<p>It’s 10 o’clock. Who goes out this early……</p>
<p>I’m also 777 miles away from Chicagoland... School doesn't start until mid September…… :rolleyes:</p>
<p>bump this up!!!</p>
<p>Like many have already said, go to a good school and you will probably get a good history education.</p>
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Agreed. Very important. You don't want to spend your college years sitting around a dorm room with a bunch of other guys, like you're in a World War II prisoner-of-war movie.
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<p>As far as the trends and realities of almost all colleges in the US go, this won't be a problem at all.</p>
<p>But really, it's just kinda funny that the issue was brought up in this thread. <em>shakes head</em></p>
<p>kk, you're right. If you go out on the town in Philly and tell the hottie sitting next to you at the bar that you go to Northwestern, she's likely to say, "Wow, I hear you guys have a great co-op program!!"</p>
<p>I think kk and TourGuide are secretly gay lovers.</p>
<p>DRab, manfredman (the guy kk made overtures to in post #28 when he thought manfred was 16) brought up the male:female ratio in post #27. He pointed out that something like the male:female ratio would be more important in a college choice than the reputation of departments like history (which except for probably a handful would be just fine at any good college). I think this is a relevant point... even though Lilybloom doesn't understand it and can't stop dreaming about kk or me yanking the e.e. cummings book out of her hand and dragging her out for a few brewskis.</p>
<p>Oh, i see. Well, I think this thread (other than post #37) could be deleted after #26 with no loss in quality. Male:female reatio in my head is a factor so low on the list to consider in "quality of life" factors such as how happy and comfortable one feels at the school. Only a few schools (such as Deep Springs) would have really male male:female ratios, because even at a place like MIT, plenty of other students are nearby.</p>
<p>“kk, you're right. If you go out on the town in Philly and tell the hottie sitting next to you at the bar that you go to Northwestern, she's likely to say, "Wow, I hear you guys have a great co-op program!!"”</p>
<p>Please, Philly people are familiar with about 8 schools: Penn, Temple, Drexel, Villanova, La Salle, Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. Good luck getting anyone to recognize anything beyond these places. </p>
<p>“I think kk and TourGuide are secretly gay lovers.”</p>
<p>-Darn, and I thought I hid it so well. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>o lordie, i thought kk was a female :rolleyes:</p>
<p>what was i thinking.....?</p>
<p>bump bump!!!</p>
<p>DRab, you might want to get off your pedestal long enough to check out the thread over on the CalTech board called "CalTech: Sausage Fest?"</p>
<p>TourGuide, I'm on no pedestal, and don't see why you directed the comment at me. I said it would be an issue only at places like Deep Springs which are isolated AND have no women present, and NOT at places like MIT. CalTech is not isolated and has some women.</p>
<p>drab,</p>
<p>yeah, i found some women in MIT, but caltech? not many there!!!</p>
<p>If a student has to rely solely on his college as a place to find a mate, the he has some serious issues. He may have high levels of poindextrose.</p>
<p>work hard, play hard. yes academic should be number 1 factor no doubt. but dont forget other non-academic things that makes a college experience "total learning environment" - this is the original notion of Socrates' "university".</p>
<p>jot it down , kk boy</p>
<p>Rutgers (believe it or not) actually has a pretty good history department</p>
<p>“work hard, play hard. yes academic should be number 1 factor no doubt. but dont forget other non-academic things that makes a college experience "total learning environment" - this is the original notion of Socrates' "university".</p>
<p>jot it down , kk boy”</p>
<p>I’m not impressed by your silly rant. Again, if a person can’t find a mate outside the confines of his college, he has issues. Granted, if your school is in the woods or mountains, and the only people with whom you socialize are the students in your school, then I am understanding of being concerned about the male:female ratio. If your school is located anywhere near a big city or town, however, you should not worry that much about this. That is, unless you are socially underdeveloped.</p>
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I’m not impressed by your silly rant. Again, if a person can’t find a mate outside the confines of his college, he has issues. Granted, if your school is in the woods or mountains, and the only people with whom you socialize are the students in your school, then I am understanding of being concerned about the male:female ratio. If your school is located anywhere near a big city or town, however, you should not worry that much about this. That is, unless you are socially underdeveloped
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<p>This is most inept thinking. How can a “socially underdeveloped” student ever have opportunities to develop his social skill (i.e., mating skill if you will) if he’s placed in an adverse environment? Talking about being impressed, I am not at all impressed with your absurdity and your “prestigious” school …..:rolleyes:</p>
<p>If you remove the Ivies from consideration, I would say that, for undergraduate history programs, nine of the top ten are LACs and the tenth is the University of Chicago.</p>
<p>That said, I would argue that the top ten places to study history as an undergraduate are mostly Ivies - Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Harvard, Cornell and Brown plus a few LACs (I would say Wellesley is the best) and UChicago.</p>