<p>what do most NY’ers think of NYU? im extremely curious. is it a “rich-spoiled kids” school? preppy? too avant-garde?</p>
<p>I’m from new york and pretty much everyone knows its a lot of rich white kids and asians(a lot of indians) ~ and that there is an outrageous amount of weed smoking that goes on at the school</p>
<p>this has probably been said a few times in this thread but i can not agree with some of your descriptions of Va state schools…hmmm…</p>
<p>what do you not agree with? post ur observations. i live in fairfax county VA btw.</p>
<p>hmmmmmm. sounds like im gonna enjoy it then :)</p>
<p>lol, post your own views then :p</p>
<p>was my Radford = STD comparison too harsh? :)</p>
<p>I love how some 17/18 yo kids here call certain schools “intensely”/“extremely” overrated as if they really know what they are talking about. ;)</p>
<p>VIRGINIA:</p>
<p>UVA: top-notch academics at the graduate and undergraduate level, ACC sports, diverse student body, great social life. mostly top the top kids from instate schools and lots of top out of state people.</p>
<p>W&M: smaller than UVA, but has equally strong academics. it’s a bit smaller and the students are more bookish, so there’s less of a party scene. </p>
<p>-UVA and W&M are probably the two best schools in the state and are a great deal for instaters.</p>
<p>Washington & Lee - very good liberal arts college. it’s very small, very preppy, and very historic. it’s fairly difficult to get into, but it’s also very expensive so i’d imagine it loses most cross admits to UVA and W&M (which are arguably better anyway.)</p>
<p>University of Richmond - nice private school in Richmond with a beautiful campus and a some strong programs. it’s probably a notch below UVA, W&M, and W&L, but it’s still not a bad school to go to.</p>
<p>JMU - not very hard to get into. decent academics, good sports, crazy party scene - it’s very popular with instaters with average academic profiles.</p>
<p>VT - attracts students from the same crowd as JMU. very easy to get into, OK academics, and big time sports. it’s also kind of out in the middle of nowhere. </p>
<p>the rest of the schools are kinda lame and are really easy to get into. i doubt many people on CC would even be interested.</p>
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<p>UsualSock,</p>
<p>You have been misinformed.
- Asians are not given preference over equally qualified white students. If anything, Asians are the most disadvantaged when affirmation action is in place. This had been the case for Berkeley. When UC Berkeley abandoned affirmation action in 1999, Asian population increased much more signifcantly than Caucasian one.<br>
- According to 2004 census, 5% of U.S. residents said they were Asian or Asian in combination with one or more other races. It’s definitely not 27% nationwide; even California has only about 12%.</p>
<p>University of Michigan - I’d say that at least a third of all graduating highschool students in Michigan apply here just to see if they can get in. Realistically, it’s the top third or so of competitive schools and the top 10% or so of OK schools that end up going here. Basically it’s the “smart” kids that don’t want to leave home, or the smart kids that don’t have any real ambitions yet, or don’t know what they want to do. It’s definately preppy, but at the same time has a fantastic arts community and is in an amazing town. Best school pride in the country if not the world. If you’re not wearing maize and blue in the streets of Ann Arbor, you’re in a severe minority. (1 out of 100?) Except for those who want a smaller school, this is the absolute first choice for most students.</p>
<p>Michigan State University - Doesn’t get nearly enough attention from Michiganders, really is more well known OOS than instate. It’s a great school honestly that people overlook because it’s next to Michigan. Top programs in the country if you want to study education, political science or international relations, hospitality management, packaging, or agriculture. Great music program too. It’s much less of a party school than people think. Most kids who aren’t stupid but aren’t brilliant end up going here, but the honors college is hardcore (although the admissions process is stupid). A greater percentage of smart kids than people realize, mostly because they basically offer free rides to smarter students to encourage them to choose State over U of M. East Lansing is way underrated as well.</p>
<p>Wayne State University - in my opinion, this has got to be one of the most underrated schools in the US. Amazing theatre program, amazing music program and a series of faculty connections that can’t be beat. Wayne has a huge adjunct faculty, which (trust me) is important. People that are way up top at companies like GM and Ford teach here, and if they like you then there’s a spot waiting upon graduation. Arts community is great, but somewhat rivaled by the girl next door, CCS. Overall, if you need a cheap but solid education that will get you a solid job in the Detroit area, this is a great place to go - especially if you want to study from home.</p>
