<p>Smith</p>
<p>How boring is that?</p>
<p>SWATHMORE</p>
<p>Gross</p>
<p>That's "Swarthmore" .....</p>
<p>Typo geez :p</p>
<p>yeah..there are some overly sensitive folks on these boards...(un ejemplo, NSPEDS es loco.</p>
<p>Messiah College.</p>
<p>Hahaha.</p>
<p>Smithsonian College</p>
<p>The worst college names are those that are pronounced one way by their alumni, and another way by everyone else in the world. Harvard is the very worst: ask an alumnus where he went to school, and he'll bow his head slightly, wince a little, and reply with what sounds like a question, with one long syllable followed by two short ones: "UhhhHarvard?"</p>
<p>Seriously? Are Harvard alumni really that apologetic about their alma mater? I guess I either don't know any, or else no one I know really cares where anybody went to college.</p>
<p>It's meant to be self-deprecating. Some of them refer to it as "dropping the H-bomb."</p>
<p>Greybeard,</p>
<p>I've observed this phenomenon.</p>
<p>I have been trying to figure out why so many people have posted that Kalamazoo is a bad name for a college. Kalamazoo is a beautiful name derived from a Potawatomi word and a college town (Kalamazoo College and Western Michigan University). I can see thinking of Kalamazoo as a funny or cute name, but certainly not bad or ugly. Most recently Kalamazoo is known for the "Kalamazoo Promise" which guarantees every high school graduate in the city a free or partially free college education. However, I don't think it's for an education at Kalamazoo College, but for any state college, including the University of Michigan.</p>
<p>Not bad or ugly, it just isn't very collegey.</p>
<p>A bad one: Oglethorpe</p>
<p>Best:</p>
<p>Yale
Vanderbilt
Rice
Southern California
Dartmouth
Princeton
University of Chicago
Cal-Poly</p>
<p>Worst:</p>
<p>Swarthmore
Elmira
Georgetown
SUNY schools
Illinois-URBANA CHAMPAIGN (or however they spell it)
UMass
Rennselear Polytechnic Institute
Occidental
Colgate</p>
<p>Dordt - sounds like a cross between dork and snort. "Get lost, you dordt!"</p>
<p>Southern California, catchy.</p>
<p>Air Force .</p>
<p>Rice is a horrible name, i remember when i got in, everyone i told i got in there was making fun of it, like u want some brocoloi with some rice.</p>
<p>lol, I seem to be the only one that likes the name Rice. I think it's short a simple, and sounds nifty!</p>