Education: East Coast vs. West Coast

Applying to College
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<p>Let the war begin! Since I am from California I will start. This should be fun.</p>

<p>West Coast Pro’s: Stanford
CalTech
UC Berkeley
TuPac (Gangsta rapper)
Pac 10<br>
Sunshine, warmth= less depression.</p>

<p>West Coast Con’s: No Ivy League</p>

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<p>West Coast pro: Reed</p>

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<p>West Coast pro: Not being the east coast. Also, being awesome.</p>

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<p>East Coast: Ivies, MIT, tons of well-known universities, lots more well-known LACs…
Oh, and snow. I prefer Christmas without palm trees, thank you very much.</p>

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<p>^^^^AGREEEEED…with the part about Christmas</p>

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<p>I’m an East Coast prep school kid who wants nothing more than to go out west for college and hell, for life. I love LA, Santa Barbara, and San Diego.</p>

<p>With that said, the education on the East Coast, in terms of sheer volume of elite schools, is far far FAR superior to the West Coast’s. It’s not a fair competition; plenty schools out here are older than most cities out there.</p>

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<p>Hey… it snowed on christmas in seattle and there are no palm trees here…</p>

<p>Public schools
UC’s
UW</p>

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<p>West Coast: The Game, Snoop Dogg, NWA, Dr. Dre, Ice Cube, MC Hammer, Coolio</p>

<p>East Coast: Notorious BIG, Nas, 50 Cent, Rakim, Jay-z, Wu Tang Clan, Fabolous, Busta Rhymes, Mobb Deep, LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, Slick Rick, Run DMC, DMX, Puff Daddy, Ja Rule, Mims, A Tribe Called Quest, The Diplomats, D-Block (Jadakiss, Styles P), Public Enemy</p>

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<p>East Coast pro: differentiation between seasons.</p>

<p>Coming from the Midwest, that’s a major one.</p>

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<p>screw both coasts</p>

<p>Midwest:UChicago =D…its all you need</p>

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<p>As an East Coast resident, let me make state a few things:</p>

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<li><p>Snow is quite possibly the most overrated thing ever. Sure, it may look nice, but shoveling it is another story…</p></li>
<li><p>West Coast weather >>>>> East Coast weather. The supposed “variety” in seasons isn’t really that great. For example, it was 13 degrees in NYC today. When I was shivering to death, you can bet that I was longing for summer. Personally, the cold winters here tend to affect my state of thinking.</p></li>
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<p>Granted I get into a decent university in CA, I’d be content</p>

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<p>East Coast pro: Not being the West Coast
West Coast pro: Not being the East Coast</p>

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<p>East Coast pro: When China starts flying those Nukes, we have 3000 miles buffer zone.</p>

<p>West Coast pro: New islands after earthquake cuts California in half.</p>

<p>And education</p>

<p>East Coast pro:

  • vast number of superior high schools (e.g. Bronx Science and Boston Latin)
  • New England and NY have been consistently ranked in the top 10 states in term of quality education
  • ALL the Ivies are here.
  • ALL the Little Ivies are here.
  • Most of the New Ivies are here.
  • Ivy is a native plan of east coast
  • Vast majority of USNWR top 50 universities are here.
  • We produced more Presidents, Supreme Court Justices, and famous literary figures overall.</p>

<p>West Coast pro:

  • UC-Berkeley, UCLA, Stanford, and USC.</p>
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<p>I’ve been living in the West Coast all of my life, so…</p>

<p>West Coast pro: familiar, nice weather, Stanford
con: No Ivy League schools</p>

<p>East Coast pro: New experiences, Ivy League schools, far from home
con: really snowy, cold, unfamiliarity</p>

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and driving in it… uuggghhh</p>

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Sure, but the East Coast WAS the United States for a few years…</p>

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<p>Ummm… Go Midwest?! :)</p>

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<p>i think from this we can conclude tht east>west. you forgot Pac though</p>

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<p>I’m on the east coast technically, but in Florida, so no snow. LOL. I have to say though that the northeast is overrated overall and I prefer the midwest. (Ok, so Illinois in particular.) Of course, however, the northeast appears to have the better schools are far as statistics show.</p>

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I doubt it snows more in Georgia than Washington state</p>

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<p>East Coast-New Jersey. That’s all you need!</p>