<p>thanks guys :)</p>
<p>WashU - heard a lot of good things abt it. nooob, let us know how you like it, wish u all the best.</p>
<p>I love how positive people are about the heroin capital of the country, Baltimore…</p>
<p>Cities are big places^</p>
<p>My school is W&M. What makes me love it is the concentration on undergraduate education. With smaller graduate and law schools, the small undergrad community of just under 6000 is very close and supportive. The professors get into the spirit too, with many inviting students over to their homes for dinner or a barbecue. In a couple of my intro classes the professors memorized every student’s name and made an effort to get to know everyone. The speed at which they learned the names was amazing too; in a 100+ person intro class, the professor was calling on people by name by the second class! This close interaction with the professors (and lack of a significant graduate population) makes research opportunities abundant, even for freshman. This past year some Freshmen discovered a new type of bacteriophage that may be useful in treating tuberculosis!
Being pretty close to DC also helps bring in speakers and ambassadors and the like, which often times provide a nice event to go to.
While the graduate population is small, it is still nice to have as it allows undergrads to experience some conferences that they might not otherwise get. For example, as a freshman I enjoyed going to many of the Law School (the oldest US Law School) symposiums throughout the year.
Another great thing is the facilities. 2/3rds of a new science triangle has been completed, there are other recent renovations, a huge amphitheater overlooking the oldest man made lake in America, and the library was ranked the 8th best undergraduate library in the US. In addition to that, the campus is one of the most beautiful that I have seen. The huge variety of trees on campus is really cool too. Its rumored that there is one of every tree native to the US on campus, including the most northern natural palm tree.
The history and traditions of the school are also very cool. The main building, the Wren building as it is now called (after the person who is thought to be the designer - Sir Christopher Wren who designed many buildings in Britain a few hundred years ago, including Chelsea Hospital) is still used for classes and has a history of having the inside burned out due to accidents and the ravages of two wars that were fought in the city and on school grounds. It was the first building restored by Rockefeller in what became Colonial Williamsburg - the restored Colonial Capital of Virginia. They’ve recreated and restored the buildings so it is essentially how it was right before the Revolutionary War. Its a huge area and a huge tourist attraction and students get into everything for free, so for a history buff, its a dream come true! Its also a great place to run at night too - wide cobbled streets closed to cars where you can run past the Governor’s Palace, many haunted houses, and the Capitol building.
The College is the second oldest institution of higher learning, after Harvard, so there are many traditions and legends that have been passed down over more than 300 years. There are stories about the hidden tunnels and the crypt on the ancient part of campus, secret societies (the kind that do nice things, rather than be elitist), the Honor Code that Thomas Jefferson wrote, walking through the Wren building into Williamsburg as a freshman for opening convocation, and then back out of Williamsburg as a senior at the end of the year and the wringing of the bells in the Wren building for seniors on their last day of classes. There are many more modern traditions which I love too. One particular favorite is listening to one of the many a capella groups sing in the Wren portico every Wednesday night at 10. The “oldest football rivalry in the South” is also between W&M and UofR. The academic rivalry is between UVA and W&M, however. One thing I feel that is often overlooked is that W&M has higher academic numbers and statistics than UVA. Even with all these great things, history has not been kind to the College. It suffered hard times during the Revolutionary War as all the students volunteered to fight, and again during the Civil War where most of the students went off to fight, and then many of the buildings were burned out during the Peninsular Campaign and right after the Battle of Williamsburg. It feels as if it has taken these past 102 years since the school became public for it to finally get rolling again, but now that it has it will just keep getting better!</p>
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<p>Aww, you are so cute. 
Come here so I can kiss you… You want me to praise your school as well now don’t you. If you want a little boast of self esteem, tell me where you go to school so I can brag about it for you. :)</p>
<p>Just remind me again what is good about living in Baltimore?
Exactly!</p>
<p>Actually, I am in Cambridge right now typing this inside Harvard’s Widener library in one of the computer rooms upstairs. Cambridge and Baltimore is pretty sweet, why don’t you come over here and check it out?</p>
<p>SuperHippo strangely refuses to divulge his/her school. I wonder why?</p>
<p>^ Afraid that I might reveal that his/her school only gets one-tenth the NASA funding of a XYZ school in Baltimore. :-P</p>
<p>It certaintly would hurt his/her self esteem. 
