Colleges with best/worst names

<p>I just really like Deep Springs.</p>

<p>There was a post in the CC archives where someone ranked the Ivy League by the quality of names...
First was Princeton, followed by Cornell/Harvard/Dartmouth (not sure about the order there), then Columbia, then Yale, then UPenn, then Brown.</p>

<p>But yes, I'll have to agree, Princeton is a classy name.</p>

<p>harvey mudd
ball state</p>

<p>connecticut college has an unfortunate name in the sense that most uninformed people assume its either uconn or a community college.</p>

<p>For college acronyms, it would have to be USC: University of Southern California or University of South Carolina? They'll have to live with it forever... :rolleyes:</p>

<p>USC will always be University of Southern California, despite your attempt as a Bruin to discredit them.</p>

<p>I forget the full name, but I know one school has the acronym UIPUI (ooey pooey). LOL</p>

<p>Really? I always thought it was University of Spoiled Children.</p>

<p>If you're in the South, though, there will always be a real confusion about which between the two is being referred to by the acronym. Though, more than likely, South Carolina will be the one thought of referencing USC.</p>

<p>The University of South Carolina was originally founded by the government in 1805 as the official flagship public university for the state of South Carolina (SC), located in Columbia (the state capitol). On the other hand, the University of Southern California was founded in 1880 as a privately-owned, privately-funded university for the specific region of southern California (CA), located in Los Angeles (far from the state capitol). Which university does the name "USC" rightfully and historically belong to? :rolleyes:</p>

<p>Interesting... :rolleyes:</p>

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<p>The University of South Carolina, everything Clemson isn't, better than Georgia, a Southerner's dream and a Northerner's wish, Florida's worst nightmare, Gamecock Pride, The Garnet and Black, Five Points, the ultimate college experience and a place that gets in your blood and stays with you forever.</p>

<p>I applied to the REAL USC The University of South Carolina.</p>

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<p>Univ of Southern California = <a href="http://www.usc.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.usc.edu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Univ of South Carolina = <a href="http://www.sc.edu%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.sc.edu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>When you hear anyone talking about football and you hear USC mentioned, there's no confusion about which school they're talking about.</p>

<p>I repeat what I said. Remember, I'm talking about the South. The rest of nation, I'm sure, associates "USC" with Southern Cal.</p>

<p>Best: Carnegie Mellon. Some might put it at worst, but I think it's very pimp to tell people you go to a school called Carnegie Mellon.</p>

<p>Worst: Weslayen. Bleh.</p>

<p>College of the Holy Cross is probably the ultimate worst in my opinion because its so ultra-religious. College of the Cross would have been bad but putting Holy in front of it makes it even more intimidating. It sounds like the kind of place with curfews and mandatory chapel, that would teach creationism instead of evolution and that voted 99% for Bush and has no tolerance for people of other faiths. Now maybe that's some people's cup of tea, and of course Holy Cross (probably) isn't like that, but IMO the name is scary. Of course, I've never been very religious, so maybe if I was I would find the name appealing. But personally I have never seen religion and scientific advancement/education getting along very well...</p>

<p>i agree semiserious- i grew up about 90 minutes from Holy Cross, in a very very competitive/college conscious community, and i always thought it was for very religious students, or something similar to a religious seminary. that is until i started reading these boards and par72 recommended it 20 times a day.</p>

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that is until i started reading these boards and par72 recommended it 20 times a day.

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<p>HAHAHAHAHA, so true.</p>

<p>Does it mean UC Santa Curz-- Santa Curz being Holy Cross in Spanish-- is an oxymoron? Or Notre Dame-- Our Mother i.e. Virgin Mary in French?</p>

<p>Marlboro College</p>