<p>Because not everyone wants a religious environment. I’m still wondering why anyone would want to go to Penn State, but that’s another issue altogether…</p>
<p>MASSACHUSETTS
Obviously, there’s a lot. I’ll do as many as I can (listed in alphabetical order)…</p>
<p>Amherst College - Small LAC in the middle of nowhere. Our school mostly sends wicked smart girls there.</p>
<p>Assumption College - Unfortunante that it’s in Worcester. It’s a nice school.</p>
<p>Bentley University - I don’t really know anyone that wants to go there, but I hear it’s nice and has a good business program.</p>
<p>Berklee College of Music - Right in Boston. Only die-hard bandies from our school talk about going there.</p>
<p>Boston College - Big on football, it’s not in Boston, though, which makes a lot of people in my school not really want to go there. It’s a nice school though, and has good academics. Very selective and Jesuit.</p>
<p>Boston University - More people in my school would rather go here than to BC, I think mostly because it’s actually in the city. Big on hockey, nice but non-traditional campus.</p>
<p>Brandeis University - Jewish. That’s all I know about it.</p>
<p>Clark University - It has a nice campus for being in Worcester. I’ve heard it has a good psychology program.</p>
<p>College of the Holy Cross - Probably the best of the colleges in Worcester. Jesuit, good soccer teams. Wicked hilly campus, which is kind of annoying.</p>
<p>Fitchburg State College - Small little state college with a bad surrounding area.</p>
<p>Framingham State College - Saftey for pretty much everyone.</p>
<p>Gordon College - Small college on the north shore. I hear that it’s nice there, but I’ve never seen the campus.</p>
<p>Harvard - It’s Harvard.</p>
<p>Lesley University - I don’t know much about it other than that it’s in Cambridge, outside of Boston.</p>
<p>MIT - For people who dig math and science.</p>
<p>Northeastern University - Bad sports programs (though they’re ok at hockey this year). Not very appealing to most kids at my school, though it has an ok campus.</p>
<p>Suffolk University - Literally has no campus - it’s right on Beacon Hill which is a wicked nice area in Boston. A few people I know of applied; it’s not very hard to get into put has good academics from what I understand. Its facilities are nice.</p>
<p>Tufts University - Has a good medical program because of the big Tufts Hospital nearby. I don’t know anyone who has applied.</p>
<p>UMASS Amherst - A saftey school for most. “Zoo-mass” / “drunkhurst”. HUGE HUGE party school, I go there to party sometimes and it’s literally insane. Has good academics, but is in the middle of nowhere.</p>
<p>UMASS Boston - Commutter campus. On the very outskirts of Boston. Not very appealing.</p>
<p>UMASS Dartmouth - Ugly ugly ugly campus.</p>
<p>UMASS Lowell - “UMASS lol”. So awkward and unappealing. Has good engineering I hear?</p>
<p>WPI - Has a nice campus, good for engineering.</p>
<p>“Because not everyone wants a religious environment. I’m still wondering why anyone would want to go to Penn State, but that’s another issue altogether…” </p>
<p>I guess those unable to get accepted are forced to wonder. I hope you enjoy Temple.</p>
<p>LOL still going on about that? I’ve been enjoying Temple for a year and a half.</p>
<p>“Why would anyone want to go to BU over BC? Let’s be serious, why would someone pay more to go to a worse school?”</p>
<p>Because “better” and “worse” are vague terms? BU has better economics than BC, for example.</p>
<p>Why doesn’t anyone want to come to Washington State? Just take a look at the wide variety of colleges we have to offer. (lol)</p>
<p>As according to the beliefs of rich, white, democrat high school students. The sad but true thing is that most people either go to UW or out of state. (Whitman is very small.)</p>
<p>Whitman: Very good, regionally known, above UW. Very athletic orientated, loves the eastside. You either love it or you hate it, and for some reason people at my high school consider UW to be better…? </p>
<p>University of Washington (UW): Used to be a safety for everyone in my high school (everyone on the Eastside—east of Seattle—used to figure UW was a given for acceptance) but now it’s gotten a lot harder. People consider it a solid college and you can be a complete idiot and go there or be a genius, it really depends on who you are and what you do. My best friend’s brother goes there for a Physics/Math degree and he got into MIT as well, but then I know someone who spends every day partying. Best medical school in the country, though. A note that UW <em>loves</em> eastside students and weights their GPAs to some strange formula that no one knows, so someone with a 3.5 could have a 3.7, and then sometimes de-weights GPAs from grade-inflated schools, so a 3.5 could be a 3.3. I don’t know how hard it is to get in out of state. </p>
