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<p>To all of the above ^</p>

<p>Just what I would expect – more blah blah blah … why does every Gator think that everyone who doesn’t choose to go there didn’t get accepted?</p>

<p>I don’t think UF students necessarily have a reputation for being unfriendly (although I can see how they could by their unwarranted cockiness), but they definitely have a reputation of having the ugliest/nerdiest kids of all the major FL schools. I’m not saying it’s completely true; I don’t know if it is or not, but it is the reputation…</p>

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<p>Oh, good grief. </p>

<p>This UF-FSU bickering really has ruined this thread. Both sides have shown what jerks they can be. Knock it off. Grow up. </p>

<p>This WAS an interesting and informative thread. Now it’s just a ****ing match. </p>

<p>Unsubscribing.</p>

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<p>You can tell you live in a state with poor colleges when it doesn’t come up on a 43 page forum discussing colleges.</p>

<p>Idaho
Boise State University - Ok, if you want to go into football…
University of Idaho - No real image, even here in Idaho
College of Southern Idaho -No real image, even here in Idaho
Idaho State University -No real image, even here in Idaho
BYU-Idaho - Mormon School
Lewis Clark State College - Smallest community college in the state
North Idaho College - I actually just heard of this one. Fairly unknown.
Eastern Idaho Technical College - I think the name says it all.
Albertsons College of Idaho - Small, small, small school.
Apollo College - Have money, have degree</p>

<p>There’s a few more, but really, they all fit within what’s already been said.</p>

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<p>Sorry guys, didn’t mean for everyone to get mad. I just posted what people in my area think about those schools. My first choice is UM and UCF is my 2nd choice. I hear nice things about FSU but it’s too far for me. I don’t know why people around here don’t like UF, but I keep hearing really bad things about the school. Most people at my school think that UM is a lot better than UF. Don’t shoot the messenger.</p>

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<p>COLORADO</p>

<p>Note: Most top students go OOS due to the fact that there are no top-ranked universities in CO.</p>

<p>Univ. of CO-Boulder: Everyone calls it CU. The best students go here. Infamous for being a ‘party school’ and having a lot of pot heads (see: 4/20 celebrations). Engineering & Biz are the best in CO, as if that’s saying anything</p>

<p>CO State Univ-Fort Collins: Everyone calls it CSU. Mainly known for football rivalry w/ CU, and the fact that second-rate students go here. Fort Collins was rated #1 in nicest place to live a few years ago</p>

<p>Univ. of Denver: Everyone calls it DU rather than UD. Much less popular than CU or CSU, probably because it doesn’t have football. Well-regarded by CO folk even though it’s actually worse than our best public school. Has even more homogeny (see: rich white kids) than other CO schools</p>

<p>Colorado College: Nobody in CO knows about this school - honestly. It is the least popular school by CO folk, yet it easily ranks the highest. </p>

<p>Fort Lewis/Mesa State/Adams State/Univ. Northern Colorado/Univ. Southern Colorado/Regis/UC-Denver/UCCS/CSU-Pueblo, etc: may god have mercy on your soul</p>

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<p>Most people at your school are completely uninformed…</p>

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<p>Kept seeing this mentioned so I looked up the subject and found this on the William & Mary website: </p>

<p>"Rumor: William and Mary has the highest student suicide rate in the nation.
Status: False.</p>

<p>The real problem with this most notorious of all campus rumors is that it reduces suicide to a mere statistic, ignoring the tragedy for the sake of mere shock value. That said, the legend fortunately wilts in the hard light of truth. Dr. Kelly Crace, director of the College’s counseling center, notes that the most recent surveys on suicide place the annual figure at 10 per 100,000 15-to-24-year-olds. Reduced to William and Mary’s enrollment of 7,500, that would correspond to an average rate of 7.5 suicides every 10 years. But the College has recorded a total of 11 suicides since 1968 – far below the national average.</p>

<p>The question of how the rumor got started in the first place is murkier. Crace notes that one possible origin could be “guilt by association.” The College has had in place for 30 years a proactive policy designed to intervene when students threaten to harm themselves. Now called the Medical Emotional Emergency Policy, it was once called the “Suicide Policy,” and received national attention for its progressive nature. Of course, it’s possible that many people assumed the College wouldn’t have in place such a comprehensive policy if there wasn’t already a problem – hence the pervasive rumor. "</p>

<p>Hope that clears it up for everyone. Next time consider researching hefty claims before spreading them any further.</p>

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<p>As promised, colleges and universities in eastern Pennsylvania … sequel to my earliest posts about western Pennsylvania schools and the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education.</p>

<p>Haverford and Swarthmore – Located in the Philadelphia suburbs, these are the best two liberal arts colleges in the U.S. Students on their waiting lists end up at Harvard, Yale and Princeton.</p>

<p>Bryn Mawr – The best women’s college in the U.S. Very liberal student body. You don’t have to be a vegan feminist to go there, but it helps.</p>

<p>Franklin and Marshall – Harvard’s waiting room. This liberal arts college is the safety school for Harvard, Yale and Princeton applicants. </p>

<p>Dickinson – If you cannot get accepted into Harvard, Yale or Princeton, be preppier. The 10th oldest college in the US, Dickinson is the preppy capital of Pennsylvania. Very strong history and political science department. A majority of students spend junior year studying off-campus, usually in Europe.</p>

<p>Gettysburg – Liberal arts college overshadowed by the colleges above. Stong history and pre-med programs.</p>

<p>Susquehanna, Muhlenburg, Ursinus – Very good liberal arts college. Would be the best in the state if it weren’t for Haverford, F&M, etc.</p>

