Ambiguous/similar college names... (fun post)

Applying to College
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<p>So, I was having a conversation with my uncle, and he was making a joke to the similar sounding nature of Samford to Stanford when you say it quickly.</p>

<p>Then I got to thinking about colleges that are ambiguous in their names, such that if you told someone where you went, they might be overly impressed.</p>

<p>While some of the following are good schools, I'm just comparing them to their elite counterparts.</p>

<p>Cornell College, IA "I went to Cornell"</p>

<p>University of Missouri-Columbia "I studied at Columbia"</p>

<p>Brown College, MN "I went to Brown"</p>

<p>Penn State "I went to Pennsylvania"</p>

<p>University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth "I studied at Dartmouth"</p>

<p>Any more?</p>

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<p>Haverford and Harvard...</p>

<p>UMass-Amherst vs. Amherst College</p>

<p>Berklee vs. Berkeley</p>

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<p>Berklee is a really good college for music folks... but a great add for the list.</p>

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<p>georgetown college in kentucky vs. georgetown university in dc</p>

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<p>Illinois Wesleyan</p>

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<p>wesleyan, wellesley.</p>

<p>haverford, harvard.</p>

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<p>there's another Berkeley College in NJ that's pretty bad. Also, "I studied at Oxford" for Miami U in Oxford, OH. =P</p>

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<p>Not that similar, but it's annoying when people confuse Northwestern University with NorthEASTERN University. Gahhhh, they're worlds apart...</p>

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<p>There's a Columbia College in Columbia MO; and that's what people in Missouri usually mean when the say they went to Columbia.</p>

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<p>Washington University STL vs University of Washington (Its a fine state school anyways)
PENN and Penn State</p>

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<p>USC= southern california and south carolina</p>

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<p>Seton HALL University in S. Orange NJ</p>

<p>Seton HILL University in Grennburg, PA</p>

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<p>sanford and stanford</p>

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<p>Florida state vs. University of Florida</p>

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<p>Notre Dame College (Cleveland, Ohio) and University of Notre Dame
John Carrol and Johns Hopkins - for some reason, a lot of kids I know confuse these. I don't know how.</p>

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<p>Miami of Ohio and University of Miami (FL)</p>

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<p>Holy Cross College in Indiana and College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass
Depauw and DePaul
Cornell College in Iowa and Cornell University in NY
The many Loyola Universities-IL, MD, LA, CA
Samford in Alabama and Stanford in Calif</p>

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<p>Pomona College vs. Cal Poly Pomona</p>

<p>WORLDS APART... This one keeps coming up for me because I'm applying ED to Pomona College and people keep saying, "Really? THAT'S where you want to go? I thought you had a 4.6...."</p>

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<p>How about Harford Community College?
It exists, look it up...</p>

<p>How easy would it be to say Harford but make it sound like Harvard</p>

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<p>University of Chicago versus the University of Illinois AT Chicago. Bit of a difference.</p>