<p>(UW Honors=very very very good!)</p>
<p>Western Washington University (Western): Actually somewhat harder to get into than UW, but no one knows about Western so it doesn’t really matter. It’s a beautiful campus and right next to Mt. Baker (6 foot snow pack!) but most people say it’s like walking around with half your high school, at least high schools on the east side. Most consider it to be the UW rejects. </p>
<p>Washington State University (WSU): The weekend at WSU starts Wednesday night and ends Tuesday morning, really. One of my coworkers came back with a BS in drinking. It’s pretty much a party school. </p>
<p>Seattle University (Seattle U): On par with WSU, but not seen as much as a party school. </p>
<p>Eastern Washington University (Eastern): “Whyyy?” That’s what most people normally ask about Eastern. </p>
<p>Seattle Pacific University (SPU): A Jesuit college, just so you know. It’s not at all that prestigious, a little below Eastern. Most people go here if they have below a 3.0 but are still decent students, if that makes sense.</p>
<p>Northwest School: Very very Christian. They set up their table at my high school with a little sign over the end of their tag, so everyone thought it was for Northwestern. Um…this college isn’t very good. At all. Sorry. </p>
<p>Bellevue Community College (BCC): Most people consider this to be a place for idiots who couldn’t get into college (see the dialog below about Evergreen), which is sad, because BCC is actually a good community college. I’m taking classes this summer, and I know some people go there if they don’t have enough money for college. It’s not considered bad, but you know…a community college. </p>
<p>Evergreen State University (Evergreen): Do you have a pulse? Do you have a regular pot broker? If yes, then you would be great at Evergreen! Evergreen is seriously the state’s biggest JOKE of a college. Probably the cheapest college in the Pacific Northwest since all you need is a bong. I can’t really imagine anyone going to classes there.<br>
Typical dialog between HS students:
“You free this afternoon?”
“No, I have a meeting with [school’s college counselor].”
“What colleges?”
“UW, Western, Stanford, NYU, Whitman, Northwestern, you know. But after the [teacher’s name] final I’ll probably just go to BCC.”
“Or you could just take up pot selling and head on down to Evergreen.”</p>
<p>NOTE: The enormous budget deficit WA State is facing could completely flip this. Who knows–Evergreen could be the next Ivy. :P</p>
<p>Interesting take on North Carolina schools. In my day, (which admitted was before many of you were born…)</p>
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<li>Chapel Hill was a guaranteed “in” if you were in the top 20% of your class, </li>
<li>NC State was well respected (were else do you go for in-state engineering? Charlotte?), </li>
<li>Davidson was the school for people that applied to all the Ivy’s and were rejected from all the Ivy’s (not very respected, at all - calling someone a Davidson student was actually an offensive slang term for someone who was stuck up without justification)</li>
<li>I didn’t know anyone who would have considered Wake and Duke to be similar academically (not a knock against Wake, but Duke was an excellent school).<br></li>
<li>The directional Carolinas (East and West) were the semi-respected party schools</li>
<li>Wilmington and Pembroke State were the not-respected party schools</li>
<li>App State and Greensboro were the hippy schools</li>
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<p>It’s interesting to see how opinions change over the years.</p>
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<p>Yeah, no…</p>
<p>^^what exactly are you qualifications to tell everyone that the local OPINION of these schools are wrong
you seem to be omniscient or something and to know something about every college…</p>
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<p>I know a bunch of people in NC, and no one cares about Tar Heel football…
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<p>Both of you are completely wrong. UNC football sold out every home game this year and the bowl game also sold out. We love our football team, as is evident by the fact that Butch Davis has a higher salary than basketball coach Roy Williams.</p>
<p>And, we do have a reason to be crazy about our team. Our team is one of the best in the ACC and has a top-10 recruiting class coming in next year. And I’m sure that part of the draw for our big-name recruits was our great fanbase.</p>
<p>New York:</p>
<p>SUNY New Paltz-smarter partiers.
