the 3 best colleges in each state

College Search & Selection
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<p>Wow, that's a lot of great schools, most of which I probably would never get into. However, since my first post I finished my second year at the local community college and applied to two colleges, Beloit in Wisconsin and Hiram in Ohio. Both accepted me but Beloit only offered me spring admission, which is something I really didn't want. So, I'm moving to Ohio in a couple of weeks.</p>

<p>Hiram is a good LAC that no one has really heard of. I'm a little worried because most of the students either adore it or loathe it but I'm excited at leaving for school...finally! Thanks for all the help. Has anyone else been to Hiram or considered it?</p>

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<p>hey Night Owl... i actually live about 20 min from Hiram... yeah id agree with your assessment... two of my favorite teachers of all time went to Hiram.. its reputation is pretty solid around here.. its small... but you should enjoy it.. good luck</p>

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<p>For CT, Trinity and Conneticut College both should be in front of UConn.
For NY, I would put Colgate, Hamilton, Vassar, URochester all in front of NYU.
For PA, Swarthmore, Haverford should certainly be in front of Penn St and probably CMU too. Bucknell, Lehigh, Lafayette all should probably be in fron to Penn St.
For MA, Williams, Amherst are both certainly in front of Tufts.</p>

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<p>NY:
1.Columbia College
2.Cornell
3.Cooper Union</p>

<p>NJ:
1.Princeton
2.TCNJ
3.Rutgers</p>

<p>PA:
1.Swarthmore
2.UPenn
3.Haverford</p>

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<p>Stanford, Berkeley, CalTech</p>

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<p>Cooper Union has such a narrow focus that it's really hard to try to compare it with those other schools and Vassar actually has a higher avg SAT (not in math).</p>

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<p>There is no way that you can put USC in front of Clemson.
Besides, College of Charleston and Wofford are much better.</p>

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<p>Florida:
- UF
- UM
- New College</p>

<p>Georgia:
- Emory
- Georgia Tech
- UGA</p>

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<p>i think Kenyon college should be in Ohio.</p>

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<p>mendota, i can understand putting swarthmore over upenn for undergrad in numerous fields, but i think top to botton from undergrad to grad, looking at all the programs and degrees offered, upenn is stronger than swarthmore</p>

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<p>Michigan:
1. University of Michigan Ann Arbor
2. Hillsdale College
3. Michigan State University</p>

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<p>I think UPenn is stronger in more academic fields since it has grad school. UPenn is definitely better than Swarthmore as far as both under and grad are concerned. Swarthmore is a better undergrad school.</p>

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<p>Hillsdale ahead of Kalamazoo? No. </p>

<p>I'd say it's </p>

<p>1) Michigan
2) Michigan State
3) Kalamazoo </p>

<p>in terms of reputation.</p>

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<p>Massachusetts:
Harvard
MIT
Amherst</p>

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<p>Hillsdale isn't in the top-3 for LACs in MI. Albion, Hope, and Kalamazoo are all better</p>

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<p>Actually, I messed up and forgot about Calvin College. I'd go 1) Michigan, 2) Calvin, 3) Michigan State 4) Kalamazoo</p>

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<p>Massachusetts:</p>

<p>Harvard
MIT
Olin</p>

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<p>I am going to put down more than three schools for states in which I believe institutions are roughly tied in quality. I also must note that I feel uneasy grouping LACs with Unis but I'll do it anyway. My list is as follows:</p>

<p>Massachusetts:
1. MIT/Harvard
2. Olin/Amherst/Williams
3. Tufts</p>

<p>Iowa:
1. Grinnell
2. Iowa State/Drake
3. University of Iowa</p>

<p>New York:
1. Columbia/Rockefeller
2. Vassar/Cooper Union/Cornell
3. NYU/Colgate/Hamilton</p>

<p>California:
1. Stanford
2. UC Berkeley/CalTech
3. Pomona/Deep Springs/Scripps/HMC</p>

<p>Minnesota:
1. Carleton
2. Macalester
3. University of Minnesota</p>

<p>Hawaii:
1. University of Hawaii-Manoa
2. Hawaii Pacific University
3. BYU-Hawaii</p>

<p>Washington:
1. Whitman
2. University of Washington
3. University of Puget Sound</p>

<p>Oregon:
1. Reed
2. Willamette
3. University of Oregon</p>

<p>Missouri:
1. Washington University, St Louis
2. St. Louis University
3. UM-Columbia</p>

<p>Illinois:
1. University of Chicago
2. Northwestern
3. UIUC</p>

<p>New Jersey:
1. Princeton
2. Rutgers
3. TCNJ</p>

<p>Pennsylvania:
1. Swarthmore/UPenn
2. CMU
3. Haverford</p>

<p>Maine:
1. Bowdoin
2. Colby
3. Bates</p>

<p>North Carolina:
1. Duke
2. UNC-Chapel Hill
3. Wake Forest</p>

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<p>Lewis And Clark is better than Willamette</p>

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<p>Drew00:</p>

<p>I agree, I completely forgot about L&C. I'd put that as #2 and perhaps make Willamette tied with UO for the #3 spot. It does seem that UO should be on the list as well.</p>

<p>Cheers,
Tom</p>