<p>I visited Washington University in St. Louis. Their nickname was Wash U. I thought that was kinda odd, but then I decided to go to Transylvania (which actually means 'across the woods' in Latin) and our nickname is Transy, which at first I liked even less, but now I'm so used to it. I think one of the worst is Lamar University in Beaumont, TX where I attended the past two years. Its impossible (at least for me) to say without sounding like the most backwoods hick ever to walk on the planet...</p>
<p>Local community college in my area: Chubb Institute</p>
<p>As for good names: Carnegie Mellon
Columbia</p>
<p>Bucknell and Furman.</p>
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Try swapping the first letters of Bucknell and Furman... :rolleyes:</p>
<p>For some reason, I like the name Wharton a lot. I also like NYU and University of Chicago. Tufts and Lehigh are interesting names as well...</p>
<p>Johns Hopkins is stupid....</p>
<p>For some reason, I hate MIT's name (and everything about MIT). It's gives a nerdy image.</p>
<p>"American University in London at Florence."</p>
<p>Where the HELL is this university?</p>
<p>How about Ursinus College?</p>
<p>This is a funny thread! </p>
<p>How about Slippery Rock U? :)</p>
<p>worst: the college of new jersey
best: duke</p>
<p>Furman university and Skidmore are my picks for worst names</p>
<p>Arcadia used to be Beaver College......</p>
<p>Maent to add - My D had a hard time considering any college that had a different state name than where it was located . ie, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, California University of Penn, etc....</p>
<p>Morehead St.</p>
<p>The bad names seem to fit into some basic categories:</p>
<p>The ones that sound like you're clearing your throat: Hofstra, Tufts, Rutgers, Dartmouth, Pitzer, Ursinus, Drexel, Duquesne, Lehigh, Goucher.</p>
<p>The ones with names too similar to other colleges, so that you'll spend the rest of your life explaining exactly which one you went to: Wesleyan U/all those other Wesleyans; Wash U of St. Louis/U of Wash/George Wash; DePaul/Depauw; all the Loyolas; Xavier (LA)/OH; Fordham/Furman; Williams/William&Mary; Lawrence/St.Lawrence/Lawrence Tech/Sarah Lawrence; Boston College/University; the multiple locations of each of these: St. Joseph's and St.John's, and St. Mary's etc.</p>
<p>The ones with sexual overtones, which are sure to elicit giggles at job interviews: Knox, Morehead, Carnegie Mellon, Salve Regina, Bates, Dickinson, Oral Roberts, Minnesota-Twin Cities, etc.</p>
<p>The ones that aren't where you'd think they'd be, so you'll forever be explaining just where your alma mater is: Indiana and California U's of Penn.; Pittsburgh State (Iowa); Wash U (Mo), Oakland U (Michigan), Miami (OH), etc.</p>
<p>The ones that make you think of something completely non-academic: Slippery Rock, Colgate, Brown, (all of the ones with sexual overtones also fit into this one).</p>
<p>The ones that sound like law firms: Washington and Jefferson, Washington and Lee, Hampton-Sydney, Rose-Hulman, Lewis and Clark.</p>
<p>The ones that involve a first name, as if anybody cares--like when your waiter tells you his name is Chad: Morris Brown, George Mason, Johns Hopkins, Sarah Lawrence, Harvey Mudd, Gustavus Adpolphus</p>
<p>I like the name Haverford, but down here in the South where I live, practically nobody has heard of it. So whenever I say I'm applying there, people are like, "Do you mean Harvard? How can you apply there when you don't even know how to pronounce it right." So frustrating.</p>
<p>As for names I don't like, that would have to be Miami U, Indiana U and California U of Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>If I ever started a university, I would make sure that the campus was named after a TA I had as an undergrad.</p>
<p>His name? Dong Wang.</p>
<p>Yes, my school would be called Dong Wang University. And it would be really really awesome.</p>
<p>Stanford has the best name. Ever. I also love Haverford because they offer varsity cricket.</p>
<p>best....ouachita baptist university. try to pronounce that one</p>
<p>for the person formerly at lamar:were u talh, or did u go there for ur first two years?</p>