<p>Villanova – For Catholics who didn’t get in Georgetown, Notre Dame, Boston College or Holy Cross.</p>

<p>St. Joseph – Philadelphia’s Jesuit college. School would be better recognized if it were in a better neighborhood.</p>

<p>LaSalle – More blue collar than Villanova or St. Joseph. A lot New Jersey students. Popular with graduates of Christian Brother high schools.</p>

<p>University of Scranton – Jesuit school in northeastern Pennsylvania. Guidance counselors recommend it. Another school popular with New York and New Jersey students. It would be a more popular choice if it were located in Scranton.</p>

<p>Marywood – Once one of the top Catholic women’s colleges, now co-ed. Also in Scranton.</p>

<p>Rosemont – A Catholic women’s college in the Philadelphia suburbs. Once a finishing school for rich Catholic girls waiting for their boyfriends to graduate Villanova.</p>

<p>Cabrini – A small Catholic college, Division III sports power.</p>

<p>Lehigh, Lafayette and Bucknell – Are they engineering schools with great liberal arts programs or liberal arts schools with great engineering programs. Lehigh and Lafayette are in the Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton area. Bucknell is rural.</p>

<p>Drexel – Best known for its co-operative programs.</p>

<p>Lincoln – Very well respected HBCU. </p>

<p>Temple – Philadelphia’s answer to the Pitt, but with lousy football team.</p>

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<p>Maryland:</p>

<p>Maryland College Park: Moderately tough to get into, pretty good all around experience.</p>

<p>Towson: Party School, easy to get into.</p>

<p>UMBC: Baltimore’s default College for most in the area.</p>

<p>UM Eastern Shore: No one really wants to go there</p>

<p>United States Naval Academy: 12,500 apply, 1,200 regret.</p>

<p>John’s Hopkins: One of the top schools in the country, especially medical.</p>

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<p>Give it a few years, and we’ll shed that reputation. We would’ve been 5-7 if the UConn call was correct.</p>

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<p>Oregon. I am not doing Southern, Western, or Eastern, because they are not worth my time (i.e. low quality and I don’t know enough about them).</p>

<p>UO - Decent public, good honors college and journalism/communications departments
OSU - Where normal kids go (i.e. everyone in the middle of the bell curve)
Reed - The 1960s, with hard academics
Lewis and Clark - Less strenuous, more normal Reed. It doesn’t have a nuclear reactor, though.
Willamette - See LC, although a bit below
Pacific - Willamette, another step below</p>

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<p>What kids in my area think of UCs:</p>

<p>UC Berkeley = LOTS of people want to go here. Liberal. Free-spirited. Lots of Asians. Neo-hippie reputation.</p>

<p>UC Irvine = Where someone goes when they don’t get in to any other UC</p>

<p>UC Santa Barbara = Party school. Airheads. Large Latino/a population.</p>

<p>UC Santa Cruz = Super mellow, some pass/no pass. Neo-hippie school for kids who can’t get in to Berkeley.</p>

<p>UCLA = All overachievers apply. Few make it in.</p>

<p>UC Davis = For those outside the area, a back-up UC… For those in the area? Perfect.</p>

<p>UC Riverside = See UC Irvine</p>

<p>UC San Diego = Similar to UCLA, but easier to get in.</p>

<p>ALL OTHER SCHOOLS EXCEPT STANFORD:</p>

<p>Easy to get in private schools (dime a dozen)
State colleges - easy to get in, for people who couldn’t get into UCs
Schools like Pepperdine - Rich WASP-y types only need apply</p>

<p>EDIT: For details about Merced, see UC Riverside</p>

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<p>***? Maybe you meant people who couldn’t get into Cal, UCLA, UCSD…</p>

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<p>TUOwls2011:</p>

<p>That’s exactly what I meant… Pretty self-explanatory.</p>

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<p>No, actually it wasn’t at all…</p>

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<p>Alabama</p>

<p>University of Alabama - Best school in the state. Sports-crazy. Frats galore. Redneck, but reasonably close to Birmingham.</p>

<p>University of Alabama at Birmingham - People come from other countries to go to UAB’s med school.</p>

<p>University of Alabama in Huntsville - Not outstanding in any area.</p>

<p>Birmingham-Southern College - Liberal arts college. Decent academics, beautiful campus, but in a terrible area. Terrible.</p>

<p>Auburn - Redneck. If you’re black, gay, or Democrat, STAY AWAY.</p>

<p>University of West Alabama - Has anyone ever WANTED to go there?</p>

<p>University of South Alabama - Same as above.</p>

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<p>what is the general opinion about:</p>

<p>-carnegie mellon
-notre dame
-U Michigan (ann arbor)
-boston college</p>

<p>especially in terms of prestige, academics and possibly recruiting/view of company of these schools
(if possible please be more specific - more than just “its a good school” or “read past post” b/c ive already read all the past posts… just want some more views)</p>

<p>thanks (:</p>

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<p>Oregon and OSU are pretty good :O</p>

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Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is better than half of the UC’s. San Jose State and Long Beach are pretty darn good schools. Some people go to cal states because they can’t afford the tuition at the UC’s or they want to major in something that most of the UC’s don’t have (accounting, nursing, etc)</p>

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<p>I disagree. Just because Cal Poly SLO looks to be on par with UCSB/UCD/UCI in selectivity does not make it ‘better’ than half the UCs. Pitfalls of Cal Poly include immense impaction, more large classes, limited offerings in majors (many if not most are terminal degrees), little research, etc.</p>