<p>I didn't say it was a bad school; I just find it's locale unnerving. Temple is not in the ritziest neighborhood. </p>
<p>Besides, it has only women's fencing. lame.</p>
<p>Fencer, you'd have to admit that some community colleges are pretty bad and are just for those who pass all of their classes with D-'s. Yeah, there are some decent community colleges, but from my Arizona perspective, I haven't seen any.</p>
<p>OK, add Penn to my list! </p>
<p>I think I would also hate going to school at CMU - it's so grim there. And how much buff-colored brick is there in the world? Certainly, CMU cornered the market on that gruesome building product.</p>
<p>Personally, I find Lake Superior St U to be inferior academically, but I'll bet they have some kick-butt hockey going on there. Little bit off the beaten path for most though. </p>
<p>Other no-appeal schools: Pensacola Christian College, Grambling, Bethel (KS), and Haverford (those kids are so emo).</p>
<p>Please relax Boston... We just happened to drive through Haverford twice in the past month and we remarked that both times, we saw lots of emo kids. No big deal... I don't suppose anyone is keeping statistics on this "issue." </p>
<p>Besides, I am not complaining. I'm just mentioning that I wouldn't want to go to school at these places. For the record, the real reason I wouldn't want to go to Haverford is that they have co-ed by room dorms. No, thank you. And, as a parent, I wouldn't pay for that for my kid either (nothing like the power of the purse!).</p>
<p>Now, for the truth of the matter at hand: I wouldn't go to ANY college at this point in my life. But it is fun for me to have a hand in it with my own children, and with many of their friends, whom I advise.</p>
<p>UMass Amherst......why....just....why??</p>
<p>I believe Haverford has a gender-blind housing option... the gender-blind living arrangement option is gaining ground at many schools (I'm a big proponent of it at mine) and it is, I believe an option for Haverford students. </p>
<p>I think gender-blind housing options are great, not only because they help take into account issues confronting many LGBT students, but also because they can allow for more roommate compatibility if two students of different genders decide they want to house together. Besides, my dorm, as it is now, has co-ed bathrooms, and I've walked in on a lot of guys using the urinals or coming right out of the shower. Is it awkward? Not after it happens once or twice. It's no more awkward for me, a heterosexual female, to see a male with few clothes on than a female with few clothes on.</p>
<p>Sorry that that's kinda OT, but I do think it's something important to point out. The assumption that same-gendered living situations are normal and different-gendered living situations are awkward is something I see a lot and I think it's unfair.</p>
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<p>Heck, I'd go to UMass Amherst just because it's in Amherst, MA. </p>
<p>I have a strong affection for New England. :P</p>
<p>Anywhere in Cali or Florida..I just really don't like either state
Conservative, Evangelical colleges like ORU, Regent, Liberty, Patrick Henry etc.
BYU
Catholic Schools with a strong conservative bent.. Catholic University of America comes to mind but I can't think of any others in this category.
Any school that has more than 20k undergrads.
Rhodes college in Memphis..I know, sounds random, but I HATED IT when I visited. Everything about the place would make me miserable. And it's way overpriced, to boot.</p>
<p>UWash because half of my high school's graduates go there.... it is a good school though....</p>
<p>any college in Arizona, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and other states in that area</p>
<p>Tulsa, what about Pepperdine? It's in California AND it's Catholic. </p>
<p>You also forgot Baylor (Baptist), silly girl/boy/transsexual. I wouldn't go there because not only is it in Texas, it's in WACO (super depressing and way too weird.) </p>
<p>Also: you probably wouldn't like Texas A&M = very conservative.</p>
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<p>Close enough. It's all some form of Christian. LOL.</p>
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<p>Then go to Amherst College. Seriously, I love NE too, but just the thought of going to UMass gives me the heebie jeebies (im sorry, i must laugh at my own usage of the phrase "heebie jeebies"... ok.)</p>
<p>BYU!! Voted most stone cold sober school, Princeton Review. Sounds awful, half the people are married, blah.</p>
<p>ZOO Mass Amherst. Horrendous architecture/ campus.</p>
<p>Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Kansas, Kansas State... so-so schools in the middle of nowhere aren't too appealing.</p>
<p>THE Ohio State University. I've been to campus, I just can't imagine spending 4 years in Columbus Ohio.</p>
<p>It's quite a long list.</p>
<p>FYI, University of Kansas is in Lawrence which is right outside Kansas City (a metropolis with over a million people). The same goes for the University o Oklahoma, which is in Norman, just outside OKC.</p>
<p>It doesn't matter I just could never deal with being in Oklahoma or kansas. I'm from NY. I would explode.</p>
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<p>May I inquire why? Columbus really isn't that bad of a city. It's good size with plenty of activity, especially around the university.</p>
<p>chernbabychern....haha same! idk why, exactly, but I'm just not daring enough to tread the unfamiliar waters of the conservative midwest =P The only place I'm considering that might fall intot hat category is Chicago (Northwestern)</p>
<p>Anyways,
no all-girl schools
no fundamentalist religious schools or uber-conservative schools
no schools located in-the-middle-of-nowhere
no tech schools
no urban schools that don't have an actual campus (i.e. NYU, BU)<<<this one is subject to change</p>
<p>I'm looking for a suburban or urban school with a nice campus (within reasonable distance from a large city), strong history/social science departments, preferably a strong arts department, challenging academics, an appealing social scene, and hopefully a good study abroad program. </p>
<p>I'd also be disappointed if I went to a school without a male soccer team--I have a thing for soccer players. They tend to be hot.
obviously this wouldn't be a factor in my decision on a college. </p>
<p>at least, I don't think... ;)</p>
<p>alamode, I'm pretty much the same way with your list of dont's. The best school I would never go to though is probably Notre Dame though. I've heard it's really strict, and I'm not a Catholic and I've heard that's big. Also, I don't think I could handle being in Indiana.</p>
<p>Absolutely no community colleges. Sorry for not being PC, but most community colleges are just of a much lower quality than the top 100 schools in the USNWR.</p>
<p>To blithely call all people who denigrate CCs as being elitist is to err in the other direction. Sure, not ALL CCs are bad, in fact, there are quite a few good ones around (as the good folks here have pointed out) but the majority of CCs just don't cut it. </p>
<p>Spare me the anecdotal evidence, and spare me the poetry of brilliant students who just don't have the dough. Granted, there are many brilliant students who go to CC because they don't have cash, and then work hard to transfer (and they have my utmost respect). CCs can often be a cost effective method of getting through breadth requirements before jumpstarting a major or two. But this does not change the fact that most CCs, cheap as they are, simply are not there in quality.</p>