<p>I think it’s Stanford or Michigan. :)</p>
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<p>And I think it comes down to Stanford and Michigan as well. I can’t think of any other school that can have the academics and athletes of these two. (Stanford with the edge in academics and Michigan with the edge in athletics).</p>
<p>@MKsophomore I’m going there next year, and of course you could say there are some things “wrong” with it, but that goes for every university. If you dislike snow, that may be reason enough not to apply, but applications to the school have exploded over the past couple years, football is typically decent, the surrounding area couldn’t be any safer, Boston is pretty close also. So as far as the thread poster’s standards, it could make a strong case for any of them. But we have to remember we’re on CC, people will blurt out absolute nonsense like Cornell and Dartmouth just because they’re in the Ivy League. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve been to both of them and liked them very much in different ways, but this thread is about the most complete school OVERALL. Being absolutely isolated from a major city and in horrific weather by most people’s standards does not merit mention over schools like Stanford, Vandy, etc.</p>
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<p>I third UNC. Very good academics, only Stanford has a better athletics program, safe area, great college town. I don’t ever want to leave!</p>
<p>Only Stanford has a better athletics program…</p>
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<p>Are you high?</p>
<p>Plug for my own school which has only been mentioned once.
University of Maryland
good at most sports–our football team isn’t great, but the spirit can’t be matched at a school that still has a decent academic program
great education in most departments–Engineering, Journalism, Architecture, Business, Education and Animal Science are all top rated programs, and everything else is pretty solid.
good weather–hot in beginning and end of the year, but it doesn’t get too cold, and the heat is nothing abnormal.
a lot to do on campus–there are too many things going on to ever know everything going on. UMD is also the only school rated a Top 20 public school for academics and a Top 20 party school, and on the first nice days of the spring, the mall looks like where they got all college stereotypes from (frisbee, guys with acoustic guitars etc)
Good recruiters in the area–Tons. Many recruiters come from DC and the FDA and NIH are right in the area
low crime–Maryland gets a bad rap in this area, but the campus has the population of a city and even with that the number of crimes is lower than a lot of smaller schools like Hopkins. Since it has a city population UMD has its own police department, like an actual precinct with real cops.
Nice location–right next to DC, the metro makes it (and people will argue) easier to get to all areas of DC than it is from Georgetown, 2 minutes from 95, one stop away from Greenbelt where the Bolt Bus and many other buses and trains leave from.</p>
<p>“but our spirit can’t be matched at a school that still has a decent academic program”…</p>
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<p>Are YOU high?</p>
<p>A few do come to mind now that I think about it more, but I was thinking more in terms of campuses that riot over a won basketball game that ultimately means little. For a non-sports centric school, there is a lot of spirit for very bad football, and beating Duke. Show me a higher ranked school that lit it’s own trees on fire after winning in a non-tournament game and I withdraw the statement.</p>
<p>Stanford
Duke
UC Berkeley
UF
UT Austin
UM</p>
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<p>I didn’t know rioting and school spirit were proportional to each other.</p>
<p>UT Austin, definitely. Yale, too.</p>
<p>collegeprowla ranks these things in individual lists (more reliable than pr) so just look at it and see which colleges have the top marks</p>
<p>Dartmouth!</p>
<p>Michigan. No better place to get the total college experience. Ann Arbor is the top college town in the nation, probably the second best state school in the nation academically behind Berkeley, plus top 5 programs in engineering and business, and Saturday’s with 110,000 of your closest friends at the big house. Doesn’t get much better than that.</p>
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Nope.</p>
<p>Also, to respond to your comment about Michigan having the edge in athletics, according to the NACDA Director’s Cup records, Stanford actually has the edge there too. UNC has more national titles and averages higher rankings than Michigan in the NACDA director’s cup…so in terms of athletics, I’d rank them:
- Stanford
- UNC
- Michigan</p>
<p>I guess you could make the argument that men’s football and basketball should be given more consideration since these two sports in particular make more money and get more attention, and in that case, I’d say that the 3 schools are pretty much a wash as far as sports. Stanford has the best olympic sports but still generally has decent football and basketball teams, Michigan usually has the best football teams, UNC usually has the best basketball teams.</p>
<p>Northeastern (no bias haha) <3
- Sports: Amazing hockey team
- Low crime:the second safest campus in US
- Great education: Their co-op program greatly enhances the education received and their pharmD program is rigorous.
- Location: BOSTON!
- Recruiters: tons of opportunity for employment in the surrounding medical hospitals. Plus, co-op
- A lot to do on campus: YES! This is Boston we’re talking about.
- Weather: meh</p>
<p>Hahah but Stanford is amazing as well! :D</p>
<p>Based on the weather factor alone: Stanford > Michigan</p>
<p>People’s plug-ins have not answered the OP’s question: “good at most sports, great education in most departments, good weather, a lot to do on campus, good recruiters in the area, low crime, nice location”</p>
<p>If it’s not Division 1, it is automatically disqualified. If it’s not Tier 1 rankings, it’s disqualified. If it has crap weather, it’s disqualified.</p>