<p>In your opinion, what colleges are the best overall on the west coast? And why?</p>
<p>I don't think "the best" is ever objective, but some of the best universities for engineering are there (CalTech, Harvey Mudd, Stanford, Berkeley). Other good ones are UCSD, UCLA, USC, Reed, University of Washington, Deep Springs (on the other side of California, in the desert) and basically the whole UC system. The Claremont Colleges (Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Pomona, Scripps) are great.</p>
<p>Top 5 in the "west"?</p>
<p>Stanford, Cal Tech, UCB, Pomona are probably the definate top 4. The rest could differ depend on what you want (Harvey Mudd, UCLA, Cal Poly SLO, etc.)</p>
<p>Pomona, Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Reed, Whitman.</p>
<p>Smaller, more personal attention, good grad school placement rates, great support system and not TAs.</p>
<p>Not in order</p>
<p>Unis:
Stanford
Berkeley
CalTech
UCLA/SD
UWashington</p>
<p>LAC:
Reed
Pomona
McKenna
Mudd
Whitman</p>
<p>in terms of universities:</p>
<p>Stanford
UCB
USC/UCLA
UCSD</p>
<p>Stanford, CalTech, Berkeley</p>
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[<em>]Stanford
[</em>]Caltech
[<em>]UCB
[</em>]UCLA
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<p>Cal Tech
Stanford
Berkeley
UCLA
UCSD/USC</p>
<p>Stanford, CalTech, UC Berkeley, UCLA, USC.</p>
<p>Caltech
Claremont McKenna
Colorado College
Deep Springs
Harvey Mudd
Occidental
Pitzer
Pomona
Reed
Scripps
Stanford
UC Berkeley
UCLA
UCSD
USC
U Washington
Whitman</p>
<p>even though the OP said opinion, every list up there without deep springs is a universal fallacy and should be deleted</p>
<p>Deep Springs is a great school - however - I - as well as many others - figured the OP would have specified if he wanted TWO YEAR / ALTERNATIVE schools.</p>
<p>Unlike the circumstances in the east, in the western states large state universities enjoy more prominence than private colleges and universities. By nature, large state schools are typically comprehense; having dozens of programs that may vary in rigor and quality. Thus, the OP needs additional focus; engineering, geology, music, English, zoology, public affairs, history, undergraduate business?</p>
<p>Top 5:
Stanford
Caltech
Harvey Mudd
Pomona
Berkeley</p>
<p>Another unbounded question. What do you want to study?</p>
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Deep Springs is a great school - however - I - as well as many others - figured the OP would have specified if he wanted TWO YEAR / ALTERNATIVE schools.
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One could say the same thing about Harvey Mudd. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Harvey Mudd is a regular 4 year school</p>
<p>If you would like a small liberal arts college, Linfield seems to consistantly draw best in the west for it's type.</p>
<p>is Obispo really that great? Or is it people want to get in there because it's selective.</p>