<p>Okay well obviously I live in California, and I don't plan on visiting any big 10 schools, unless I'm seriously considering them. However, I do intend to apply to a couple. So can you guys post your opinion of these schools and why one is better than the other...</p>
<p>Penn State University
Ohio State University
Indiana University
University of Iowa
University of Illinois
Michigan State University</p>
<p>I go to Penn State, if you love California and love the diversity and chill attitude , PSU is not the way to go. I was born in Northridge, and lived in San Diego before I moved to DC, all diverse areas. PSU is filled with hillbillies and there is no diversity, just a hollister/Abercrombie cliche. Im suprised you left out U of Michigan-Ann Arbor, thats definetly the best Big 10 school academically. As for me I'm transferring to the University of Maryland, College Park next fall, home sweet home. You should go there real good academics, less predictable.</p>
<p>Wow, and all this time I thought you were a senior SoCal, lol</p>
<p>PSU & UIUC = strong in engineering and business, less emphasis on liberal arts, both kinda in the middle of nowhere. I have never been to State College, but Urbana & Champaign leave something to be desired, so student life is very campus-centric.</p>
<p>Iowa & IU = strong liberal arts & sciences, with engineering almost nonexistent. IU's Kelley biz school is very good, and its music program is world renowned. Same for Iowa's english program, particularly the writing emphasis. Both are located in idyllic mid-sized college towns; Iowa City and Bloomington are often considered two of the best places to live in the U.S. and are very catering to the students. </p>
<p>MSU & OSU = huge schools (even by Big 10 standards) located in more urban areas. MSU has more of a campus feel than does OSU, though Columbus has more to offer from an off-campus cultural perspective. I can't speak as much to the particular academic strengths of these two, hopefully someone else can fill in.</p>
<p>Personally, I think you would be doing yourself a disservice by not looking at Wisconsin (if you aren't already), which is just an all-around fabulous school.</p>
<p>Iowa is in an amazing college town, and if you are thinking about English it is one of the top schools in the country. Engineering is small because most potential engineers from Iowa go to Iowa State. I agree with Art Vandelay that you ought to look at Madison, it really is a cool place.</p>
<p>Yeah, Iowa and Indiana have basically separated their universities into two halves, with complementary specializations... ISU & Purdue = agriculture and engineering, while U of I and IU = more liberal arts focus. Certainly there is overlap in the schools' offerings, but the strengths are very divided.</p>
<p>Michigan State is the oldest, and dubbed the "pioneer," land grant college, so agriculture/veterinary and mechanical arts (engineering) strengths are a given. MSU though, has developed another of strengths beyond these: journalism/communications, education, physics (particular nuclear)-astrophysics, music (which, a few days ago, was upgraded to "college" status), criminal justices, hotel/hospitality, a surprising creative writing program with an emerging, very strong film studies program and a number of natural sciences. Michigan State focuses more on individualized, undergrad studies more than most major research universities with it’s residential colleges, interdisciplinary studies, undergrad research and the honors college (with many assigned dorm rooms). MSU’s study abroad program is the largest in the country which, also, attracts a large number of international students to campus…</p>
<p>Therefore, while MSU is a top land grant school, it is much more well-rounded than most land grants, which tend to be tech heavy and liberal arts poor.</p>
<p>I am turning down Stanford, Johns Hopkins, Purdue, and Case Western for Indiana University.</p>
<p>I fell in love with it- a liberal school in the midwest!!!</p>
<p>It has a forest in the middle of campus.</p>
<p>P.S,> A full ride doesn't hurt :)</p>
<p>SOCAL im from FLorida and I applied to 4 Big ten Schools. after lots of research ill help u out with those I know and the ones i Applied to. Im still undecided though where to go as im waiting on UMiami. have u applied to any. ill list deadlines in the case that u still have time cuz deadlines for most have already passed.
<em>Most of my statements about campus are based off of other ppls descriptions cuz i wont visit personally till Late March.</em></p>
<p>-Indiana University: Located in Bloomington, Indiana. Awesome town. Rated as one of the best college towns in US. The Campus is gorgeous (been rated top five) with woods and hills and borders the cultural and center of attraction downtown Bloomington. Business is top 10 and music is number 1(better than Juliard), Journalism is one of the top J schools in U.S. Law school dont know much about but they do have one.
Applied, awaiting decision. Deadline is April 1st. Apply soon cuz i read that the number of appssurpassed last years since December. </p>
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<li><p>Ohio State University: Huge school. One of the largest in the BIg 10. Located in Columbus, Ohio which is a very nice town. Located in one of the bigger cities in comparison to other Big Ten Schools. Campus is really nice as well. Has various areas, Historic area (lots of century old buildings with lots of culture and tradition), modern state of the art post contemporary buildings (Ex: Biggest rec center, the Rpac). Sports are crazy at this school. everyone dies and loves to be a Buckeye. ppl literally fill the stadium. School is good for Business (top 15), Engineering (top 28), and various other programs ranked in top 30.
