<p>Take a look at thedailybeast.com. They have a list of hottest schools right now. I.U. #3</p>
<p>For a more direct link, go here:</p>
<p>[Smartest</a> (and Dumbest) College Towns - The Daily Beast](<a href=“http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-12-07/smartest-and-dumbest-college-towns/?cid=hp:vertical:r#gallery=1093;page=3]Smartest”>The Daily Beast: The Latest in Politics, Media & Entertainment News)</p>
<p>IU-B ranks third for “Hottest University” after Univ of Southern Calif (#1) and Vanderbilt (#2) and ahead of such colleges as Elon, Tufts, Washington Univ at St. Louis, and Bard.</p>
<p>I find the comment interesting–that among its major draws is that it “Looks like a college is supposed to”.</p>
<p>However, I notice that they didn’t list Bloomington, IN among either their “Smartest or Dumbest” College Towns.</p>
<p>Nice! It’s funny how South Bend, home of ND (which by most people’s accounts is a better school, academically, than IU) made the “dumbest college towns” list and Bloomington didn’t.</p>
<p>calcruzer- i hope you are not trying to imply that IU is superior to schools like washU and tufts. All the list is saying is that IU’s reputation is growing quickly, theys till have a looooong way to go before the compete with those schools.</p>
<p>calcruzer–I too found the comment interesting. Years ago that was what attracted me to Bloomington and IU. It just “looks like a college.”</p>
<p>def454,</p>
<p>Hottest schools = Growing in popularity the fastest.
I’m not going to get into an argument here over the level of academics at each school.</p>
<p>Personally, I think it is difficult to judge the academics at a school unless you’ve actually attended or have close friends/relatives who have attended.</p>
<p>Based upon that, I’m an expert on only a few schools.(UCLA, Univ of Utah, IU-B, Univ of Virginia, UCSC, Stanford, UC Berkeley, USC, MIT, Univ of Washington in Seattle, most of the Cal States, Univ of Illinois, Cornell, NYU, Towson Univ, Notre Dame, the Univ of Maryland, John Hopkins, Pomona, UCSD, and Cal Tech). </p>
<p>I have little to no knowledge of the academics at either Washington Univ at St. Louis or Tufts.</p>
<p>“theys till have a looooong way to go before the compete with those schools.”</p>
<p>Explain.</p>
<p>do not get me wrong, I believe IU is a great school with some excellent programs, I am most likeley attending next fall.</p>
<p>The kind of student that Wash U, Tufts, and the liek attract are more accomplished academically and extracurricularly, in general. Those schools demand circa 1400 SAT scores and 93+ GPA, AT LEAST. Not to mention incredible extracurriculars. I am not saying they offer a beter education, just more prestige and they attract a higher caliber student.</p>
<p>Please, do nto IN ANY WAY take this as an attack against IU, I believe it is a great school and could very well offer the same or better education, it may indeed be worse, who knows? I would have to take classes at both institutions to truly know.</p>
<p>def454, don’t be mislead about how challenging academics CAN BE at IU just because its average standardized scores are low compared to top universities. The most selective programs in Kelley are full of talented and highly motivated students. Kelly undergrad is about 5,000 students, and with that large of a number you can’t expect everybody to be a genius. But programs like business honors (about 150 students in each year’s class) and the investment banking workshops (30 in each workshop annually) require demonstrated academic talent and quality extracurricular activities (often including internships at prestigious companies or study abroad) to get into. Click on the resumes of these members of the junior class who got into the investment banking workshop this semester and you will see that many of them could get into any business or economics program in the country.
<a href=“http://www.kelley.iu.edu/ibn/Members/memberViewForm_1.cfm?gradYear=2011&affType=1[/url]”>http://www.kelley.iu.edu/ibn/Members/memberViewForm_1.cfm?gradYear=2011&affType=1</a>
These students come from all parts of the U.S. and many foreign countries to Kelley precisely because of the quality education that Kelley offers, despite the relatively low average for standardized test scores among its huge student body. If you are looking to be accepted to the business honors program, get a head start by getting into Hutton Honors College before you get to IU. A lot of future business majors think Hutton is not for them, but for liberal arts students. But being in Hutton (and only if you are in Hutton for some of the business classes that are closed to students who are only direct admits) will enable you to enroll in the Kelley honors classes that you can take as a freshman. These classes will give you a taste of what Kelley has to offer in its more challenging programs.</p>
<p>IU has elite programs that rival top 20 ISH schools, AND also matriculating into IU are plenty of upper average Hoosiers, Midwesterners, and students from other states and countries. No one is trying to say they are like Tufts/Wash. But, within AREAS of the school…they have some stellar kids/options. Though they are still a large, “equal opportunity” school. Who just happens to be in the middle of recruiting to increase their average SAT/ACT scores and that is driving down their acceptance rate. Hence…“hot”. It’s big. It’s well rounded. It serves a wide variety of “clientele/student”.</p>
<p>Everyone, i am hearign you totally and completely. As I said, I will most likely be in Kelley next year and I don’t doubt the strength of its best programs, such as business and music. I dont believe in bad schools, I don’t think there is such a thing as a bad education. I am just saying as far as recognition and clientele, IU has a ways to go to be on par with some of these other schools. I do not doubt the tremendous opportunities this school will afford me, it is why I am going.</p>
<p>Regarding South Bend and Notre Dame – notice that only 7% of the population are Notre Dame students. The ranking of South Bend among the “dumbest” has less to do with Notre Dame than socio-economic factors.</p>