<p>California's probably the best. Best weather undisputed, and pretty damn good schools.</p>
<p>I was waiting for your comment. :)</p>
<p>south has crappy schools mostly but i love the warm weather.
i'd say places in the New England area like maine or conneticut would be the worst. </p>
<p>Florida Hawaii and California are the best</p>
<p>Kansas is pretty bad.</p>
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<p>I hope you're only saying that because of the weather. New England has some of the finest schools in the world. For example, Connecticut has Yale. </p>
<p>If you want to pick on cold weather states, may I recommend Alaska?</p>
<p>I am going to have to agree with California being the best state. The second best in my opinion would have to be New York.</p>
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<p>Probably...i think most of these rankings are based on location and not the quality of the school. If based on quality, CA would still be up there...along with many NE states. FL and HI probably wouldn't be mentioned.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Personally, I think the best state for quality, and certainly for quality-per-capita, has got to be Massachusetts. It's got MIT, the best university in engineering. It's got Harvard, the best overall university in everything other than engineering. It's got Williams and Amherst, the 2 best coed LAC's. It's got Wellesley, the best women's school. It's also got a host of other highly regarded schools: Tufts, Brandeis, BC, BU, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Holy Cross, and more. </p>
<p>California is strong too, but certainly on a per-capita basis, Massachusetts has the edge.</p>
<p>Mississippi sucks.</p>
<p>The weather sucks. The schools are mediocre at best; you have to work really hard to put a decent education together from the shambles of our higher education.</p>
<p>I can't wait to leave.</p>
<p>california, DC, NY, Massachusetts</p>
<p>California. end of discussion. </p>
<p>haha slight bias there ;)</p>
<p>i remember an international asking about UCB/UCLA vs. UVA. someone else mentioned that she should go for UVA because it's closer to DC, where she could learn more about "american culture and history." a lot of my friends who go to the east coast to study also cite that they wanted to get "cultured." so if i were talking to an international who wanted to study in the states, i'd suggest an east coast state too, if one wants to soak in the "american culture." cuz well, everywhere else is nice too, but if you've never been to america, you'd get the most out of the east coast.</p>
<p>y is kentucky voted by most of ull as the worst state?</p>
<p>Pennsylvania is so underrated :)</p>
<p>i like how half the time people list states that they have probably never even been to--like the midwest, alaska, some southern states--just assuming they're bad from popular opinion</p>
<p>midwest and alaska are worthless.</p>
<p>Alaska at least has phenomenal scenery and outdoor life to compensate for its climate, and the southeastern part of the state actually has warmer winters than parts of the lower 48. I can't really think of an up side to going to college in North Dakota.</p>
<p>Best: North Carolina for Public Education, and New York City for Private Education
Worst: Wisconsin or Louisiana</p>
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<p>How is Wisconsin the worst? Wisconsin has UW-Madison, one of the best public schools in the country and certainly a highly regarded research school. </p>
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<p>NYC for private education? I think not. The best city in the world for private education (or any education) is undoubtedly Cambridge, Massachusetts, home of 2 of the most prestigious schools in the world, Harvard and MIT.</p>
<p>Weather-wise, perhaps Wisconsin is pretty bad. Cheese-wise, maybe it's pretty good. Anyway, this thread has been fairly bad from the start.</p>
<p>Hey that's subjective. It's my opinion and I'd appreciate if my opinion was respected.</p>