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<p>Colorado:</p>

<p>CU boulder:
Weed and hippies, although not every student falls into this, it is very much more common than almost any school.</p>

<p>Co State:
To non coloradoans it is a little sister to CU but in reality is almost the same academically and people go there because ft. Collins is arguably the best college town in the nation.</p>

<p>Mesa st.
Grand junction is home to a huge meth producing business. Also californians who want warm weather but couldn’t get in to CU go there.</p>

<p>No Co:
Greeley smells like cow dung and full of farm land wi very little to do.</p>

<p>Metro St:
The easiest college in the state everyone applies to CU, CSU, UNC, but tons end up going to metro cuz they want to live at home cuz they can’t handle moving out. </p>

<p>CSU-Pueblo
Don’t go unless you like sand in every crack and crevasse in your clothes and skin. Also pueblo is like the dumpster of Colorado. </p>

<p>School of mines:
No girls allowed (78% men), nerds who do nothing but study and their party is a late nit run to wal mart for batteries for their calculators. And the campus is just as depressing as getting their financial aid letter and getting 0 dollars. </p>

<p>CU Colorado springs:
For kids living in co springs or those who were set on CU until they saw pictures of 420 and headed straight for the springs.
Adams st:
For losers who couldn’t achieve a 2.0 in HS</p>

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<p>CT</p>

<p>Wesleyan-I’ve lived 10 minutes from WesU for 30+ years. The students are a vital part of the community. Most residents are very proud of Wesleyan and its students. Middletown is a nice (small) city with limited shopping, but Main Street has lots of restaurants, coffee bars, and other entertainment. 5 guys is a couple of blocks in the other direction, along with a CVS, Walgreens, Home Depot, Staples, and Price Chopper (grocery store).</p>

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<p>California State Universities:</p>

<p>Bakersfield: Out in the middle of dry, arid Central Valley
Channel Islands: Huh?
Chico: Party school, probably up there with UC Santa Barbara
Dominiguez Hills: Largely Hispanic and African American, i think the Nursing program is okay
East Bay: I hear pretty good things about it
Fresno: My cousin went here (first so far in the family), much like Bakersfield, but Fresno is a bit more tolerable.
Fullerton: Business program is top-notch and extremely hard to get into, this is my favorite CSU and i live less than a mile from it.
Humboldt: Hippie capital of Northern California
Long Beach: One of the hardest, if not THE hardest CSU to get into. Art and Drama programs are top notch, i think Steven Spielberg graduated from there.
Los Angeles: No, just no. The vast majority of people i know say the academics are okay, but the administration/higher-ups frequently lose transcripts, ie. typical bureacracy.
Maritime: Marine school.
Monterey Bay: See CSU Los Angeles.
Northridge: I kinda like Northridge. Really good Grad school if UC’s are too expensive. My #2 pick if i cant get into CSU Fullerton. They have a Labor Studies program which is popular.
Pomona: A polytechinic school which focuses on math/sciences/engineering. Okay school if your not going in as one of those majors.
Sacramento: All the Political Science (they call it Government) majors go there (no duh its the State Capital).
San Bernardino: If you know what UC Riverside is, the same applies here.
San Diego: The hardest CSU to get into but the most rewarding from what i hear.
San Francisco: Pretty good school for NorCal
San Jose: Same as above
San Luis Obispo: Hardest Poly school and maybe the hardest CSU (tied with San Diego) to get into. This is for the folks who got rejected to UCI/UCSC and are too ashamed to go to UC Riverside.
San Marcos: Another “huh?” Can’t they just go to San Diego State?
Sonoma: Pretty small campus, but okay from what i hear.
Stanislaus: Sarah Palin made it famous, but that’s all i know about it.</p>

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<p>@westfbulldogs
“GMU-Many people go here to save money; okay in everything
JMU- Party school, more competitive than GMU in a way”</p>

<p>You know a lot of people think this. Its funny. JMU is actually not nationally ranked, and GMU is nationally ranked. It is purely perception, and perception only, that JMU would be more competitive than GMU. </p>

<p>This is an interesting thread! Wow!</p>

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<p>"It seems that Virginia resembles Massachusetts in a way. UVA-Harvard (well rounded); W&M-Williams (LAC); VTECH- MIT (engineering and technology) "</p>

<p>Except that each of the schools in Virginia is substantially worse than their Massachusetts counter part. LOL at comparing VTech to MIT.</p>

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<p>^^^Not really informative. Virginia posters have no choice but to compare it’s top publics with the top privates in Mass. We all know why!</p>

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<p>CA</p>

<p>Pretty much everything that webkid94 said. But I will add this:</p>

<p>UC Berkeley: Liberal. I’m pretty sure that if you ask any student in CA what they know about Berkeley, they’ll say it’s a good school and you’ll hear the word ‘liberal’ in there somewhere. Not that it’s a bad thing…just saying.</p>

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<p>you honestly dont know what youre talking about. theyre all great schools and um is ranked higher than uf so u might wanna check ur stats before u make boldface comments</p>