<p>Center for Creative Studies (CCS) - a small arts school that draws people from all across the country if they’re interested in designing cars. No school in the world places more people in jobs at General Motors, Ford, or Chrysler than CCS. THE place to be if you want to design cars. Other than that, a solid visual arts program that will land you a teaching job. I’m not familiar with it beyond that, but a highschool teacher of mine used to teach there and thinks its also way underrated.</p>
<p>Central, Eastern, Northern, and Western - Northern is a joke sort of, Central and Eastern - not much to be said. Western is an alright school, I’d say tied for 3rd best PUBLIC school in the state with Wayne, after UM (1) and MSU (2).</p>
<p>Grand Valley - kinda weird. Good education program. Small. Attracts sky kids from what I can tell.</p>
<p>Saginaw Valley - same.</p>
<p>Ferris State - party school, lots of hard liquor, dumb student body.</p>
<p>Kalamazoo College - not many people pay attention to this school but it’s a good one. My homeroom teacher went there and is super brilliant. They offer great scholarships to defer smart kids from going to Michigan. I don’t know a ton about this but it’s a nationally recognized LAC that’s a good alternative to Michigan for students of equal academic integrity but don’t want a massive school.</p>
<p>University of Tulsa - Easily the best school in Oklahoma, academically. Most kids consider it too expensive, though, so TU gets a lot of out-of-state “National Merit Scholars”. If you live in E. Oklahoma, though, and have big college ambitions TU is the university of choice.</p>
<p>University of Oklahoma - Very large public school. Has a good atmosphere and there is great loyalty to it throughout the state, but in recent years (at least in the eastern part of the state) Oklahoma State and Arkansas have surpassed it in popularity.</p>
<p>Oklahoma State University - Not as big as OU and located in the middle of nowhere, basically. Tulsa-area kids are more likely to go here than OU. Favored for veterinarian medicine, agriculture, business, and engineering. Both OSU and OU, though, have the traditional college town atmosphere. OU is just closer to a big city. OSU has recieved a lot of money lately for expansion and improvement and is seriously trying to challenge OU academically. </p>
<p>University of Central Oklahoma - If you can’t get in to OU or OSU, you usually end up at UCO. I think it’s weak academically, but it’s located in a very affulent area and has a very nice campus.</p>
<p>Langston University - Oklahoma’s only historically-black college that I know of. Located in an absolutely awful town. Most bizarre college campus I’ve ever seen. It’s more used for taking courses at mini-campuses in Oklahoma City and Tulsa. In its defense, though, it has been growing and improving.</p>
<p>Northeastern State University - Almost as popular as UCO in the eastern side of the state. Has a nice campus and is located in a good town. Big school for teachers, optometrists, and Native Americans (it’s located in the capital of the Cherokee Nation).</p>
<p>Oral Roberts University - TU’s crosstown rival. Has really odd 1970s-style campus architecture. Really noted for extreme relgious views (as one would guess, given Oral Roberts’s tendencies). The fourth of Oklahoma’s NCAA Division I schools behind TU, OSU, and OU. Oral Roberts is supposedly the largest “snake-handling” type of Christian university in the world, so it has quite a diverse (geographically) student body. It’s all right academically, too.</p>
<p>Oklahoma City University - Probably on OU’s level academically, so it’s okay, but not as good as TU. Very expensive. I don’t know any students from the eastern side of the state going here.</p>
<p>Oklahoma Christian University - About as extreme as Oral Roberts but not as well-known.</p>
<p>Oklahoma Baptist University - Another very religious school without many students at all.</p>
<p>University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma - Actually a pretty good school for what it does, mainly music and arts. However, it’s in an absolutely awful part of SW Oklahoma, dry and dusty. </p>
<p>Rogers State University - A Northeastern Oklahoma school. It’s mainly for kids who could get into UCO but don’t want to leave home.</p>
<p>Cameron University - Another regional school like RSU, but in a worse part of the state. </p>
<p>East Central, Northwestern Oklahoma State, Panhandle State, and Southwestern Oklahoma State are the other regional universities. Southwestern is notable only for its pharmacy program.</p>
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odd isn’t the word…AWFUL is more like it…that has to be the ugliest campus on earth…</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.oru.edu/aboutoru/campusmap.html[/url]”>http://www.oru.edu/aboutoru/campusmap.html</a></p>
<p>Pennsylvania</p>
<p>Upenn: Ivy league, what else is there to say? Rich and snobby kids go here and it’s ranking is often disputed by many (those who go there and those who don’t). Very great school in Business which overshadows its regular college of arts and sciences. Its known as a “social” ivy and many Wharton students appear more arrogant than their peers.</p>
<p>U. Pittsburgh: Great school on the rise as more and more applicants look into it. Great location in Oakland and probably the FANCIEST 7-11 store I’ve ever seen. Great med programs and some pretty hot chicks. Definitely go here if you can, I guarantee you the degree will be more valuable with each passing year.</p>
