<p>I am living/schooling in Minnesota and while I do not attend the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, I agree that it is kind of under-rated. The biggest problem most people have is the amount of students.</p>
<p>Ok, settle down kids. :)</p>
<p>well the weather cant be directed at all southerners, i mean im from Houston of all places and i still like the winter, i just prefer the summer more though lol</p>
<p>I am biased, but Stanford. Really though⊠Itâs the Princeton Review no. 1 dream school, it has the best athletics department in the world, and itâs in Silicon Valley. Come on. If you offered admission to 1000 kids across America to Michigan and Stanford, you already know whatâs going to happen. Not dissing Michigan, great school, but Stanford is better in every single academic department (with the possible exception of business, simply because Stanford doesnât have one, though Iâd still rather be pre-business at Stanford than Michigan).</p>
<p>I would definitely say Caltech, no doubt, especially if youâre a cerebral person. Here is why I think so:</p>
<ol>
<li>Beautiful campus. </li>
<li>Beautiful weather all year round. </li>
<li>Beach 30 minutes away. </li>
<li>Amazing town, Pasadena is safe, small (no need for a car) and perfectly compliments the aesthetics of the campus. </li>
<li>Great partying (yes, believe it or not). </li>
<li>Incredible teachers and scientists, youâll be working your ass off but its always a joy at the end.</li>
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<p>Stanford has the best athletics department in the world</p>
<p>My badâŠ</p>
<p>There should be a ? at the end of that</p>
<p>Well Stanford has 465 individual NCAA championships (1st), 100 NCAA team championships (2nd), 182 Olympic medals (1st)⊠and have you ever heard of the Directorâs Cup? See below.</p>
<p>[NACDA</a> Directorsâ Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NACDA_Directorsâ_Cup#NCAA_Division_I]NACDA">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NACDA_Directorsâ_Cup#NCAA_Division_I)</p>
<p>I really donât see another way of measuring it</p>
<p>Quote:
"Unless youâre from the Bay Area too, dude, you really canât judge the weather off averages you find on the Internet. I was at Cal in May and it was 80 degrees. The weather averages mid 60s to high 50s around late September through March/April and the fog burns off by noon. </p>
<p>57 is not cold, especially when itâs sunny; it gets that cold in Anaheim/Orange, too! When you compare 57 against the negative temperatures of schools in colder areas, 57 is a day at the beach."</p>
<p>Zelda, I provided the online data as an example. LOL. Yes, I used to live in the Bay Area also. I moved to SoCal because I like the SoCal weather better. HahaâŠPerhaps 57 for a high may not be cold for some people, but the low in the 30âs is quite cold in the winter months for some of us compared to the OC, the high is in the 70âs and the low is in the 50âs. Although not thrill about the fall and winter weather in NorCal, Iâd enjoyed the spring and summer weather there.</p>
<p>Quote:
" @OCELITE, add me to the group that has never heard of ChapmanâŠ</p>
<p>And as much as I lived you recruiting pitch for it⊠if I havenât heard of it, it must not be that good at engineering, so I donât really careâŠ"</p>
<p>Chill out PurpleDuckMan. Just because you havenât heard of it, it doesnât mean a program doesnât exist. Chapman and UCI have a joint civil engineering dual degree program. OP had also indicated an interest in a business program as well. Chapman has a very strong business program and is taught by a Nobel Laureate professor.
[Chapman</a> University - Argyros School of Business & Economics](<a href=âArgyros School of Business and Economics | Chapman Universityâ>Argyros School of Business and Economics | Chapman University)
Have a nice day!</p>
<p>CGeresti,
To find a school that fits you best and to narrow down your list, youâll have to ask your self these questions: What is your top priority? In what order do you care the most or the least? Obviously, your major should be on top. Then whatâs next? Is it the location, or weather, or size, or sports? That would help you narrow down quite a bit. There are a lot of excellent schools out there, but sounds like youâre still undecided on whether to major in engineering or in business. If you want nice weather and nice location to go with your education, then I highly recommend SoCal schools. Keep in mind the time of the year youâll be there. I have traveled to the different regions and know the weather conditions at different time of the year. Florida is nice but it can also be very humid, donât forget the hurricane season. East Coast weather is very unpredictable, it can be very hot and humid one day, cold and wet the next day. In the NE, winter is obviously going to be cold, snow and wet. Anyone tell you otherwise is pulling your leg. I can deal with earthquake but I canât deal with hurricane, tornados and flooding. Other than the weather, they do have great schools in the East Coast as well. Most people like California is because we do have better weather. I have lived in both NorCal and SoCal, I definitely like SoCal better in terms of weather. NorCal weather is nice in the spring and summer months, but cold, windy, and wet most of the time during the fall and winter months. If it isnât true, they wouldnât be covered with verdant vegetation. Other than the weather, they also have great schools. </p>
<p>In terms of SoCal schools, many offer some type of engineering or business.