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<p>FLORIDA:</p>

<p>University of Miami: top school in florida, very good rep, extremely espen$ive. the cost is the main deterrent for students and many who get in opt for the other public schools (UF, FSU) instead. </p>

<p>UF: Great school (though it did drop quite a bit in the rankings this year), known for partying, greek life, football, along with strong program in the sciences, polysci and pre-veterinary. Quite hard to get into </p>

<p>FSU: Very good school, good reputation, strong following (all seminoles are diehards), harder to get into than most think, solid academics overall. Standouts include: Polysci, Psychology, Biology, Education, FILM. Also known for partying, and probably has an even bigger greek life than UF. </p>

<p>UCF: very much on the rise, progressive, getting harder to get into every year. However does not quite have the name recognition that uf/fsu/um have. Although its engineering program is well known and arguably the best in the state. </p>

<p>USF: pretty good school, on the rise but not as progressive as ucf. however most people who go there love it and its in a great location (tampa), great for sciences. </p>

<p>Rollins and Stetson: Both are very good academically, intimate, small, maybe not as well kown as the state schools (for the reasons just listed), however they do offer small calss sizes. Expen$ive. </p>

<p>Palm Beach Atlantic: Small, Christian school w/ good location. thats about it. </p>

<p>New College: good school (honors college) but not as well known. this is the “hippie” school, much talk of barefooted, long haired, drug using students who happen to also be very smart. </p>

<p>FAU: good honors college, school itself is OK and is one of three schools in fl that offer transfer credits for out of state schools (uf and fsu are the others). many people consider this a safe school. </p>

<p>Florida Gulf Coast: everybody’s safe school, not because its bad but because the school is too young (15 yrs) to really establish an admissions criteria. underrated academically and fun place to go (many who visit will notice the man made beach complete with waterskiis located conveinently behind the dorms. not well known and not too prestigious.</p>

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<p>Alabama</p>

<p>Alabama - Party school with great football, most smart kids want to go here for some reason.</p>

<p>Auburn - Same as above, but located in a better place.</p>

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<p>That’s funny. In fact the UCB Republicans club is enormous.</p>

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<p>No “smart” kids want to go to Alabama. A desire to attend Alabama (or any school in Alabama) negates any intelligence you presumed these kids had.</p>

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<p>^well that’s very mature of you!</p>

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<p>WASHINGTON STATE</p>

<p>UW: The one every mid to top student thought was a shoo-in and that produced mass panic a few weeks ago when they realized it wasn’t. Great school but some people are turned off by its proximity to home and its size and its asian population.</p>

<p>WSU: [When</a> you can’t get into UW, there is always WSU.](<a href=“http://www.uwrejects.com%5DWhen”>http://www.uwrejects.com) although I feel like that’s not entirely true because oftentimes someone who wants to live in Seattle probably would not be happy in Pullman. Known for being a party school with the big State U sports culture. </p>

<p>WWU: Also bit of a UW reject school, but also the safety for people who think UW is too big or too Seattle or too close to home. As UW gets more competitive, WWU picks up the pieces and rises in stature as well</p>

<p>Evergreen:
Out of state: Nice, you went to Evergreen?
In state: LOL you went to Evergreen?
Pass the bong.</p>

<p>Whitman: A really nice LAC that everyone applies to, many are accepted to, and not very many actually end up attending. Usually a match school for people applying to places like Pomona or Carleton or Bowdoin as reaches. People who use Whitman as a reach tend to not get in - I don’t know anyone who has ever been accepted ED there.</p>

<p>Puget Sound: Reasonably bright wealthy kids, or super smart poorer kids who snag big merit scholarships</p>

<p>Seattle U: UW? That’s so mainstream.</p>

<p>Central: 4LOKO!!!</p>

<p>Eastern: No one actually knows anyone who goes there. At least in the Seattle area I think it’s a myth to tell young children to scare them into doing their homework.</p>

<p>Gonzaga: Everyone has a relative who went there.</p>

<p>Whitworth: Where you go for your MRS degree. Everyone at that school comes out married.</p>

<p>PLU, SPU: Average kids with some money to spare.</p>

<p>DigiPen: Nerdy boys who will never ever get laid</p>

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<p>Illinois</p>

<p>I come from a tiny town in the northwest corner, so this may not be accurate and I’m sure I’m missing a lot of schools.</p>

<p>Urbana-Champaign: Respected, known for engineering. But a lot of people can’t afford it.</p>

<p>NIU: The people that didn’t get into UIUC or can’t afford it.</p>

<p>ISU: Who cares?</p>

<p>University of Chicago: Good liberal arts school I think? No one from my school goes there, but it seems to be respected.</p>

<p>UIC: Known for high concentration of black people, which is a turn-off to people around here.</p>

<p>Western: The people that couldn’t get in to a great school but want to stay in-state.</p>

<p>Northwestern: I think it has a great medical program, but I don’t know anyone that went there.</p>

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<p>University of Kentucky (UK): State Flagship. More than half of my graduating class will be attending, or will transfer in from the local community college. Awesome athletics, terrible campus. Pretty well known medical school.</p>

