<p>Would people look down on you for going to Ohio State, Michigan State, U of Minnesota
and those Big Ten Schools. Not the good ones like UMich, Northwestern, and Wisconsin. With all this hype over prestige would people look down on you for going to one of those schools. If you got into a conversation and it came up you went to a lower tier big ten school would that be anything to regret?</p>
<p>I am an IU grad and proud of it! Nothing wrong with the Big Ten at all. If one of those schools feels right to you, go for it. You will not be looked down upon except by elitist snobs. Just make sure you go to a good graduate school! (only kidding)</p>
<p>I know plenty of MSU grads who have excelled in life! If someone does look down on them, it’s the problem of the snooty one who looks down on them … for every one of those, there are plenty more who don’t feel that way.</p>
<p>It’s not so much the school, but what the student takes from the school.</p>
<p>My D’s friend’s brother is an MSU grad who had his pick of several med schools this year. He is very happily doing well at his choice. He had no loans coming into med school, so he has a lot less to worry about financially than many of his classmates.</p>
<p>The former president of my university (a private, medium-sized D1 school), was an MSU grad.</p>
<p>There always will be people who’ll find a reason to look down on you no matter who you are or where you went to college even if you go to Harvard or Oxford.</p>
<p>Those are all good schools. I’m applying to 3 ACC schools (FSU, Clemson, NC State), one Big East (St. John’s) and one SEC (South Carolina).</p>
<p>The big ten is actually one of the strongest academic conference IMO. There are no “bad” schools in it, and the schools that are well known for their sports teams are still very good colleges (UMich fits in this category- nationwide, if you talked to your average joe, he would mostly recognize Michigan for it’s football team). In other conferences, there are schools that exist mostly for the purpose of football, and the students aren’t there for the education. This is not the case with any big ten schools that i know of.</p>
<p>The Big Ten and Pac Ten are the two best major (i.e. football BCS) sports conferences, academically.</p>
<p>I’m a Big Ten alumnus. There are some great students at each of the Big Ten universities, and plenty of students who learn a lot at each one and thrive professionally after graduating.</p>
<p>Is there any college one should be ashamed to go to?</p>
<p>The Big Ten schools are all excellent. If someone ‘looks down’ on you for going to a Big Ten school then they likely just have some self confidence issues.</p>
<p>My daughter is at a Big 10 school. And we are paying out of state tuition to send her there. She was admitted to one of the ones you consider “good ones” and chose another.</p>
<p>Ashamed? No. Maybe in the rarefied air that is CC someone would be ashamed, but in the real world a Big 10 education is usually respected.</p>
<p>Well, HS classmates who attend a rival school that supposedly is harder to get into may look down on you, but there are many factors to consider. With Minn and Wis reciprocity the issue comes up- some top students will choose one or the other because of their particular major having advantages for them at their choice. Choose the school that is the best fit and you will have no regrets.</p>
<p>I have a friend who was a football player at Indiana. He is so proud to say that he went to school there and graduated on time. He is a wonderful teacher. My son just landed a full tuition scholarship to the U. of Alabama. No, he is not a huge football fan. He is a fan of a good school with great opportunities and graduating with little or no debt. </p>
<p>So do not be ashamed of your choice. You need to do what is best for you, not what others might say or think.</p>
<p>Person A attends the Big Ten school in their state and pays in-state tuition prices. Person B attends an expensive private school and, even with grants and scholarships, pays 3 times what person A pays. </p>
<p>Person A gets an education of equal quality to person B… and in fact if they’re in a highly technical subject like science or engineering they likely have access to far more advanced technologies, equipment and cutting-edge hands-on research than what person B will ever see at their small school.</p>
<p>So you can see why person B might show some resentment towards person A… expressed in the form of “eh, well my school is more ‘prestigious’ than yours.”</p>
<p>The Big Ten schools have outstanding honors programs and many amazing academic opportunities. The technical opportunities ^^^ and the richness and depth in more unusual majors (because of the large departments with professors with specialties in so many areas) far surpass what is available at smaller colleges.</p>
<p>Ohio State’s president is E. Gordon Gee, previously highly regarded chancellor at Vanderbilt. He left Vandy in summer '07 to return to his beloved Ohio State citing his desire to spend his final years in academia there.</p>
<p>As someone that lives in Michigan, this is such an odd question to me. I would never in a million years think that anyone would be remotely ashamed of a Big 10 school! Like a previous poster pointed out-why would anyone be “ashamed” of going to any college?</p>
<p>“Would people look down on you for going to Ohio State, Michigan State, U of Minnesota
and those Big Ten Schools.”</p>
<p>Not in the least. The only people who would “look down” on you are overanxious high school seniors on CC, and who cares what they think?</p>
<p>As an IU grad, I would seriously look down on you if you went to Purdue or Ohio State! :)</p>