If you are interested in Civil Engineering or Business degree:</p>
<p>Caltech - great engineering school, but not a business school, small class sizes, nice location</p>
<p>Chapman - great location and size, great business school, has a joint civil engineering program with UCI, the Chapman University/University of California, Irvine Joint Degree Program in Engineering combines the strengths of a nationally recognized liberal arts university and a major research institution in a unique, dual bachelorÂs degree program. At the completion of the five-year program, graduates will receive two bachelorÂs degrees, one from each university, B.S in Mathematics / B.E. in Civil Engineering.</p>
<p>UCLA, UCSD, UCI - other than large class sizes and walking distance, great location, great programs</p>
<p>USC - other than the location and walking distance, great programs</p>
<p>Bottom line is go where fits you best. Good luck!</p>
<p>To be honest Michiganâs winter sucks. I wonât deny it, but if weather is an important factor in not choosing to go to a specific college, that is just dumb. I hate the winter time. Gray, windy, snowy. You get used to it. Sometimes itâs so cold that when it hits 40 or even 45 degrees, people wear shorts.</p>
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<p>Stanford and Michigan. Period.</p>
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<p>When people say that they want to go to a school with good sports, they mean a school with a good football and basketball team. Iâm pretty sure that the OP isnât interested in watching Stanfordâs crew team or whatever.</p>
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<p>I donât know, Iâve heard that Stanford is pretty boring. I think the most complete school should not be a boring one.</p>
<p>^yes if I had to put the sports in order</p>
<p>1-2.) Football/basketball - three year starting qb, 2 year starting point guard. Theyre pretty important to me</p>
<p>3.) Baseball</p>
<p>4.) Hockey </p>
<p>5.) Soccer if Iâm ultra bored one day</p>
<p>Iâm going to be extremely biased right now, but UVA needs to be mentioned here more.
-ranked #2 public university in US behind UC-B, 25th overall (US news)
-#15 nursing school (US News)
-#2 business school, McIntire (Business Week)
-#36 engineering school (US News)
-#22 education school, Curry (US News)
-the campus is gorgeous; itâs the only campus in the US to be designated a World Heritage Site
-besides football and basketball, UVA has one of the best athletic programs in the world; they just won the NCAA Lax championship; they lost last night in baseball in the round right before the championship round; menâs soccer won the championship in 2009, rowing in 2010
-has a great social reputation; excellent Greek life; secret societies; Foxfield (look it up), great student newspaper
-excellent alumni network
âŠand last but not least, what other university in America can claim Tina Fey as one of its alumniâŠ</p>
<p>this thread should be âmost complete university for an affordable price.â</p>
<p>alot of these schools are super expensive - and hence not worth it.</p>
<p>@Yankees, weâve already mentioned the directors cup thing. If you give the same weight to a BCS Championship as you do a squash championship, it kinda ruins the point. Stanford has a great athletic department, donât get me wrong, but the Directors Cup isnât the best way of showing it.</p>
<p>@OCELITE, Iâm chill man⊠I never said Chapman doesnât exist, I said I donât care about it. If its some tiny liberal arts school some where that doesnât even have its own engineering program its not gonna be high my list of âColleges to know aboutâ</p>
<p>@Entertainer, after that 4 week stretch where I was wearing under armor to class 40 degrees was a heat wave. Some guys from my dorm went outside and played football in shorts and t shirts.</p>
<p>@CGeresti, come on man, you gotta love soccer. USA plays Mexico tonight. Of course, its nit even on regular TVâŠ</p>
<p>I feel like everyone with a D1 program is saying their athletic program is âone of the best in the worldâ haha</p>
<p>The problem with UVa is that it is weak in football and basketball, which are the two biggest sports out there.</p>
<p>Does UT even have hockey or soccer? </p>
<p>The only knocks on michigan for me are oos tuition and no petroleum engineering. If I went to umich id do civil engineering/bba dual then either stanford or texas for m eng in petroleum.</p>