<p>University of Louisville: Really good for engineering. Terrible at sports (UK ALL DAY!), known for being in a pretty crappy location.</p>

<p>Bellarmine: Way too expensive. Overly religious. Spent my summer there for a residential scholarship program, and I have to say that I do like the campus. The stairs will kill you during the hot summer, but the overall layout is really cool. Close to the city if you want to do anything.</p>

<p>Centre College: IMO, an underrated LAC. Really nice campus, very liberal and artsy. Known for being one of the best financial deals you can get. Beat out Duke and Vandy as the Best College in the south. The best school in Kentucky undoubtedly.</p>

<p>Transylvania University: I’m biased, because I hate it. It’s in downtown Lexington, and there’s literally nothing to it. It’s tiny any has hardly and students. I don’t even know what it’s known for. Gives out full rides like nothing, though.</p>

<p>Eastern Kentucky University: Party school. Has really trashy greek system. Known for robotics and video game design. Dreadful campus. </p>

<p>Western Kentucky: IMO, a nice school. My brother is studying physics and teaching there, and my girlfriend will be studying bio there next year. Has a really nice campus, but some of the buildings are pretty junky. Good for math and science.</p>

<p>Northern Kentucky: Concrete jungle is literally the picture that everyone thinks of when they hear NKU…</p>

<p>Campbellsville University: uh… really cheap?</p>

<p>University of the Cumberlands: No.</p>

<p>Morehead State: Really fratty and into sports. Decent school, decent campus.</p>

<p>Murray State: Awesome campus, really fratty and into sports.</p>

<p>A majority of people I know will either attend UK or BCTC (local community college), or they try to get out.</p>

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<p>The main two:
University of Michigan - If you’re a smart kid in Michigan (unless you’re Ivy, Stanford smart), you go here. Kind of an elitist reputation, but actually really diverse. There are UMich fans/clothes everywhere you go in the state outside of East Lansing, including a lot of redneck dumbasses that obviously won’t/didn’t go there.</p>

<p>Michigan State - Reputation of a party school. Generally average to above average students go here, minus a few really smart kids that get like full rides. Great agricultural and veterinary programs, other than that nothing is really better than UMich.</p>

<p>The rest:
Michigan Tech: Although if you’re at least an average student, you can get in, it actually is a very good engineering school. I would say it could rival State in that, but kind of a weird reputation. TON of guys vs. girls, cold all the time and snow in May.</p>

<p>Central Michigan: A dumber, more party-focused version of State.</p>

<p>Grand Valley: Really new stuff everywhere, also kind of a weird reputation though. Really good DII athletics…although that’s like being the best tee ball team.</p>

<p>Eastern: Good for a teaching degree I suppose but not much special about it, I know very few people who go here.</p>

<p>Western: Big party school, pretty chill vibe on the west coast of the state.</p>

<p>Wayne State: Detroit…</p>

<p>Northern: Non-engineering version of Tech.</p>

<p>Albion: For rich kids, frat-heavy</p>

<p>Alma: REALLY small, farm-kid oriented, if you are pretty good at a high school sport (but not scholarship good) they will come calling…</p>

<p>Ferris State: lol</p>

<p>Can’t really think of any others right now</p>

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<p>@informative Is it because of the football? You obviously have never been to Alabama, and your perceptions of that state are so biased that you just sound silly. You think you know what you’re talking about, when in reality you haven’t got a clue.</p>

<p>Students who come from Auburn and the University of Alabama are highly intelligent, and they typically become very successful in life. Auburn produces the vets and the engineers, while Alabama produces doctors and lawyers, and a degree from either school is highly respected by major employers. You may not like it, but those are the facts. Deal with it.</p>

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<p>"A host of Michigan State University graduate programs—from nuclear physics to elementary education to African history—rank among the nation’s best, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2012 edition of America’s Best Graduate Schools.</p>

<p>And four programs continue their hold on No.1 spots: nuclear physics for the second year in a row; elementary and secondary education programs for the 17th year in a row; and industrial and organizational psychology, which has been ranked No.1 since 1998."</p>

<p>Source: [MSU’s</a> tradition of excellence continues | Michigan State University](<a href=“http://www.msu.edu/stories/rankings.html]MSU’s”>http://www.msu.edu/stories/rankings.html)</p>

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<p>I have to chime in here. I’ve lived in Ohio my whole life so here is my report.</p>

<p>Ohio State- I am the only person living in Columbus who in no way and never will support this University. I see overcrowded classes, students who don’t try and end up with having a cookie cutter degree. My college-age student once said, “If every college on earth burned down and the only school left was OSU, I would join the army.” The med school is really good, I’ve seen many good doctors but other than that I am just not impressed.</p>

<p>University of Dayton - Great engineering program</p>

<p>Wright State - great campus for those with disabilities, very handicapped accessible</p>

<p>University of Akron - they have made some really nice changes lately to the university. many improvements</p>

<p>Ohio University - nothing new to report - party school reputation</p>

<p>University of Cincinnati - very low graduation rate for student atheletes</p>