the 3 best colleges in each state

College Search & Selection
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<p>Indiana</p>

<ol>
<li> University of Notre Dame</li>
<li> Indiana University</li>
<li> Purdue University</li>
</ol>

<p>-Holy Cross College is not even close to being the second best college in Indiana. It would rank close to the bottom in Indiana. Some smart kids choose to go here because they are passionate about getting into Notre Dame. They try to go the same route Rudy (Rudy is a good movie) did because Holy Cross is affiliated with Notre Dame and it is seen as a loophole in which you can gain easy entry into Notre Dame if you perform well.</p>

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<p>PA:
1. UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA BABY WHOOO WHARTON RULES
2. Carnegie Mellon
3. Swarthmore though its overrated</p>

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<p>Let's try thinking outside the box, just for fun. Instead of going by overall ranking or reputation, I'm going to go by my "gut" (in most cases but with at least SOME input from others) on the educational experience.</p>

<p>California</p>

<p>Deep Springs
Claremont Colleges
Stanford</p>

<p>Pennsylvania</p>

<p>Swarthmore
Bryn Mawr
Lehigh</p>

<p>New York</p>

<p>Sarah Lawrence
Vassar
Yeshiva</p>

<p>Virginia</p>

<p>Washington and Lee
University of Richmond
William and Mary</p>

<p>North Carolina</p>

<p>Davidson
Duke
Wake Forest</p>

<p>Massachusetts</p>

<p>Amherst
Mt. Holyoke
Tufts</p>

<p>Colorado</p>

<p>Colorado College
University of Denver
Regis</p>

<p>Texas</p>

<p>Rice
Austin College
Trinity</p>

<p>Minnesota</p>

<p>Carleton
Macalester
St. Olaf's</p>

<p>Ohio</p>

<p>Antioch
Kenyon
Oberlin</p>

<p>Illinois</p>

<p>Shimer
Knox
University of Chicago</p>

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<p>Minnesota
Carleton
Macalester
St Olaf
U Minn Twin Cities runner up</p>

<p>Wisconsin
Beloit
Lawrence
U Wisconsin Madison</p>

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<p>I like Tarhunt's different thinking, I agree with most of it. Though, for undergrad and forgetting about rankings I would instead say:</p>

<p>Massachusetts:
Amherst
Wellesley
Smith</p>

<p>Illinois:
Knox
University of Chicago
Lake Forest</p>

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<p>Wisconsin:</p>

<p>UW- Mad
Beloit (best LAC)
<strong>insert<em>school</em>here</strong>_ depends what you want to do... Lawrence has a good arts department... La-crosse is good for phy ed. Whitewater- business & teaching... milwaukee-- health sciences, engineering, grad school.. stout-- engineering. Really, no one school stands out for every major.</p>

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<p>North Carolina</p>

<p>Duke
Wake Forest and Davidson
Chapel Hill</p>

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<p>Tennessee</p>

<p>Rhodes
Sewanee - U of South
Vanderbilt
U Tennessee Knoxville - runner up</p>

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<p>Massachusetts: </p>

<p>Harvard
Williams
Amherst</p>

<p>Connecticut:</p>

<p>Yale
Wesleyan
Trinity</p>

<p>New York</p>

<p>Columbia
Cornell
Vassar/Colgate
NYU-runner up</p>

<p>California</p>

<p>Stanford
Claremont McKenna
UC Berkeley</p>

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<p>Montana
Carroll C
Montana Tech
Montana St Bozeman</p>

<p>North Dakota
ND State Fargo
U ND Grand Forks
Jamestown C</p>

<p>South Dakota
Augustana
SD School of Mines
SD State</p>

<p>West Virginia
U West Virginia
U Charleston
West Virginia Wesleyan</p>

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<p>Mississippi
Belhaven
Millsaps
Mississippi State</p>

<p>Louisiana
Tulane
Loyola New Orleans
Louisiana State Baton Rouge</p>

52

<p>Oregon
Reed
Willamette
Lewis and Clark</p>

53

<p>"Reed
Willamette
Lewis and Clark"</p>

<p>I'd choose either U of O or OSU to stick in place of Willamette.</p>

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<p>For NC, I'd say Davidson way over Wake Forest...</p>

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<p>Virginia:</p>

<p>UVA
W&M
Washington & Lee
(Runner-up: U Richmond)</p>

<p>And that's not even because I go to UVA...in terms of combination of education, overall environment, and social life, it kicks W&M's butt, IMO.</p>

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<p>New York:</p>

<p>columbia
Cornell
west point</p>

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<p>Wisconsin:
UW-Madison
Marquette
Lawrence</p>

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<p>For Massachusetts I would say Harvard, MIT, and Olin.</p>

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<p>Ohio</p>

<p>Case Western
Ohio State
...that's it</p>

<p>Louisiana
LSU</p>

<p>New York
Columbia
Cornell
Westpoint</p>

<p>Maryland
MD U
Annapolis</p>

<p>Colorado
CU
Air Force</p>

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<p>Anyone who would leave out N'western while ranking schools in Illinois is clearly insane ... especially if they do so while including UIUC!</p>