU. Probably that SMU’s reputation isn’t as good as it used to be. It used to be that the entire nation respected SMU. They’ve become a school that only gets students from Texas, as opposed to the rest of the nation, which sort of cements their reputation as a regionally-renowned school as opposed to a nationally-renowned school. </p>
<p>The demise of SMU’s athletic program also probably contributed a lot to that, perhaps the rise of Dallas making it one of the strongest economies eliminating the need for SMU grads to go elsewhere has hurt, and Texas IS a huge state with a lot of good students, but still. A private school that used to be one of the most prestigious in the nation with the wealthiest alumni base around the nation shouldn’t be 75% in-state. Having a presidential library will help, but then again A&M has a presidential library and they don’t even recruit beyond Texas. I suspect that the “academic establishment” has something against SMU right now for its “rich-only” and very conservative reputations at a time where most colleges are trending toward affirmative action for middle-class students and shifting way to the left.</p>
<p>the area around wake forest is DEFINITELY affluent</p>
<p>osucowboy - the percentage of out-of-state students at SMU is 50% for the incoming class of 2009. Your stats are wrong. SMU is considered a national university. I have stated this in another thread, but I am taking a finance class right now at SMU, and out of 50 or 60 students, only four of us were from Texas. Regionally-renowned? I think thats an understatement. And, SMU has only gone up in rank. So I don’t know if I would agree that the academics are getting less rigorous. Unless you have some factual information to share …</p>
<p>Just based on the impressions I came away with from the ole college search…a period in which I owed no college any loyalty, unlike you at the moment, and unlike me after this fall. :)</p>
<p>I doubt a single person on the east coast has heard of SMU.</p>
<p>That’s a lie.</p>
<p>Then I doubt you have read a single stat about SMU. </p>
<p>California and Florida (often considered east coast) are the top 2 states, other than Texas, that make up SMU’s student body. You could argue Florida isn’t considered “east coast” … but regardless, I know SEVERAL people at SMU right now who went to high school in New York. And I’m sure there are many more than the few I know. </p>
<p>Next time you should look at the demographics, or maybe just not comment if you don’t know the facts. Then you won’t look so ignorant.</p>
<p>You should see a doctor…about that enormous chip on your shoulder.</p>
<p>By the way, SMU is 45% OOS. Vanderbilt is 83% OOS. Duke is 85% OOS. WUSTL is 90% OOS. BC is 71% OOS. Wake Forest is 75% OOS. Northwestern is also 75% OOS.</p>
<p>Chip on my shoulder? </p>
<p>And your 45% is probably counting the whole student body. I was referring to SMU’s incoming freshman class in an effort to prove SMU’s stats are only improving.</p>