<p>I'm going to pause the game. For the sake of convenience to the OP, I'll try to answer a lot of these:</p>
<p>Northeastern- co-op ("learn by working") school in Boston; student body is pretty "normal"...lots of my friends who aren't Ivy League material but still smart, responsible, nice guys want to go here</p>
<p>Wake- somewhat conservative "southern" student body, but trying to make itself seem more diverse, like a smaller, less research oriented version of Duke; one friend visited and said it felt a bit like a country club</p>
<p>UVa- large-ish public school; because Virginia has so many "Tiers" of public schools, you don't get the "average" in-state students here, so it still feels like a competitive private; I visited...student body isn't as "preppy" as some claim it is, though groups REALLY tend to self-segregate; beautiful campus, a true college town, kinda the archetypal college experience offered here</p>
<p>Duke- as mentioned before, a cosmopolitan (and liberal) oasis in the South; lots of research opportunities and lots of upper-middle class Yankees</p>
<p>Georgetown- another school only semi-accurately labeled as "preppy"; very goal-oriented students that are smart but not terribly intellectual (they care more about making money in the real world than they care about Plato); crowded "lived-in" campus is really homey and lively</p>
<p>Brown- the smartest, wildest hippies you'll ever find mixed in with some ultrarich Rockefeller Republican types</p>
<p>Maryland- lots of above-average New Jersey kids who didn't quite cut it for the selective privates</p>
<p>GWU- like Georgetown, but not as selective, prestigious, or competitive; while both G'town and GW attract politics nerds (you know, the ones who spend all there time at model un/congress), GW has more of them per capita than the more well-rounded Georgetown student body</p>
<p>Columbia- liberal smart kids, but more stuffy and subdued than Brown</p>
<p>Emory- lots of Jewish northerners who like warm weather and have the brains/grades/work ethic so they come here</p>
<p>Clemson- rising star amongst public schools, but still has a way to go before being deemed "top tier"; student body is Southern and religious but becoming more diverse each year</p>
<p>Barnard- Columbia girls...</p>
<p>That's all I can help you with. Not familiar with the west. </p>
<p>KEEP IN MIND THAT THE ABOVE ARE ALL STEREOTYPES</p>