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<p>K was fortunate enough to have been able to coach against UNC during the 'Doh years between Dean and Roy, that’s why the stats are more level recently. :)</p>
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Location is subjective. I don’t like the Bay Area or LA, so I didn’t rank Stanford, UCLA, or USC.</p>
<p>My concern with the U of Iowa was overall academics. I think most people think they don’t like the state of Iowa because of stereotypes about conservative farmers in tiny small towns in flat cornfields. I don’t think those stereotypes apply to Iowa City, and I also don’t think they are obligatorily bad things.</p>
<p>But even if you don’t buy that, the progressive Twin Cities, with over three million people, and Madison, known as a top college town and also a growing city in its own right, are both entirely different.</p>
<p>I never heard of Chapman either lol :)</p>
<p>Stanford, UNC, UT - Austin, Michigan, UCLA</p>
<p>Sports ( Just a little fyi…Nothing beats the Big House)
Academics
Social Atmosphere (Not intense like Harvard).
Greek Life (Present, but doesn’t dominate)
City and Night Life
Culture
School Pride (HUGE in all of the schools I named).</p>
<p>I’m in China and the only schools people have heard of in the U.S. are Stanford, Harvard, Michigan, Princeton, Brown and Cornell. No one even knows what Dartmouth is. Dartmouth does not have as much international prestige as Michigan. Also the World Rankings include graduate programs, hence why Michigan is ranked up there among the top 15. It’s graduate programs are in the top of almost every category.</p>
<p>Stanford would win if I considered weather to be an important factor. Michigan’s weather is pretty bad. I’m not even going to lie.</p>
<p>@Cuse0507 it doesn’t matter that it was in those between years, that’s all part of a successful program</p>
<p>@lonesoul I guess I should have clarified my statement, I know Tom Brady wasn’t the player he is now when he was at Michigan, but he was significantly devalued in the draft, could/should have gone 3rd or 4th round. He was also 6th round, not 7th, but I get your point.</p>
<p>Boston College</p>
<p>Great academics
Division I sports, great in football dominant in hockey
Traditional college campus
Easy access to major city, some would argue the BEST college city</p>
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<p>Right, and UNC has been happy to teach Duke everything it needs to know about being a successful program. Gotta look out for our little brother. ;)</p>
<p>A lot of people I know who went from a state university in a typical college town to graduate school at Stanford said that in comparison, Stanford was pretty boring. I think that schools in the running for most complete university would have to not be boring. Stanford’s campus was nicer though.</p>
<p>My final list would be:</p>
<p>Stanford
UT-Austin
USC
UCLA
UCB</p>
<p>Those all pretty much fulfill all of the OP’s requirements.</p>
<p>UNC is a possibility but I honestly have no idea what the weather is like in NC.</p>
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<p>I’m thinking it’ll be 36-39 after next year…UNC is loaded…but then again, who knows?</p>
<p>OK simple:</p>
<p>Stanford if you are not one of the top students in your State forget abou it.
Duke very good school excellent choice
UC Berkeley could be a good choice if you dont mind earthquakes and liberals.
UT Austin also very hard to get in if you are not from Texas.
UM an excellent school but come on folks it is to cooolllddd.</p>
<p>IMO the top 3 would be:</p>
<p>UNC
Florida
Michigan
Duke</p>
<p>take your pick but remember only one has the weather.</p>
<p>Michigan is pretty “complete”. Academically:</p>
<p>Ranked as America’s #1 Public School < [World’s</a> Best Universities: Top 400 - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities/articles/2010/09/21/worlds-best-universities-top-400-]World’s”>http://www.usnews.com/education/worlds-best-universities/articles/2010/09/21/worlds-best-universities-top-400-) ></p>
<p>Only university to have top Law, Medical, Business, and Engineering schools, along with Stanford</p>
<p>Higher endowment than Oxford and Cambridge (6.6 Billion vs 3.9 / 6.5), only Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT can also claim this</p>
<p>One of seven “core” {MBB} consulting schools: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Michigan, Wharton, MIT, Stanford </p>
<p>Representation among Wall St. and management consulting firms tops ; over the last five years Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and McKinsey most heavily recruited: Harvard, Wharton-Penn, Princeton, Columbia, Michigan.</p>
<p>Number of students sent to top five Medical, Law, Business programs among the top: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Michigan, Stanford - add Engineering, Michigan and Stanford lead.
Grad adm. carries on to the individual level i.e same placement rate as Princeton into Harvard Law</p>
<p>Socially: </p>
<p>Most winningest Football program (884) - with arguably the biggest rivalry in college sports.</p>
<p>The Big House. Can’t beat the biggest stadium in America.</p>
<p>Most NCAA Hockey championships (9)</p>
<p>One of the most diverse student bodies you’ll find this side of the earth</p>
<p>Ann Arbor cited every year as one of the best cities to live in (CNN must not like Palo Alto or something)</p>
<p>The restaurants</p>
<p>Bunch of other stuff, tired of typing</p>
<p>^ I agree to the fullest. Go Blue!</p>
<p>Sent from my iPhone using CC</p>
<p>Damn, UVa is not getting any love on this thread. As I said earlier, Michigan, Stanford, and UT-Austin are clearly in the top 5, in some order. But all the discussion seems to be about them. WE GET IT, they’re amazing amazing universities. Let’s mix it up a little here.</p>
<p>Can PurpleDuckGuy stop talking about football too, we on CC realize Michigan is a historic powerhouse, come talk about in 5 years when you’re back there. Football is not the reason a university becomes complete, the overall athletic program (which UVa > Michigan) matters more</p>
<p>Yea, I dunno, Iowa is a bit of a stretch. The “most complete” university in that part of the country is Wisconsin and even that ain’t sayin’ much. I’m telling you that, having lived in the Midwest my entire life, I would never really care to go to Michigan. In fact, as far as the Big 10 goes, I would probably go to Wisconsin, Northwestern, Iowa and maybe even Purdue OVER Michigan if given the choice. It’s a great school but it doesn’t do much for me, speaking personally. Stanford, on the other hand, I think would piqu</p>
<p>Oh yea, and I really don’t know much of UVa so I can’t really comment on it. Sorry.</p>
<p>Eh, the debate and information is out there for the OP to decide. I’m sure we either made it worse for him or better. So what’s your pick OP?</p>
<p>Let’s just all agree, that all the schools stated are great schools and definitely worthy of mentioning (even with bias, ignorance, and fantasy), and that any student (past, present, future, or dream) are lucky enough to love their school that much to post it on CC and show everyone why.</p>
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<p>How is UVAs overall athletic program greater than Michigan’s? Football isn’t everything, yes, but it is definitely weighted higher than anything else. The only person that wouldn’t admit that is someone trying to back a school that sucks in it. Ex, UVA</p>
<p>Wiscongene… really? Northwestern, ok, there are some times its appropriate. Wisconsin as well in certain cases. But Iowa and Purdue? You would go to these two schools over Michigan? ???</p>
<p>There needs to be more love for Vanderbilt/UVa in this thread…</p>
<p>I love how I tried to end this thread with a thoughtful post, and it gets ruined by some wolverine. Again, read what I’ve said about Michigan. Why is the football so good? Cuz the only other option is the Lions hahahahahah. No one wants to live there. Ever. PERIOD.</p>
<p>We get it. Take as much pride as you want and try to justify and reason why you couldn’t get anywhere better.</p>