SUNY Binghamton- Big school, not for dumb kids, but not brilliant either.
NYU- More artsy, but for smart people.
Cornell- Where the smartest kids who don’t leave the state end up.
RPI- Engineers
Columbia-Smarter than Cornell, but no one local ever gets in.
RCC (local community college)- Where half my graduating class ends up.</p>
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<p>Because what they said is factually untrue?</p>
<p>UW: 1215 SAT average, 26.5 ACT average 61% accepted
WWU: 1105 SAT average, 23.5 ACT average 71% accepted</p>
<p>I dont know how it can be implied that WWU is harder to get into…</p>
<p>Western is harder to get into than UW because it has a smaller student body but almost the same amount of applicants. It’s also one of the colleges that the main college counselors (on the eastside at least) practically require students to apply, because it’s cheap, decent and still a safety for most. Finally, Western is up in Bellingham (very close to Canada), about two or three hours away, so it’s considered a good choice for students who don’t want to live in their home town but don’t want to go out of state.</p>
<p>Basically, a lot apply and a lot expect to get it.</p>
<p>I’m sorry, but a smaller student body doesn’t make it more difficult to get into, especially when I just gave statistical information to prove so…</p>
<p>EDIT: Oh, and over 2x as many people apply to UDub than WWU…</p>
<p>I have seen a lot of Florida posts… I will comment on the 5 schools in Florida that I have applied and been accepted to.</p>
<p>University of Florida
I applied for the reason that everyone in Florida applies-- it is considered the #1 school in Florida. However, at the beginning of the year I didn’t know half of what I know now about Florida schools. Admissions never replies to my emails, and it is extremely difficult to talk to anyone. I will be rejecting my acceptance.</p>
<p>University of Central Florida
I applied because I loved the location. Orlando is full of several internships and jobs after graduation. The engineering department is amazing. I will majoring in Computer Science, and everyone in the department is very helpful to all the questions that I email them with. Also, admissions replies to emails within a day or two. I will be attending.</p>
<p>University of South Florida
I applied before I was certain about a Computer Science major. Since they do not have the program that I am looking for, USF is no longer an option.</p>
<p>University of Tampa
Same as above.</p>
<p>Florida Southern College
Also, no Computer Science program.</p>
<p>Remember, one school does not fit all. One person may love UF, one may hate it. There are several opinions, and in the end you have to pick the school that suits your interests.</p>
<p>Also, unless you go to UCF, you can not say that no one ever studies. It is a sterotype.
I do find the misconceptions about schools rather hilarious though. People are saying the strangest things about Florida schools, when in reality all they hear is talk about them. If you really want to know about a school you need to see it for yourself. This is a good life lesson.</p>
<p>This one is especially odd:
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<p>Internships with theme parks? What about NASA and Harris? Just because UCF is in Orlando does not mean that all engineers are thriving to work at Disney. Lots of partying? Says who? No sports? First off academics are greater than sports in general for all colleges… and UCF does in fact have various sports.
