<p>I am thinking they probably got the pots and cokes from the hippies and dealers across the bay. After all, there’s a store selling smoking pipes on Telegraph, not University Ave. ;)</p>
<p>University of Hawaii at Manoa–best beaches & Hawaiiana department, also great for marine biology & international relations & international business, I believe.</p>
<p>dsctt726, what are your thoughts on Elon?</p>
<p>Elon is a great school. It’s a small school with a beautiful campus. It’s probably more well-known outside of NC than it is here. Although, it attracts a lot of local artsy students. From what I’ve heard, the students are very warm and welcoming. I had a good friend of mine that got in and had all intentions of going, but due to financial issues, she couldn’t and is now very unhappy at UNCG.</p>
<p>I have a friend at Elon. She agonized over choosing Elon or Bryn Mawr, and she is now a very happy freshman at Elon. From what I’ve heard, the students are extremely friendly, and the campus is attractive. She’s into journalism/international studies, and she says Elon is really great in these fields. It has an excellent musical theater program as well.</p>
<p>New York State</p>
<p>Here’s what I know about the major schools…</p>
<p>Columbia University - An Ivy League school in Manhattan - great combination. Solid in almost every department with great graduate schools as well. The campus is very urban but has one gorgeous central space. The upper west side is not one of the nicest parts of Manhattan, but is much better than it used to be. Choice for students who are very smart but do not want to go away to school.</p>
<p>Barnard - Its affiliation with Columbia certainly hasn’t hurt, as students can sign up for Columbia courses. It is right next to Columbia. Liberal arts college that is only for women, and admission has gotten quite competitive from what I hear in my school.</p>
<p>New York University - I don’t know much about it academically, but in the past several years its status for undergraduates has gone way up! I think its strength is still in its graduate schools though. I can understand why they get tons of applicants - the city is great and it’s in a nice area. No real campus to speak of though.</p>
<p>Cornell University - Tons of people from my area go to Cornell, literally. A very common choice for students in New York, especially because admission (especially ED) is easier than at the other Ivy League schools. I hear their engineering school is one of the better ones in the Ivy League. I haven’t been to the campus, but I hear it is large and in the middle of nowhere!</p>
<p>SUNY Binghamton - Historically, Binghamton has been the best state school and still carries that reputation. Probably the most popular school for in-staters and people who are smart but not at the pinnacle of their classes. Binghamton is supposedly a very boring, and cold, town. For most majors, the best state school.</p>
<p>SUNY Stony Brook - This school, which was only founded about fifty years ago, has improved dramatically! It has moved into the top 100 overall rankings, largely due to excellent programs in the sciences. Its research affiliations with Brookhaven National Lab and other organizations have not hurt, nor have donations from various CEOs. They have a great 6 or 7 year med program that is competitive. The campus is nice but I hear many students go home on the weekends.</p>
<p>SUNY Albany - Don’t know much, but I hear its a party school.</p>
<p>City University of New York Schools - Used to be the “Harvard of the Poor,” but they haven’t been funded very well recently. Some programs are still good and there are many good students who go to the various CUNY schools, but in general they have gone downhill.</p>
<p>Hope you found this helpful.</p>
<p>bumppppppp</p>
<p>Not many people have done MA so here it goes…</p>
<p>PUBLIC:
UMass Amherst - The best bet for in state public schools, a good portion of the middle part of my high school goes here. Considered a huge party school but has a good honors program for those who actually wanna learn. The most popular of all of the public schools - gives some kicka$$ scholarships for doing well on the MCAS</p>
<p>UMass Boston - No one talks about it…generally a safety for those who dont want a big public school like Amherst</p>
<p>UMass Dartmouth - Again a smaller alternative to Amherst… In reality only a few even apply maybe one will attend</p>
<p>Most of my classmates looking at public schools prefer ones in other states with a bit higher prestige: Umich , UWisconsin , UConn , UNH , UMaryland</p>
<p>PRIVATE: </p>
<p>Harvard - YALE IS BETTER… 4 kids applied EASC to Yale only one to Harvard.
