<p>i feel kinda sorry for kids who live in states out in the middle of nowhere, seems so isolated/sheltered</p>
<p>i really only have opinions on three schools in california:</p>
<p>UC Berkeley- for really hardcore smart kids and opinionated diverse liberals.</p>
<p>CSU @ Chico- Party it up. if it wasn’t for greek life this school would have no party school rep. and would be a place more for a great education (not that it isnt already)</p>
<p>CSU- Humboldt- Don’t forget your bong. Seriously, you are going to see so much weed flying around in the course of 4 years. Pretty liberal, hippie town for sure, but it’s still a great school.</p>
<p>You wouldn’t attend Rice?? I would’ve included Rice in the description, but it’s not a public state college…yeah, I know what you mean, I’m only applying to two schools in Texas (Rice and University of Houston)…</p>
<p>I’m not going to lie, in certain parts of the South, the stereotypes are very true, but in schools like Emory, Rice, and etc…they have move passed the stereotype, probably not because they wanted to, but because they HAD to…when located in two urban cities (Atlanta and Houston), where 50%+ of the cities’ population is minority in order to make progress along with the city you will have to change your views and diversify.</p>
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<p>UMass Amherst is a mad party school! Every year we have a few who go there. It’s also a marching band school, and the honors college (Commonwealth College) is pretty well regarded, I think. Around here, anyway. Teachers praise the honors college. It’s very…in the middle of nowhere. Must be good for stargazing.</p>
<p>UMass Lowell is more of a concert band school, and it’s smaller. Spent a week in one of the dorms, think it was one of the lower end dorms, but they were really bad. Lowell residents don’t seem to love their city very much.</p>
<p>UMass Dartmouth and UMass Boston…who’s heard of those, really? o.o Nobody ever talks about them, even in my school here in MA. There are only four UMass’s - Amherst, Lowell, Dartmouth, Boston, I think in that order too. Fitchburg State also seems popular, probably because it’s close. There are a few more state colleges, Worcester State, and some I don’t know the names of, and the various community colleges, such as Middlesex, Mt. Wachusett, and so on.</p>
<p>New Jersey:</p>
<p>Princeton: Don’t need to say much about this one…
Rutgers: Almost everybody’s first choice. As grades drop, choice of campus changes from New Brunswick to Camden, later to Newark. THE state school.
NJIT: For people interested in engineering, this is pretty much the first school they think of. It’s not a very hard school to get into, however.
The College of New Jersey: This school has been very selective lately, but for some reason, it’s never talked about. I haven’t seen this school mentioned in my school once. </p>
<p>There are a few community colleges, too, the most (in)famous one being Passaic County Community College. The dumbest of the dumb refuse to go to this school. I know a few stupid people in my school and they say they’d rather go work in a barber shop than go to that school.</p>
<p>Since people are adding schools like Dartmouth,Princeton, and Emory (thought the thread was only exclusive to state public colleges and the private ones we never heard of) I might as well do one for Rice.</p>
<p>Rice: Located in near the medical district in Houston…is a wet campus, but I heard that no one forces you to drink against your will…has a strong residential system to the point that each house seems like it’s own separate cult, but that eliminates the frats and the sororities (if you aren’t into it), and promotes the “community feel” that you would get from frat or a sorority…great academics, strong in the sciences, but their humanities seem to be getting more notice as every year passes…they know how to play hard and party hard, but their parties aren’t as wild as UT Austin’s or Duke’s parties…</p>
<p>“lol Nevada needs to get its own Stanford in the middle of Las Vegas”</p>
<p>A Stanford in Vegas would be sooooo awesome. Meanwhile I sit here thinking “Should I go to UNLV because it will cost next to nothing, or should I go out of state and spend money?” I don’t know… guess I’ll decide in the next couple of months.</p>
<p>yea. good luck with your colleges!</p>
<p>Here’s Texas schools from an Austin-ite’s point of view, schools that kids from my school attend each year.</p>
<p>UT-Austin: Party school, but good business and engineering. Plus, the city is awesome, especially the music scene. Most kids in my school’s top 10% go here.</p>