Where does everyone get this information from?</p>
<p>Sorry, I guess I should have been clearer–Western is <em>becoming</em> harder to get into than UW, but the Western/UW “battle” can’t be determined by numbers anyways. It’s strictly regional. It used to be unheard of that someone wouldn’t get into Western, but last year and the year before that number spiked dramatically, in fact, some people got into UW but didn’t get into Western. Also–UW actually somewhat attracts out of state students, but Western really doesn’t. </p>
<p>When it comes down to it, this thread is about the college reputation, not the numbers, and the reputation for Western is that it is at least just as difficult, or more, to get into than UW.</p>
<p>Sorry, but I know a ton of people in Washington State, and they’d agree that that’s an absurd statement</p>
<p>I don’t want to argue, I’ll just say that based on numbers you make a valid point and you are probably right <em>for the entire state</em>, but that Washington is a <em>big</em>. My list represents what I’ve seen reflected in the eastside and the reputation from the eastside, not Seattle, Eastern Washington, or anywhere else.</p>
<p>Massachusetts</p>
<p>UMASS Amherst-where smart people go if they don’t want to leave the state and don’t want to go to a private school
UMASS Lowell-never seen the college, but other people say UMASS Lowell has the ugliest campus they’ve ever seen
UMASS Boston-overlooked at my school
UMASS Dartmouth-if you want a public in state college and you want to be near Cape Cod
Bridgewater State-a lot of people from my high school go here, easier to get into than the UMASS system, party school
Westfield State-people at my school go here if they want to go to western Massachusetts but didn’t get into UMASS Amherst
Salem State-aka seldom straight
Fitchburg State-just another state school, generally regarded as the dumbest
Framingham State-probably the most popular teacher school in Massachusetts
Worcester State-in a residential area of Worcester, not very popular at my high school</p>
<p>Alright, Florida has been done several times already, but what the heck. </p>
<p>University of Florida (Gainesville): Is suddenly somehow extremely hard to get in to. Unlike other similar state schools (UT-Austin, etc.), there really are no guarantees with admission unless your mom works in the admissions department. Overall, pretty good school with a high quality freshman class. HUGE party school, great athletics, under-ranked, sucky location, and hot girls. </p>
<p>Florida State University (Tallahassee): The perception is that FSU is just a big state/party school… which factually is true, but not in the generic sense that everyone thinks. It too, is getting really hard to get into. A little easier to get in to than UF, but it posted a record low acceptance rate of 36% last year. In summary: cheap, parties, good academics (especially in several programs like music, theater, astronomy, political science, and the liberal arts in general), pretty good athletics, hot girls, and a rising reputation. </p>
<p>University of Central Florida (Orlando): The school for UF/FSU rejects. Apparently has a really nice but suburban-like campus. Decent academics, but its pretty much just a big state school… but that’s starting to change a little bit. I believe it’s acceptance rate is also plummeting. </p>
<p>University of South Florida (Tampa): It obviously has a really bad geography department, given that they are barely even south of UCF. Basically, it’s a big state school for UF/FSU/UCF rejects. </p>
<p>University of North Florida (Jacksonville): No one really knows about UNF… </p>
<p>University of West Florida (Pensacola): U"dub" as it is known in Pensacola, is also not very well known, but I live about 8 miles from the campus, so I can speak a little more for it’s reputation. Lot’s of area students chose to go here and live at home to avoid extra costs. Pretty average academics, pretty campus, nice gym, and a commuter school. It’s archeology program is pretty good, despite pretty average academics all around. </p>
<p>My dad lives in Colorado, and I’ll be moving there with the rest of my family relatively soon… so I guess I’ll give the big two a shot. </p>
<p>University of Colorado at Boulder: Probably the best school in the state. Respected academically, but is also known as the party school. Beautiful area, rich town, great engineering, hippies, pot, and skiing. </p>
<p>Colorado State University (Ft. Collins): The back up school to CU-Boulder. Cool town, decent academics, and less hippieish than CU-Boulder.</p>