Opinion: Best PUBLIC schools?

College Search & Selection
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<p>Just wanted to see what y'all would say. Post your favorite public schools and why. :)</p>

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<p>I'm curious to know what the ivy kids think too. BUMP!</p>

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<p>Oooh, maybe I didn't make myself clear. Anyone's welcome to post, actually :) But yeah, I'd like to hear from the elitists.</p>

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<p>first-tier favorites: uc berkeley, ucla,</p>

<p>well... duh.</p>

<p>second-tier favorites: uva.</p>

<p>...only because my cousin went there.</p>

<p>i guess other notable publics include uiuc, ut-austin, unc, umich, etc but i really don't care about any of those.</p>

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<p>Michigan - Great engineering (esp. aerospace) .... Ann arbor is a great college town ... Ross is one of the best business programs in the midwest</p>

<p>UNC Chapel Hill - Great for professional studies and the humanities ... Chapel hill is another great college town</p>

<p>UC berkeley - Great engineering (esp. chemical and Civil) .... their research spending has fallen a bit but its still quite high The</a> Daily Californian - UC Berkeley's Research Spending Rank Tumbles The Haas business program is also very strong</p>

<p>All of these colleges have great sports scenes as well</p>

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<p>I think UMass Amherst gets a bad rap. I know some brilliant kids headed there, and I know non-partiers there as well. If you utilize the school well, you can get a great education there.</p>

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<p>isn't UMichigan obnoxiously expensive for out-of-staters?</p>

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<p>"Ivy" kids?</p>

<p>I'm not one of them, but I can say that my favorite public school is Berkeley. I would've chosen it over HYP had I not also gotten into Stanford. It's an awesome school with a great history, top faculty, top students, top departments across the board; the campus is beautiful, the city of Berkeley is awesome (probably my favorite part of all), etc.</p>

<p>(But Stanford is better. :D)</p>

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<p>UVA, UNC, some of the UCs, and of course, UT-AUSTINNN!!!!! I live 5 minutes from the campus. It kicks serious ass.</p>

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<p>lol I thought Stanford was an Ivy :)</p>

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<p>I don't go to an ivy but</p>

<p>Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan, UNC, UVa</p>

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<p>Yeah it's not an Ivy, but it's not public either, so it doesn't get to be in this discussion lol</p>

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<p>I'm not an Ivy person. But, I'm a big supporter of public universities.</p>

<p>My favorites (besides my alma mater...;) ), in no particular order:</p>

<p>Wisconsin
Illinois
Michigan
Penn State
(heck all the Big Ten publics are excellent)
Texas
Washington
UC Davis
Florida</p>

<p>My least favorite public = UCLA (mainly for being totally unoriginal)</p>

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<p>Going to add UCSD, third best UC.</p>

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<p>Berkeley
UIUC
Wisconsin
Michigan
UCSD
............</p>

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<p>Best Public Schools</p>

<p>UC's. Period.</p>

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<p>Personal Favs: Wisconsin, UNC, Maryland.</p>

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<ol>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>Michigan</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>UVA</li>
<li>UNC</li>
<li>Wisconsin</li>
<li>UIUC</li>
<li>U Texas</li>
<li>Georgia Tech</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
</ol>

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<p>UC Berkeley. Where else do they have one of the world's foremost neuroanatomists showing incoming freshman a human brain?</p>

<p>kyledavid, Stanford's pretty solid but don't you just wanna gouge your eyes out from boredom?</p>

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<p>Ourlady.peace, Berkeley's solid as well. Would you wanna just go blow yourself up from all the hippies and liberal anti-Marine maniacs Berkeleys got for ya?</p>