“NASA is the best, NASA is in Houston, My name is SuperPippo, NASA is my homey. Baltimore is the heroin capital of the world” yadi yada yada :)</p>
<p>My fiance is from Baltimore, I am actually having to go there for family function in two weeks. She says nothing good about the city. It’s definitely not a city on the rise but a very trashy place. That’s why she LEFT and has no intention of moving back. So did most of the members of her family.</p>
<p>As far as my schools: </p>
<p>I have opted for the best academic/social life experience an undergraduate could have with the University of Texas at Austin. Amazing academics and athletics. Austin is known to be the best small city in the country, especially for young people (number one city for singles according to forbes and for quality of life).</p>
<p>I then went on attending USF located in the beautiful Tampa Bay area for my Master, with great weather year round and beautiful surroundings like Clearwater and Sarasota. You could never run out of things to do with Orlando and Miami in close reach.</p>
<p>After three years of work in Silicon Valley and life in San Francisco, I am now about to start my MBA at Rice University, which is arguably one of the best private schools campuses in the world (highest endowment per student ratio), better than most ivys and in a thriving city like Houston, which has hardly been affected by the recession.</p>
<p>By the way, JHU is not even accredited for MBA.</p>
<p>Well maybe it’s because JHU’s Carey Business school just opened up in 2008 ?? I mean, it’s a brand new school with a brand new Dean. We don’t even have a full time MBA program yet and we are not even ranked. So of course we are not accredited for MBA :)</p>
<p>Btw, Previously, JHU’s Business school & School of Education was called the *School of Professional Studies and Business Education<a href=“SPSBE”>/I</a> and the split between Business/Education was engendered by a $50 million dollar gift back in 2008.</p>
<p>School of Education is ranked #7 in the nation. Back when they were together however, School of Education was ranked #20. Hopkins’ business has the potential to rival UMD Smith, WashU Olin, and ASU’s Carey within the next 5 to 10 years… JUST YOU WAIT SUPERPIPPO! lol</p>
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<p>According to Forbes, Austin is #14 for singles, #36 for culture, #35 for nightlife, #1 for job growth, and #26 for cost of living.</p>
<p>[Best</a> Cities For Singles sorted by City - Forbes.com](<a href=“Forbes List Directory”>Forbes List Directory)</p>
<p>^ #5 for singles</p>
<p>Ok, used to be number#1 until few years ago. I doubt anyhow the ranking is so serious, since Houston is clearly much better than Austin for job growth, reason why I chose to go to Rice over McCombs for MBA.</p>
<p>Anyhow, JHU is an excellent school. But I see their goal to increase their status problematic because of the location. I just don’t see too many top faculties wanting to move to Baltimore.</p>
<p>Top faculties in the north-east are going to leave NY and Boston only for places in pleasant locations and better weather. That’s how California, Texas and Florida schools mostly attract them.</p>
<p>For instance, UMiami has recruited the director of Wharton and several faculties from the Ivys recently.</p>
<p>Why I love Florida State University…</p>
<p>*It is located in Tallahassee, a wonderfully complex city that features, beauty, culture, history, education and diversity.
- It is the oldest university in Florida. The history of FSU is deeply intertwined with the history of Florida from the earliest days to today. The passion and cares of students across the years are richly revealed in the history for Florida State, the paths students walk today are the same as those taken by their ancestors.
- I love the campus. It is fairly compact and built onto the rolling hills of Tallahassee. A short walk downtown and you are in the center of government for Florida.
- The diversity and excellence of programs is evident as you cut through the College of Music building where often the impossibly talented students are heard rehearsing and practicing. Free concerts and other performances are plentiful and professional. You may then catch students of the sciences scurrying from building to building in a competitive rush to class and labs. Business students and philosophy majors are often heard in spirited debates over this bit of detail or that nuance, often using jargon and acronyms that might as well be Greek. Social science and religion majors in emphatically try to redress issues in society while not far away ROTC leaders muster students into formation.
- On football game days the excitement is palpable everywhere on campus and in restaurants with garnet and gold overwhelming all manner of dress from the very young to the quite old in the teeming thousands of alumni, students and fans. A win brings joy; defeat a heavy silence and hushed tones as in a funeral home. Favorite restaurants are packed and parking becomes quite an adventure.
- Outside campus are the secret sinks to swim in, with cold fresh water and Florida heat and sunshine above the surface. The hard to find two-lane country canopy roads that go for miles and reveal little treasures in country stores and rural life.
- The structured insanity of exam week with endless cups of coffee and hurried meals and the rush of relief when all the work is done and the books can finally be closed for a while.