Known for being overrated. One kid had a choice between the Air Force academy and Harvard and chose the academy thinking it was stronger academically. Does not have the attention of our top students. </p>
<p>MIT - The academic king of the nerds at our school applied and was deffered… no one else eve bothered. Every strong applicant prefers OOS alternatives such as Columbia and Penn for science and math.</p>
<p>Northeastern: Probably the most desired school by “so so” academic kids at my school. In Boston with a HUGE social scene. The co - op program gains the interest of many who are fed up with tests and just want to make some money. Its getting harder to get into - only a select few of the applicants got in EA. IMO Northeastern is overrated, but other kids at my school think otherwise.</p>
<p>Clark: The poor advertising team at Clark have themselves to blame for the lack of interest among students at my school. I have only heard of two people (besides myself) who have applied to Clark. My friend and I both have parents who work there (free tuition is nice) and we both got in with scholarships (does that make sense?) earlier than Apr 1 even though we applied RD. I’d say that of the people who know of Clark, most of them would consider it a safety and not end up going there unless they were denied from the rest of their schools. Known for being extremely strong in Geography and Enviro Science also for giving alot of good scholarships - If you are intersted in these majors and want some money consider Clark.</p>
<p>Williams: This is where all of the smart jocks want to go - In reality none of them are smart enough / have the stats. Excellent school liked by mostly everyone but of those who can get in, the OOS ivey’s are a more appealing choice. Small town life in rural MA is only desired by few. </p>
<p>COMMUNITY COLLEGE:
4 C’s by the Sea (Cape Cod Community College) is really only known for its catchy acronym…No one applies</p>
<p>Mass Bay: This is where the bottom 25 percent of my highschool ends up going if they are interested in going to college. Actually isn’t all that poor academically as far as community colleges go…</p>
<p>University of Las Vegas Nevada (UNLV)= known for being a commuter school and it’s a huge school with over 30,000 people *has the best hospitality and tourism program!!!</p>
<p>University of Nevada Reno (UNR)= small town, cheap food </p>
<p>^ most people from my state go to these 2 schools because of the millenium scholarship *basically pay for most of your tuition</p>
<p>Minnesota Schools (I know, I know- no one really cares, but we do actually have some good ones.)</p>
<p>Public: </p>
<p>University of Minnesota- Twin Cities: Best public school in the state and the one everyone is talking about when they say “U of M” (if they are Minnesotan). Yes, there are stupid kids there and it does serve as a safety school for many in-state students (including me). But there are also smart kids there and it has a good honors program. Good facilities and a lot of research opportunities.</p>
<p>U of M- Duluth: Party School and not that highly regarded. However, it apparently has really good programs in obscure fields such as forensics.</p>
<p>U of M- Morris: Highly ranked as a public LAC- but, to be honest, there isn’t much competition in that area.</p>
<p>The rest (Mankato, St. Cloud, Bemidji, Moorhead, Crookston, Winona): not so great.</p>
<p>Privates:</p>
<p>Carleton: Definitely the best LAC in Minnesota and one of the best in the country. Location is more rural than some like, but it really isn’t too far away from the cities. Carleton is definitely on the liberal side.</p>
<p>Macalester: Probably the next best MN LAC. Urban setting, VERY liberal and has a really high international student population. Kids are seen as stuck up by other college studets in the area.</p>
<p>St. Olaf: Also a very good school, Lutheran, and has an excellent music program. Strong programs in other areas as well and the 2nd highest placement into the U of MN medical school (after the U of M itself). Excellent food.</p>
<p>U of St. Thomas: A decent school overall. I did biochem research there last summer and the students I worked with were friendly, intelligent, and down-to-earth (but were probably the highest caliber St. Thomas has to offer). Also in an urban setting, conservative and Catholic. Good graduate business program. AWFUL dorms.</p>
