<p>ok we all the best private schools..what about the state schools?I know that PSU is very good..let's make list with the 10 best state schools.</p>
<p>UCal
Michigan
UVA
UCLA
UNC
Wisconsin
UCSD
William & Mary
Georgia Tech
UF
PSU</p>
<p>Berkeley
UVA
Michigan
UNC
UCLA
William and Mary
Wisconsin
Georgia Tech
Texas
Penn State</p>
<p>Best All-Around State Schools:</p>
<p>UC Berkeley
UVA
UCLA
U Mich
William and Mary
UNC
Wisconsin
U Washington
UT Austin
U Florida</p>
<p>Berkely
Mich
UVA
William and Mary
UNC
UCLA
Wisconsin
GaTECH
PSU</p>
<p>California
UCLA
Michigan
Washington
Virginia
North Carolina
Indiana
Wisconsin
Texas
Florida</p>
<p>W&M is not really a state school by the way... It is not inside the Virginia system</p>
<p>It's public.</p>
<p>It's in Virginia.</p>
<p>Therefore it's a state school.</p>
<p>By that logic, PSU (along with Pitt and Temple) isn't a state school either. It's merely "state-related." That's why they have the nerve to charge so much for in-staters.</p>
<p>And where is everyone getting these ranks from? You're basing this on?</p>
<p>Opinion, most likely</p>
<p>(no real order)
Cal
Mich
UVA
UCLA
Illinois
Wisconsin
WM
UNC
UT Austin
Georgia Tech</p>
<p>Rounding out the top 15 would be (still no real order):
UMD
PSU
Washington
UCSD
Florida</p>
<p>Wow, how accurate. Appears to be based on speculation and popular opinion. Do some research on these schools and I assure you you will have a different top 10.</p>
<p>Look at some important factors: Endowment, Grad Rates, % Faculty w/ highest degree, Facilities, etc.</p>
<p>It's time to turn away from what people hold as high and holy, US News and World Report Rankings, and look beyond those numbers. More and more schools are evading those rankings for their major flaws. Notice the lack of change each year.</p>
<p>There needs to be a ranking system that emphasizes the quality of teaching, academic rigor and student success after earning their degrees.</p>
<p>Also, although I have written to avoid giving too much emphasis to these things in the college search, I would like to see a college ranking system that looks at what really matters to the day-to-day life of most college students: dorm facilities, the quality of dining hall chow, number of hours you have to spend studying each week, and, of course, the quality of the number of parties each weekend. That would be interesting.</p>
<p>All I'm saying is look past US News, there are much better resources out there.</p>
<p>Yeah, you know these lists are based on hearsay and speculation when like, almost all of them have PSU on them, but none of them UMD. UMD = PSU in pretty much every way possible. Well PSU has better business and UMD better engineering, IMO. Then UDel is kinda pretty much in the same range, as well. I think when it comes to state schools that aren't the instantly recognizeable UNC, UVa, Berkeley, etc., pretty much all of the ones in the top 100 USNWR have their strengths and weaknesses.</p>
<p>UVa and W&M are definitely "wow"s, though. Pretty campus...good humanities...:).</p>
<p>Berkeley
UCSD
UCLA
Wisconsin
Washington
UCSF
Michigan
Illinois
Minnesota
Colorado</p>
<p>Berkeley
UVA
Michigan
UCLA</p>
<p>Everything else..</p>
<p>UCSF has some really good grad programs, but how is it for undergrads?</p>
<p>I agree that PSU = UMD in terms of academic quality.</p>
<p>Yeah my post was based primarily on the quality of faculty, so it applies better for grad schools.</p>
<p>William and Mary is most definitely a public/state school. A school doesn't have to have a state name to be so. </p>
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UC Berkeley
UVA
UCLA
U Mich
William and Mary
UNC
Wisconsin
U Washington
UT Austin
U Florida
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<p>I like this list.</p>
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W&M is not really a state school by the way... It is not inside the Virginia system
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<p>doh. I don't know where you live, but there are a fair number of people in Virginia who think WM is private too.</p>
<p>those people must not be very smart - and arn't likely to be the ones going to w&m</p>