<p>good: Massachusetts Institution of Technology MIT </p>
<p>sounds professional enough</p>
<p>bad: ShangHai Institution of Technology sh_t </p>
<p>ouch</p>
<p>Good: Cal State Northridge (CSUN "see sun") rolls off the tongue.</p>
<p>Bad: Cal State Chico (CSUC "see suck") also rolls off the tongue.</p>
<p>You thought you were being funny? That post was an attempted joke, eh? The funny thing to me is that you actually thought it was funny. LOL Now that's funny.</p>
<p>Some of those already mentioned have been good, but the undeniable worst college name is Rust College in MS. Their student newspaper is called "The Rustorian."</p>
<p>I never found the name "Dartmouth" attractive :(</p>
<p>I like the name Dartmouth! haha, and Princeton and Vanderbilt, bc I think it sounds.. prestigious. and the nn Vandy is cute :)</p>
<p>Bad: I don't really like the name Furman</p>
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<p>Stick...rear...remove.</p>
<p>Most of my relatives, when asked which great school they went to in northern California, say Boalt or Stanford.</p>
<p>By the way, I see from another thread that wrathletik does not attend UCB, although he is apparently transferring in for Spring, 2006. But, not everyone at Cal is like him.</p>
<p>Bad: Dartmouth, Swarthmore, Dordt, Harvey Mudd, Clemson, Bob Jones University (or even better, BJU), and Wartburg...ew
Good: Columbia, Notre Dame, Princeton, Harvard, Amherst, Arcadia, Vanderbilt, Marquette
Just plain fun to say: Renssalaer (also gets points for creative spelling)</p>
<p>I like Harvey Mudd's name. I'm among the few.</p>
<p>LOL</p>
<p>Boalt is here AT Cal. Yes, I did transfer for the spring. And seeing as how the spring semester already started, well it would seem that I do attend Berk, doesn't it? Look, this has gone farther than it should have. Call it Cal, Berkeley, UCB whatever. It's not really that important.</p>
<p>After reviewing this thread, it's apparent that one of the most commonly cited examples of a "good" name is "Princeton University". Presumably Americans think that it has an aristocratic British sound.</p>
<p>Ironically, it has the opposite effect on many Brits. Princetown is supposed to be one of the most desolate, poorest towns in England, and is the home of maximum-security Dartmoor Prison. In England, "Princetown" apparently has the same kind of cachet as "Leavenworth" or "Alcatraz" in the US.</p>
<p>Best: Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown
Worst: Tufts, Tulane</p>
<p>best: Vanderbilt, Harvard, Stanford, Princeton
worst: Tulane
Weird: Rice, Tufts, Brown, Dartmouth, Yale</p>
<p>feenotype, that sort of makes sense. It seems to be that way, although either way, Cal or Berkeley, could be used to describe any aspect of the school.</p>
<p>I like Tulane! Also, Duke (very regal!), Vanderbilt, Princeton, Cornell, Emory</p>
<p>Bad: D'Youville College (<a href="http://www.dyc.edu%5B/url%5D">http://www.dyc.edu</a>)</p>
<p>Worst: Columbia, Brown
Ok: Cornell</p>
<p>Worst: "THE Ohio State University"
What jerks.</p>
<p>RENSS*E*LAER...</p>
<p>Maharishi Univeristy of Management</p>
<p><a href="http://www.mum.edu%5B/url%5D">www.mum.edu</a></p>