- The frolic of a keg party that is free when you have no money for much fun. The studied drive for a piece of pizza from Momo’s or barbecue from Jim and Milt’s. Pounding music and spontaneous sports on Landis Green.</p>
<p>Yep. ;)</p>
<p>I LOVE MIT BECAUSE: </p>
<p>“Success at your Fingertips”
“rewarding careers”
“super easy admission”
“Casino dealership Program”</p>
<p>[MIDAS</a> INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY](<a href=“http://www.midasiot.com/sub01_01.php]MIDAS”>http://www.midasiot.com/sub01_01.php)</p>
<p>Why I love Michigan State…
campus. Big!!! Buildings are nice, but the trees especially in the fall are gorgeous. Even the std-infested red cedar river running through the middle of campus is beautiful. Lots of stuff to do; movies, concerts, music/play performances, sporting events etc. all on campus. You don’t have to leave campus to have a good time. </p>
<p>people. Overall the student body is friendly and laid-back but many I’ve met are intelligent, can hold good conversations, and both work and party hard. It doesn’t hurt that I ended up with a fantastic roommate. </p>
<p>Academics. The teachers are accessible and helpful overall. There are loads of courses and majors to choose from, plenty of research opportunities for undergrad students (even in the students’ 1st year of college), and well-established programs especially in the fields of psychology, nuclear physics, comm arts/journalism, veterinary, supply-chain management, agriculture, packaging, etc. </p>
<p>size of the school. It’s huge, but it is great to have a nearly unlimited amount of academic programs and majors, loads of class choices in nearly every subject thinkable, hundreds of well-established clubs/organizations, the largest study abroad program in the country, along with lots of different cafeterias/food options and lots of different dorms etc. Plus there are the residential colleges (James Madison, RCAH or Lyman Briggs)that help foster a smaller community within the larger university. </p>
<p>East Lansing. Definitely college-oriented. Everything caters to college students; restaurants and food places are open late until 2-4am. The town is alive (more-so after midnight than during midday). Decent shops, nearby Okemos/Meridian where malls and a more suburban area is. </p>
<p>sports. I love the school spirit. Our football team is doing decent, and Spartan basketball was #2 in the country this year (soon to be #1?). Cedarfest (massive gathering of people), tailgating, the after-parties, the cheers, the solidarity. The screams in the courtyard when we win or lose a big game. </p>
<p>And that’s just the tip of the iceberg. :)</p>
<p>“Well, love that dirty water, oh Boston, you’re my home”</p>
<p>Much like the song, my love for Northeastern University is with the awareness that it’s not because it is all wonderful and great. More that it’s ours, warts and all. </p>
<p>When you go to NU, one of the first things you notice is that upperclasswomen hold doors for you as you come up the steps. I don’t mean for a one count, they will hold the darn door for you. Every single one, every single time. There is a different dynamic at NU, partly because most of the campus has already entered the work force. The courtesy is contagious </p>
<p>Because of the most successful co-operative education system in the country, some of your friends will be working at a corporation while you are in school. The result is that NU kids make friends easy and are themselves approachable. At some schools, sitting down at a table of kids you don’t know can be stressful to say the least. At NU, it’s expected as everyone is in the same situation. Networking just starts earlier at NU than other places. Someone sitting alone will be joined or waved over to join others. The downside is that if you want to spend four years with the same close friends, NU is not the place to come. Sort of like real life, you’ll make a core of friends and make others as situations change. </p>
<p>NU is not a hand holding sort of place. More like the real-world where people are expected to hold their own weight if not more so. You will find students helping other students. Kids don’t leave other kids hanging in the wind - it is flat out not like that. </p>
<p>NU’s campus does not have large lawns and a beautiful classic quad and such. It is a city university where Boston is at your footsteps. Where once you leave Huntington Ave. nobody gives a dang where you go to school. That said, if there is another city university that has transformed its campus more than Northeastern over the last 30 years, I’d love to know of it. It is mouth gapingly different from my day, so much so it is hard to believe. Not just one or two buildings or a new complex of buildings, other than a few dorms that are unchanged it is all new or significantly different and expanded. Btw, the Back Bay area of Boston has also been transformed over the years and is a sought after residential area. It wasn’t always that way, so the area surrounding NU is pretty sweet and with Symphony Hall a block one way and the Museum of Fine Arts a block in the opposite direction, you don’t need to head far to experience a lot. Because Back Bay apartments are also quarters for lots of New England Conservatory of Music and Berkelee students, going out for a pizza and walking down Gainsborough Street in the spring is sweet with amazing music floating out of the buildings. </p>
<p>NU has one 10 of the last 13 Business School Beanpot competitions. MIT and BC used to compete but I guess they got tired of losing. NU is not a school where they offer an amazing variety of programs - more a school that focuses on doing well in what they offer. The result being that when you go on facebook and see the threads of ‘I turned down _____ to go to NU’ has a bunch of schools that would never have been listed 20 years back. NU engineering majors have a starting salary higher than MIT and yes that can be pulled off in four years not just five. </p>
<p>Still, parts of Huntington Ave. continue to look depressing and the invite for NU to join the Ivy League? It’s not in the mail. But, well, I love that dirty water, NU, you’re my school.</p>
<p>I only like my school as a friend.</p>