<p>College of St. Scholastica: I’ll mention this only because I have two friends that go there. One of them loves it, one hates it. Not too great academically, it seems to be a popular choice for small-town kids from the Iron Range who want to go to a private school and want to remain a “big fish in a small pond.”</p>
<p>Others (Augsburg, St. Benedict/St. Johns, St. Catherine, Bethel, Gustavus Adolphus, Hamline, Concordia, St. Mary’s): All decent schools, but don’t get very much mention in-state or out.</p>
<p>RCMan13, can you tell me more about the CUNY? thanks.</p>
<p>There have been many posts about Texas schools so i thought i would change it up a bit…since Texas is known for its ladies (if you dont know, you probalby havent visited …lol)…ill list the Texas schools with the hottest girls</p>
<p>UT-Austin
Texas Tech
SMU
TCU
Baylor</p>
<p>the end</p>
<p>Ga Tech where the smart kids go…if you can’t get into tech you go to UGA
getting accepted here usually means you actually did some work in
hs. usually smart enough to get into Emory but want the sports at
tech</p>
<p>Georgia go there to get drunk, wake up and get drunk again, then maybe go
to a class or two before you plot the next tailgate or keg party to
go to…Ga fans never stop partying.</p>
<p>Emory great school but costs a lot and for some reason is not Ga students
first choice in expensive private school</p>
<p>New Jersey</p>
<p>Rutgers - New Brunswick pwns. Camden and Newark suck. Mad Indians, to many kids from your high school (for parties or classes), everyone goes home on weekends, but pretty good opportunities since it’s a huge research university… also known as Slutgers. AWESOME Pharm program, good business and agriculture programs.</p>
<p>TCNJ - scenic campus, awesome education program, that’s it.</p>
<p>Rider - for people who didn’t get into Rutgers.</p>
<p>Georgian Court - druggies.</p>
<p>Richard Stockton - hippies.</p>
<p>Rowan - whatever.</p>
<p>Ramapo - whatever.</p>
<p>Kean - whatever.</p>
<p>Montclair State - people who didn’t get into Rutgers and are too far from Rider.</p>
<p>NJ City University - ghetto</p>
<p>NJIT - totally unsafe</p>
<p>Thomas Edison State - isn’t it for adults?</p>
<p>UMDNJ - decent… has 7-year med programs with a couple local schools</p>
<p>William Patterson - unknown.</p>
<p>All NJ public schools are liike 99% from NJ. Except for Rutgers I guess. And TCNJ.</p>
<p>bumppppppp</p>
<p>patfan10, I’m from MA too and the MCAS scholarship for public schools is crap.It covers 1/2 tuition for in-state residents, which maybe equates to saving $500. You still have to pay all the fees which make up the majority of the tuition/fees quote that Umass Amherst gives on its website ($9,278)</p>
<p>Unless a student in MA is incredibly rich, a super-genius, a great athlete, or a legacy, Harvard and MIT are highly unlikely. Only two kids applied to MIT and both got rejected. This one kid who lives in Reading, MA tho got into MIT. Quite an accomplishment</p>
<p>Also, regarding MA MCAS scholarship…you have to get at least one proficient and one advanced AND be in top 25% (?) of your district. If my S was one town over, that would have been true, but lots of smart kids in his school, so he missed out. But I did think it covered full tuition, just not all the other fees.</p>
<p>Stanford/ CalTech/ Harvey Mudd- Extreme Elite/ Top IVY candidates</p>
<p>UC Berkeley- Nice Campus, top notch academics (esp. graduate), plenty nobel laureates, hippy feel</p>
<p>UCLA- Gorgeous campus, top notch academics, so. cal sunny feel</p>
<p>USC- respected academically, but overshadowed by athletics and partying</p>
<p>UCSD- respected academically (approaching UCLA/ Berk) but lacking social life, athletics, etc., beautiful rich La Jolla, strong sciences</p>
<p>UCD- (MY school) respected academically, strong sciences, college town(love it), athletics breaking out, (still thought of as a cow school, BUT IT REALLY ISN’T- Trust Me!)</p>
<p>UCSB- respected academically, but overshadowed by partying and surfing, strong engineering</p>
<p>UCI- respected academically, commuter school, nerds galore, strong sciences</p>
<p>Cal Poly/ SDSU- respected academically, beautiful campuses, partying (esp. the latter)</p>
<p>UCSC- gaining academic respectability, nice campus, hippie feel, “new Berk”</p>
<p>Arkansas</p>
<p>UofA-generally a party school from what I hear, engineering program is good for this area, Fayettteville is nice, lots of cold weather, but hot in the summer, lots of things to do</p>
<p>OBU-not all its cracked up to be, lots of beer, stoners, small town, not alot there except parties</p>
