<p>Hey just wondering if you'll could submit a list of the top 20 colleges in the midwest region... and oh yeah if Purdue does not for some reason feature on your list can you give me some reasons why ....</p>
<p>Rice, UT Austin, Baylor Maybe, Southern M U, Trinity U..hmm thats all I know</p>
<p>add Chicago, Notre Dame, Northwestern, and WashU to the uni list; Carleton heads up the lac list.</p>
<p>O.K. Since it's not defined , I'll answer like this -Midwest starts at Kansas and Missouri, and includes the Dakota's, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin , Michigan, Iowa, Illinois , Indiana, and Ohio. So my top twenty Uni's not in rank order would be Chicago, Wash U, Northwestern, Notre Dame, UW-Madison, UM-AA,CWRU, Indiana U, U of Illinois, Purdue. LAC's Carleton, Grinnell, Kenyon, Oberlin, Macalester, Denison, dang this is harder than I thought. LOL. Maybe that's why I can't find a midwest LAC for my D. (I can think of plenty , just not at the Carleton to Kenyon level.You'd think there would be more first tier LAC's. Who am I forgetting?)</p>
<p>Edit:Add Lawrence, Beloit, DePauw, and IWU to LAC's. Wheaton (Ill.) if that's your bag.</p>
<p>I agree with curmudgeon</p>
<p>Rice, UT Austin, Baylor Maybe, Southern M U, Trinity U</p>
<p>thats not midwest, its southwest, more defined its texas</p>
<p>thanx for your input but i kinda agree with girlfriend ... midwest is more like michigan , indiana , iowa , illinois .... u get the picture</p>
<p>You could use that term.</p>
<p>Oberlin, Kenyon, Macalester, Carleton, St. Olaf, Chicago, Indiana, Northwestern, Creighton, Notre Dame, Michigan, Beloit, Calvin, Case Western Reserve, DePaul, Grinnell, Marquette, Miami-Ohio, Wooster, Illinois, Kansas, WUStL, UW-Madison, and Xavier are some I don't think I read already listed. Only skimmed, though, so I'm sure most are there.</p>
<p>Well, if we're going to blow past twenty-Earlham, Knox, Drake, Hanover, OWU deserve a look ,too. ;)</p>
<p>PRIVATE RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES:
Carnegie Mellon University
Case Western Reserve University
Northwestern University
University of Chicago
University of Notre Dame
Washington University</p>
<p>PRIVATE STATE UNIVERSITIES:
Indiana University-Bloomington
Pennsylvania State University-University Park
Purdue University-West Lafayette
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Wisconsin-Madison</p>
<p>LIBERAL ARTS COLLEGES:
Carleton College
Grinnell College
Kenyon College
Macalester College
Oberlin College</p>
<p>Yeah, I completely ignored the "top 20" thing. :p There are lots of good choices in the Midwest to consider. I'd be applying to a few if it weren't for the fact that I want to stay close to home (Connecticut).</p>
<p>Alexandre, Ithink you meant "public" state universities. And- Penn State is not in the midwest.</p>
<p>Alexandre, you get two more. What'll they be? OOPs, take out Penn State, now you get three. LOL.</p>
<p>So what is the Purdue question?</p>
<p>Well, given the decline in funding, most are now private state universities......</p>
<p>My personal choices of the schools in the midwest I like the best:</p>
<p>Public universities in the midwest I like best :
U of Michigan, U of Wisconsin, U of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, Ohio University, Indiana University, Purdue, U of Minnesota, U of South Dakota, U of Missouri-Columbia, Truman State, Miami U. (There are also many other excellent choices). </p>
<p>Private universities in the midwest I like best: U of Chicago, WUSTL, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Case Western, Marquette, Creighton, DePaul (Again, there are also many other excellent choices) </p>
<p>Best LAC's in the midwest: Carleton, Macalester,
Grinnell, Oberlin, Kenyon, St. Olaf, Lawrence, Beloit, Dension, Earlham, Knox, College of Wooster (But again, there are many other great choices).</p>
<p>If you want to consider Pittsburgh part of the midwest, include U of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon.</p>
<p>Here's an aside. My California daughter originally said she would only consider schools in the northeast and on the west coast. After visiting 20 colleges across teh country and talking with admissions reps at many other schools, not a single school in the northeast made her final list, but she has two midwestern schools very high up on her list and could easily think of a few more she liked very much. Not only was she surprised to find that she LIKED the midwest when she finally spent time there, but she also says she felt like midwestern schools treated her in an entirely different way than northeastern schools. She felt that many northeastern schools (and some on the west coast too) have an attitude of "you'll be lucky to attend our school" while nearly all of the schools she's visited or talked to in the midwest have had more of a "we'd be lucky if you decide to attend our school" approach.</p>
<p>Barrons what are you saying? I don't get your comment.</p>
<p>The school's are getting so little state aid that they are in many ways quasi-private. Much more emphasis on fundraising and tuition increases than 20 years ago. Little ole' Wisconsin raised nearly $500 million last year--that's up there in elite private land. Also some states are allowing the schools much more flexibility in setting tuition and other admin rules. At UM and UW less than 20% of the total budget is now state money.</p>
<p>My order would probably be Carleton/Grinnel/Macalester, Oberlin, Kenyon, St. Olaf, Denison, etc.</p>