<p>I said this on your other thread, but psychology is a standard liberal arts major that you can take at any school. Rankings for doctoral programs exist, but due to the facts that 1) the things that are important for prospective PhD students are not necessarily the same things that contribute to undergraduate education, even though they overlap, and 2) you only take about 1/3 of your major classes in the psychology department and may also have a minor, electives, and other interests in special academic and non-academic offerings, I don’t think that using graduate rankings to decide where to go to undergrad is a particularly good idea. There’s also the chance that you will change your major.</p>
<p>With that said, there are a variety of large public universities that will suit your needs. Penn State, Maryland, UVa, UNC-Chapel Hill, NC State, University of South Carolina, Clemson, UGA (there’s a scholarship program there I know you are eligible for), UF, Alabama (where you will be eligible for large scholarships), Louisiana State, UT-Austin, University of Arizona, UCLA, UC-Berkeley, University of Washington, University of Oregon, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, University of Michigan, UIUC, Ohio State, Indiana, Purdue, Missouri - they all have good to excellent psychology departments and they’re all large public institutions. In most of these cases you are also eligible for the honors college, which can give you smaller classes and amazing resources at a large public campus.</p>
<p>Also note that there are some private institutions that offer the kind of sports mania/atmosphere that you want, or close to it. University of Southern California comes to mind; other schools that may fit are Duke, Syracuse, and Notre Dame.</p>