<p>UCA-excellent physical therapy program, offers better scholarships than UofA, Conway is decent, not large, not small, but not much to do.</p>
<p>Indiana</p>
<p>Major Publics</p>
<p>IU-Bloomington - good to great; easiest school in the Big Ten to get in but a place where there is a high attrition rate due to the fact that: 1) they admit students not academically prepared for the demands; and 2) can be overwhelming to students who come from the small towns and rural areas of the state. IU is supposedly raising their admission requirements.</p>
<p>Purdue - great for engineering, where probably 2/3rds of the students who start in engineering end up either dropping out or changing to a less demanding major. Basically, all of the state’s ag programs are at Purdue. So, a lot of the farm boys and girls dream of going to Purdue.</p>
<p>Ball State - traditionally attracts a large percentage of first generation college students from small towns. The education program is supposed to be pretty good, as well as communication and journalism. Ball State has some interesting programs that tend to attract smart kids – actuarial science and architecture come to mind. Used to be known as a party school. But since
the liquor stores all stopped selling kegs, that reputation has cooled down a bit. I get the impression that if you are academically oriented and serious, you will stand out here and will be given pretty good opportunities for research and internships.</p>
<p>Indiana State - from what I understand, they have a pretty good theater program. Academically speaking, I think that BSU is considered a little better than Indiana State.</p>
<p>IPFW, IUPUI, IU-Richmond, IU-South Bend, Purdue-Calumet – largely commuter schools that attract local students who are either going back for their degree or have flunked out of the main campus.</p>
<p>Privates</p>
<p>Earlham - very good, academically speaking. Most students come from out of state. Strong in the sciences. Liberal and Quaker (the exact opposite of Indiana in general).</p>
<p>DePauw - academically, on par with Earlham. Attracts preppy, conservative students. Huge Greek presence. While Earlham students tend to go to grad school, DePauw students tend to go to professional schools - medical school, law school, business school.</p>
<p>Wabash - the all-male version of DePauw (though they hate each other).</p>
<p>Rose-Hulman - great engineering school. Academically improved when they started admitting women. High school students who “think” they want to major in engineering go to Purdue; high school students who “know” they want to major in engineering go to Rose-Hulman.</p>
<p>Hanover - attracts small town, smart, conservative students from Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucy. Pretty good academically, but generally thought to be a step below Earlham, DePauw and Wabash. Reputation for great merit aid. In a way, I get the impression that it is kind of like Ball State, in that if you are academically serious, you will stand out and be given some great
opportunities.</p>
<p>Butler - I think in another post I described Butler as the Buick of higher education – okay, dependable, but no real wow factor. Popular with music performance majors and pharmacy majors. Pretty large Greek presence.</p>
<p>Evansville - see Butler, though maybe a bit less conservative. Attracts some engineering majors and theatre majors.</p>
<p>Manchester College and Goshen College - pretty decent liberal arts schools that largely attract local kids (though Goshen may cast its net a bit wider than Manchester). Lots of personal attention and pretty good places to go if you are self motivated. Kind of an odd mix of peace studies students and business majors at both schools. Accounting is strong at Manchester, while
Goshen has a strong nursing program.</p>
<p>Franklin - Okay, but nothing special. Pretty strong education department. Very small.</p>
<p>Tri-State - Attracts golfers and engineering majors. Maybe okay for the right student (but I have never personally encountered that student). Rightly or wrongly, I have always thought of Tri-State as being a half a step above proprietary institutions like Indiana Business College and ITT Tech.</p>
<p>Religious</p>
<p>Notre Dame - everyone knows.</p>
<p>Taylor - very religious. Pretty decent, academically speaking.</p>
<p>Anderson - very religious. Academically, not as strong as Taylor.</p>
<p>Indiana Wesleyan - very religious. See Tri-State concerning academics.</p>