<p>i just hate the generic name, and i think it kind of holds the school back. personally i wouldn't mind eliot university. general thoughts?</p>
<p>Just like Miami-Ohio University? :o</p>
<p>Danforth University</p>
<p>^ ha, they might as well, with what the Danforths have done for WashU</p>
<p>Stand strong by our name, fellow Washington University students! Since our school received the name in 1854 (whereas Washington didn't become a state until, what, 1889?), we have the right to say "we had it first" of our name. Perhaps if we hold fast, the state will back down and change ITS name, thus alleviating our school's identity/locational crisis.</p>
<p>And maybe someday plush suspenders will come into style.
Merry Christmas, everyone! :)</p>
<p>But then you couldn't call it WashU.</p>
<p>If Danforth is the name...then we just call it DeeU or TheU. haha</p>
<p>then you wouldn't be able to say WashU Saint Lou</p>
<p>i DO hate having the say that long name everytime someone asks me what schools i'm applying to. it's gotten to the point where my mom and uncle know the school as "the one in St. Louis."</p>
<p>however, i would dearly miss being able to call the school WashU...</p>
<p>Naruto University</p>
<p>What they could do is continuing to name each college, like the Olin School of Business, the Sam Fox School of Design, the George Warren Brown School of Social Work and the Sever Institute of Continuing Studies (graduate level engineering). How about the Danforth College of Arts and Sciences and the Whitaker or Brauer College of Engineering? Those are the two large undergraduate programs that really need their own name! Then when people ask you where you are going to school you could answer "the Danforth College of Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis". That would be such an earful they would never ask you again!</p>
<p>And while they are naming things they need to give better names for the Psychology, Lab Sciences and Earth & Planetary Sciences buildings. Someone with a few hundred million dollars has to donate so we can get some better names. I cannot believe they already have names for Seigle Hall and the just started Brauer Hall when other current buildings desperately need some shorter names!</p>
<p>Anheuser-Busch University</p>
<p>^ lulz. I call it the lost university cause its in the wrong state.</p>
<p>Not to be a grumpy curmudgeon, but the name very clearly states where it's located and does not suggest that it's in the "wrong state". It's Washington University in St. Louis (would you like GPS coordinates too?) not University OF Washington. Granted, it's a mouthful and easily confused by people who have no idea, but it's not as bad as Upper Iowa University (which is in WI) and Indiana University of Pennsylvania (?). In the end, the average Joe might not identify WashU, but employers and grad schools certainly will.</p>
<p>i quite agree with windy23. but I still keep the point that shorter name would help Wash U to build a better reputation, which is academically closed to IVY, or at least Northwestern.</p>
<p>Yeah it's about it being distinct, and having a generic state + city name isn't really distinct. </p>
<p>Danforth would be good, except I could bet that people would start getting it confused with Stanford.</p>
<p>But we all have to admit that changing name now would take more time to build a reputation even as well as it has right now. So...whatever, hey, since i am an international student, i wonder if i answer someone in US that "i'm from WashU", can they recognize what i am saying?</p>
<p>fall asleep?</p>
<p>i guess it would depend where you are in the United States and who you talking you. all i can speak for where i live, and the school is virtually unknown in the northeast. i don't know if maybe employers or something might be a little more familiar with it, everytime i say i'm applying to WashU, i get blank, questioning stares.</p>
<p>Who cares if it has name recognition? That's only an issue among the average person. When it comes to getting funding and student applications, it is most definitely not a problem.</p>