<p>A&M: Farm city, but good Honors program. Boring and conservative though. Good Engineering program, matches UT’s. </p>
<p>UTSA: Where many of the people too stupid for UT-AUstin end up so that they can transfer later. I call it the ‘reject school.’</p>
<p>Texas State: Party hardy.</p>
<p>Austin Community College: Cheap. Where most of the class ends up.</p>
<p>Rice: Nobody from my school ever attended here. Hah.</p>
<p>lol </p>
<p>“UTSA: Where many of the people too stupid for UT-AUstin end up so that they can transfer later. I call it the ‘reject school.’”</p>
<p>UT!! AWESOME school for the typical foootball lover + PARTY SCHOOL + decent if not big.</p>
<p>UTD- Notorious for its scholarships. Besides Engineering, blows.</p>
<p>Washington State-</p>
<p>UW-Best med school…pretty decent education</p>
<p>WSU-2nd to UW…ok education 120th best univ. in the nation </p>
<p>Western Wash. U-Pretty good</p>
<p>Central Wash.-Ok…not the best</p>
<p>Easter Wash.-Decent…good safety</p>
<p>UTSA has a 99% admit rate. but I heard they’re gonna make it harder to get into (population problem)</p>
<p>Man, how much would it suck to be part of the 1% that didn’t get in, knowing that?</p>
<p>I’m not sure…but I think you have to TRY to not to want to go there…</p>
<p>At my school (southern california, suburban, heavily asian): </p>
<p>UCLA and UCB: where most of the top 5-10% want to go to and probably end up at </p>
<p>UCR: University of Chinese Rejects, lots of people end up here </p>
<p>UCI: kids rejected from top 3 UCs usually go here, heavily asian </p>
<p>UCSB: party school, people want to go here to get away from asians</p>
<p>CSUs: Safeties for many people</p>
<p>PCC: best community college around, most people end up here if not at another CC </p>
<p>USC: University of Spoiled Children (yeah I know this isn’t a state school, but it’s pretty popular at my school), and great football</p>
<p>I go to a pretty rich white-dominated high school in Southern California. This is probably the majority opinion here.</p>
<p>UC Berkeley: Where the smart Asians who didn’t make an Ivy League or top 10 college will go. Sort of a “nerd” school, but respected by ALL for its academic reputation.</p>
<p>UC Davis: No one really cares.</p>
<p>UC Irvine: Heavily Asian population is a plus for lots of the Asians. Even non-Asians like it because it’s so close and it’s still a pretty good school.</p>
<p>UC Los Angeles: Probably the UC with the best reputation among students. Location in Westwood is seen as very attractive, and the smart ones will either go here or Berkeley. Mostly, they will choose LA because of closer location, better social activity, better sports, and overall good reputation. </p>
<p>UC Riverside: Never been there myself, but has a reputation as the one UC to AVOID COMPLETELY.</p>
<p>UC San Diego: Lots of the smart ones like it for its superior science curriculum and location next to the beach. I don’t believe people think of it as a socially inept school, as lots of CC people here think.</p>
<p>UC Santa Barbara: Party school for whites</p>
<p>UC Santa Cruz: No one really cares.</p>
<p>USC: I know it’s a private university, but it’s extremely popular choice in Southern California among all races. The recent football dominance is a big reason it’s such a popular choice now, but it has a growing academic reputation as well. Only downside is when compared to UCLA, LA fans will often bring up the “ghetto” location of USC.</p>
<p>Kinda funny how most of the previous California posts forgot about the Claremont Schools (Pomonoa, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Scripps, and Pitzer)… because that’s the kind of reputation they have. </p>
<p>Pomona and CMC are ranked very high among the national LACs but in general I would say Californians aren’t very aware of the schools. It must be the rather “middle-of-no-where” type location or the lack of dominant sports teams, but those that do know the schools acknowledge its solid academics. </p>
<p>A lot of people I know confused Pomona with Cal State Pomona… aside from the same area, those schools aren’t similar at ALL!</p>
<p>At my SoCal school not that many kids go to the Claremont Schools. If you do you’re either “out there” or a hippy of somesort.</p>
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I think there might have been some confusion of the thread title. I think people took it to mean reputation of State colleges in your state rather than just all colleges in your state. Not that it would have matered, I don’t much about the LAC schools in California because I think it takes a different kind of person to consider them.</p>
<p>nah, it can be both state and private colleges , im interested in any worth mentioning</p>