<p>Penn state: Often confused with Upenn by outsiders, but we here in Pennsylvania know that it is a pretty huge school with lots of affamed parties. Separate schools and pretty good sports. </p>
<p>Carnegie Mellon: School for nerds and intellectuals. Though comp sci and engineering are usually what its known for, their business school has lately gotten a lot of recognition since they changed their name to Tepper and rose to 5th in rankings. They have a reputation of working hard but also have a reputation of getting high paid salaries and having employers/recruiters come to them.</p>
<p>Duquesne University: For rich snobs who couldn’t get in elsewhere. They frequently come to U.pitt parties and are usually ****ed off at their school. Really hot girls though.</p>
<p>NY</p>
<p>Cornell: Ivy League. “Easiest to get into, hardest to stay in.” Great engineering, sciences, math. long island of north NY</p>
<p>Columbia: Ivy League. best humanities/social sciences majors in NY. Used to be rather unsafe but that has been taken care of. students are known for their social activism. definitely left leaning.</p>
<p>SUNY Binghampton: probably your best state school for social sciences. social life is lacking.</p>
<p>SUNY Stony Brook: probably your best state school for the sciences. horrible social life since many commute…regularly seen as a college with one of the least happiest student bodies.</p>
<p>SUNY Albany: horrible education but the party scene is INSANE. for people who would cant get in anywhere else and do not want to go to a community college.</p>
<p>Vassar: hippie central. small LAC…like 65% female.</p>
<p>umm…a lot more places but i either dont want to mention them or dont care about them.</p>
<p>New Jersey</p>
<p>Princeton: Do i really have to write write anything more?</p>
<p>Rutgers: Everyone and their uncle applies. Top 10% of the class this year got acceptance within 2 weeks. Rutgers accepts mostly everyone, because they have the space. It’s the most well known state school in New Jersey. The sports aren’t great although the football team did make their first bowl appearance since the 1970s this year. I hear engineering is pretty good. The academics are decent.</p>
<p>The College of New Jersey: Great school. I’d call it the best public school in New Jersey. TCNJ has gotten very selective. Most people out of state haven’t heard of it, because it’s so small. The campus is pretty, but it’s located in the middle of nowhere in Ewing, NJ. The neighborhood used to be somewhat unsafe in its Trenton State days, but things have really turned around.</p>
<p>Seton Hall: My uncle teaches there. The school is overpriced and it’s located in South Orange on the border of Newark. Not a great neighborhood.</p>
<p>Ramapo: I don’t know a whole bunch about it, but it is there.</p>
<p>Rowan: Same thing as Ramapo.</p>
<p>Monmouth: I know a few people that go there. It’s pretty expensive. I’d recommend going to a state school instead.</p>
<p>Keane: It’s by far the easiest college in New Jersey to get into. I know a few people that applied there in case they don’t get into Rutgers.</p>
<p>Drew: It’s a liberal arts college located in Madison, NJ. They don’t have my intended major, so I didn’t look into them to much. Drew recently anounced that they no longer require applicants to take the SATs.</p>
<p>I had to weigh in. Now, granted, I graduated from HSU in 1978, but I know alot about the university and especially the location: Arcata, CA. I went to HSU for three years there, and lived there after my marriage. My in-laws still live there - so we visit from time to time. If you love rain and fog, go to Humboldt. If you want to be isolated from any kind of urban big-city (i.e. San Francisco - 5 or 6 hours drive), go to HSU. I loved it there - but since I left 25 years ago, the real estate prices have gone through the roof. What used to be a laid-back hippie town is now full of million dollar estates and wealthy retirees, mostly from Bay Area/CA. The dorms are awful, and so most students move off campus ASAP. Well, in an inflated real estate market, you can imagine what it costs to rent a room. (I had a little rental in back of main house for $75/month). All I am saying is this: Go to HSU if you are a tree-hugger, Birkenstock, back-pack, laid-back rich kid with unlimited funds. The academics are mediocre at best – I was a music major and I believe the faculty is alot better than when I attended, but it’s still pretty lousy. Arcata/Eureka is a college community - lots of pot, drinking, no school spirit, artsy, weird… and mix it up with lots of money. On the plus side – the beaches are wonderful… and there’s Patrick’s Point and when the weather warms up - everyone heads up to Willow Creek to skinny-dip in the river to get above the fog.</p>
<p>Maryland</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins: Top school in the state, one of the best in the country. Most science/engineering smart kids apply here.</p>
<p>UMD-College Park: Top public in the state. High school all over again. Nearly all decently smart kids apply and get in.</p>
<p>UMBC: Kids who didn’t get into CP go here. Lots of people apply here.</p>
<p>Aside from these 3, nobody really talks about the other Maryland schools, except maybe Towson.</p>
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<p>Private:
Beloit College: It has a reputation for being very boozy, because the campus piggies are really totally okay with alcohol, even underage, being all over the campus - they don’t bother you unless you are disturbing people. It is a school where more of the alternative kids apply. Everyone is sorta laid back, as well - not cutthroat or anything.</p>
<p>Edgewood College: I know nothing about it except that is connected to a high school, and I think that is really bizarre. I believe it’s okay for the sciences.</p>
<p>Lawrence University: Good for music, everyone knows (almost)everyone on campus, sort of seen as “snooty”. A lot of the kids come from small towns and think that they are more impressive than they really are…but I think it’s a really nice school overall. </p>
<p>Marquette University: Decent reputation, but it doesn’t hold much weight outside of the midwest, I would assume. Overcrowded and kids tend to wish they had gotten into the “better” school that they wanted instead of going to their safety.</p>
<p>Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE): Really cutthroat. Mostly guys. Aka: Engineering school. </p>
<p>Others I’ve Heard of But Know Nothing About: Carthage College, Northland College, St. Norbert College</p>
<p>Public
UW - Madison: Flagship, obviously. Very good for academics, but many debate if they are significantly better then some of the better UW schools. Definitely more presitigous, and a better campus hands down than any other campus. HUGE party school, but it’s Wisconsin - what do you expect? We like our beer. Big time research going on if you stick around long enough to get the benefits of that.</p>
<p>UW - La Crosse: Considered the second-best UW school, it’s listed in Princeton Review’s top Midwest schools. It is a GREAT school for physical therapy or phy ed, but otherwise it is just okay. Oktoberfest = AWESOME. It has a good downtown area, but the bars are all a little divey - cheap, but divey.</p>
<p>UW - Eau Claire: Nicknamed “UW - Eau Cracker” because of the lack of diversity. Decent state school, really big hill down the middle of campus, and a bridge between the arts buildings and dorms that is one of the coldest places in the US. Best after Madison and La Crosse. Probably second biggest party UW school.</p>
<p>UW - Milwaukee: Kids that go to Milwaukee tend to think they are God’s gift to the world until about halfway through their second year when they come to their senses. Underclassmen tend to think their education compares to Madison, and maybe it does - but reality sets in around the second year and they realize that nobody really cares if the education is close to being similar, and they go to a fairly dinky state school. This was my safety until I started getting a sinking feeling when I pictured myself going there.</p>
<p>UW - Oshkosh: Nicknamed “UW - Zero”. Even by those who attend. Need I say more?</p>
<p>UW - Stout: Good for hands on experience: art and technical things.</p>
<p>UW - Whitewater: Very decent buisness program, good job placement. Everything else is just ehh.</p>
<p>Other UW Schools: UW - Superior, UW - Stevens Point, UW - Platteville</p>
<p>There is a “How many <em>insert UW school here</em> students does it take to screw in a lightbulb?” joke floating around, I should get that and post it.</p>
<p>Also, a <em>how many ____ does it take to screw in a lightbulb</em> joke for the UW schools that is flying about the college bound kid’s emails from their graduated friends who got it last year. So…extremely biased and exaggerated, but entertaining (for me, anyway…because it’s sad, but mostly accurate.):</p>
<p>At Madison it takes two. One to change the bulb and one more to brag about how they did it every bit as well as any Ivy League school. </p>
<p>At Oshkosh it takes two thousand. One to change the bulb, and the other one thousand nine hundred and ninety nine to riot and set it on fire. </p>
<p>At Stout it takes ten, one to change the bulb and the other nine to sit around and watch because it is the big entertainment of the evening. </p>
<p>At Whitewater it takes six, because that’s how many people actually stay in the dorms on the weekend instead of going home </p>
<p>At Stevens Point it takes zero. They are all too drunk from the night before to care whether or not the lights are on. </p>
<p>At UW Milwaukee it takes four. One to change the bulb, one to steal the new bulb from the store, one to act as a lookout and one to drive the getaway car. </p>
<p>At Eau Claire it doesn’t have to be changed because all the parties are over before the lights need to go on so no one ever sees them anyway. </p>
<p>At Green Bay it takes twelve. Two to figure out how to screw it in and ten to find an ugly enough lampshade to match their school colors. </p>
<p>At River Falls it takes zero. There is no electricity in River Falls, only cows and corn. (Or Lakeland for that matter.) </p>
<p>At Superior it takes five. Four to strap on snow shoes and hike ten miles to the nearest store to get the new bulb and one to screw it in. </p>
<p>At Platteville it takes twenty. One to change the bulb and the other nineteen to find a new way to engineer it so it never has to be changed again. </p>
<p>At La Crosse it takes 3. One to screw it in, and the other two to giggle because he said “Screw.”</p>
<p>At Parkside it takes none, it looks better in the dark.</p>
<p>Rutgers is one of the top public schools in the country. It owns TCNJ.</p>