Most overrated/underrated colleges in the nation

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<p>Just thought i'd ask people what they thought the most overrated schools were in the nation. </p>

<p>BC is overrated
Georgetown is Underrated</p>

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<p>Georgetown underrated? :confused:</p>

<p>How??</p>

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<p>overrated- pretty much all of the ivies, BC, USC, Duke, sports schools basically… </p>

<p>underrated- LAC’s. I don’t feel like listing them all.</p>

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<p>NYU is very underrated!</p>

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<p>overrated - BC, USC, Duke
Underrated - Cornell, JHU, Berkeley, UCSD</p>

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<p>I’ve always heard that NYU was overrated but who am I to say that so as far as that I don’t think any schools are overrated.</p>

<p>Underrated-LAC’s that aren’t Amherst/Williams/Swarthemore, Brown, Cornell, the bottom half of the top 100 schools…</p>

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<p>Overrated- University of Texas- Austin, Texas A&M University- College Station, Rice University, Texas Christian University… I guess a few of universities in Texas. Also University of Kentucky- Lexington.</p>

<p>I’m not saying they are all highly overrated, all are good universities.</p>

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<p>So I guess you’re saying Texas is overrated? Do you have something against Texas? Oh and nice slip-in of University of Kentucky… not.</p>

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<p>I just wanted to express my opinion that i think BC is the most OVERRATED school in the country</p>

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<p>Apparently Berkeley students are hairy</p>

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<p>Even though my alma mater will be Boston College, I agree that it’s overrated, to an extent.</p>

<p>To an extent, Boston University is overrated. So is Harvard and MIT. Those are the overrated schools in my neck of the woods.</p>

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<p>To post 8</p>

<p>Oh wow, whats the problem? This is my opinion, and why would I have something against Texas? It’s not a state I would live in, but I understand why many choose to reside there. More so you have something against my own opinion, and that will be a issue of your own.</p>

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<p>None of the schools you mentioned are overrated. In fact, they’re most likely underrated (perhaps a little overrated in Texas itself). Don’t accuse me of having something against Texas - you’re the one who thinks all Texas universities are overrated.</p>

<p>I myself go to Rice, why would I bash the state that I go to school in? Great logic, I’m sure. </p>

<p>The thing that bothers me is that you basically seemed to list off the most well-known Texas universities - UT is one of the best publics and Rice one of the best privates, neither are overrated in the big picture of things - maybe overrated in Texas, but that’s understandable. If you said these universities and had other universities from other states, I would not have asked why your Texas prejudice - but the fact that your list is so homogeneously “Texas universities are so overrated” causes me to inquire why.</p>

<p>This is not directed at you, but I just want to say that I myself have nothing against Texas and am sad to see so many people still harbor negative stereotypes about it. I’m originally from the Northeast, by the way.</p>

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<p>overrated- Penn, Berkeley
Underrated- WashU (in terms of prestige, not actual ranking), Brown, Cornell</p>

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<p>To post 13</p>

<p>Reading my post I never accused you of having something against Texas, it’s would be more obvious that you wouldn’t in such a way attacking my comment/ opinion. I said you have something against my opinion, and that will be a issue of your own. Though no need for me to give a explanation.</p>

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<p>Overrated–WashU, UVa, Brown, Tulane
Underrated-UW, UW, UMinn, Rutgers</p>

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<p>How is BU overrated? BU is an amazing school and it’s not even in the top 50.</p>

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<p>BU is a dangerous school. It’s slightly overrated. BC however is the most overrated school in the country.</p>

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<p>WUSTL is the most overrated school in the nation… Tied with MIT at 6th place without PA scores? Gaming the system to the extreme. UPenn probably games the system too.</p>

<p>I also think Georgetown, Berkeley, Cornell, Brown are underrated…</p>

<p>UChicago and Duke are overrated in terms of the rankings. Hopkins is just immaculate obviously lol.</p>