Got accepted. Deadline passed. it was umm Feb 1st i think. </p></li>
<li><p>Michigan State University: Faces really tough competition with UMich which is more favored. either way it is a top school. Very well known and attratcs a ton of International students. Best study abroad. Gorgeous campus. Lots of trees, woods, green fields, Lovely river passing by. The buildings on one side of river facing downtown East Lansing (pretty nice town) are all historic, castle like buildings. on the other side are high tech engineering and science buildings. Campus is 5000 acres so it is HUGEEEE. lots of school pride. Top prgrams in Business, music and engineering. Accepted and deadline has not passed. appllyyy very sooon. </p></li>
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<p>Purdue: u didnt list it. But i will speak of it cuz im waiting a response and did my research on it. Its a really nice school. Big school, very nice campus. Best engineering in country, top B school and best agriculture school. The town is reaalllly SMALLL And like PENN STATE, In middle of nowhere. but academically is very good. lots of school spirit. and has largest international population of public schools in U.S. Apply by March 1s, Tommorrow! :D</p>
<p>I hope this helps! I wish u luck! Big Ten ROcks!!</p>
<p>Go Big Ten!!! You left the 2 best schools academically in the Big Ten off of this list, Michigan-Ann Arbor and Northwestern. Of the schools you listed, Illinois is probably the best.</p>
<p>ya the big ten has 2 of the top 10 public schools in the nation</p>
<p>Michigan at number 3 and I believe that Wisconsin is at either 7 or 8</p>
<p>take a look at wisconsin.. great college town and all the school spirit your looking for , socal</p>
<p>I think all the Big ten Schools are in the top 30 or 20 public universities and are all Public Ivies. I think its one of the best category of schools.</p>
<p>Well I'm a junior, so I haven't missed any deadlines...but anyways, I've dismissed a few of the the Big 10 schools already.</p>
<p>Michigan/Northwestern - I can't get in.</p>
<p>Wisconsin - I may be wrong on this one, but I heard it is like the Berkeley of the Midwest. I don't have a problem with a liberal school, just one that is completely one sided. And I'm not a big fan of protesters and I heard Wisconsin students protest everything.</p>
<p>Minnesota - What's in Minnesota?</p>
<p>But today I read some college books and I think I like Penn St. and Indiana the best. And I plan to major in business, media studies, or sports administration.....and maybe a minor in meteorology or something.</p>
<p>wat are ur stats. im done with applying and im just waiting for the acceptances to roll in (so far havent been rejected) so i can help u out with chances.</p>
<p>GPA: 3.5 UW - 3.75W
PSAT: Predicted 1280 (I didn't study), but I'm hoping for a 1350.
RANK: Top 5-10% out of around 650 students</p>
<p>AP/Honors Classes: HL Pre-Calc, AP Calc, AP US, AP Eng, HL Chem, HL Span 3, AP Eng, AP Stats, AP Gov/Econ</p>
<p>EC's/Community Service/Awards: Tennis, CSF, Foreign Foods Club (VP), Journalism (Focus Editor), Early Academic Outreach Program, Relay 4 Life, Key Club (VP), Random Acts of Kindness Club, Conservation Club, Certificate of Scholastic Achievement, Circle B Athletic Award, Block B Academic Letter, and "Most Consistent Player" - Tennis.</p>
<p>Also 2 immediate family members had/have cancer during my high school years. My essay topic is about Relay 4 Life....I will have done it for 5 yrs, and the team I'm on with my high school friends should have raised over 50k dollars.</p>
<p>Oh I also got a D in Calc, one semester....so I hope that doesn't affect my chances too much.</p>
<p>I don't want to turn this into a chances thread....I just want to know about the Big 10, preferably Indiana and Penn St.</p>
<p>At UW you can always protest the protesters. That's why they have two student daily papers--liberal and conservative. Overall it is much more middle of the road today than 30 years ago.</p>
<p>Don't bother with Penn State, Illinois, and Wisconsin with your financial situation. They offer no scholarships to students of your caliber, and in terms of financial assistance all they can give you is loans and work study.</p>
<p>I'm not going to eliminate school due to financial reasons. I'll decide when the time comes if a certain school is worth the money, even if I have to take out loans. Also I'm looking into a few outside scholarships that I'm pretty sure I'm going to get.</p>
<p>But as of now my favorite Big 10's are Penn St, Illinois, and Indiana....I only want to apply to 1 or 2 at most, because my list is already pretty large. I already have UMiami, UCSB, SDSU, ASU, LMU, Pepperdine, and CU-Boulder.</p>
<p>as a minnesotan I'm a bit offended. the U of M is in the twin cities, a metropolitan area of more than two million people with all of the concerts, museums, sports teams etc. that you would expect from a large city because, well, it's a large city. In fact the U of M's biggest drawback is a lack of campus unity because it is too urban. I find it kkinda funny that you're looking at schools in Bloomington, Indiana and College Station PA and you say what's in Minnesota about a school in a huge metropolitan area, the 16th largest in the country in fact.</p>