<p>Hey you guys</p>
<p>So i was wondering which of the top 25 schools or any prestigious school up there is fun!
Note...University of Chicago is out of the list :) </p>
<p>I want to have fun in college so i want to apply to some colleges that will be fun to go to while also being academically challenging.</p>
<p>Here is my reply with reasoning:</p>
<p>-Harvard, due to lack of undergrad academic competition and grade inflation, and Cambridge
-Stanford, due to its casual social vibe (flip flops and all), and grade inflation.
-Brown, same as Harvard, but more fun b/c the students tend to be less intense due to pass/no pass classes
-Dartmouth, because of the smaller size and more clubby feel
-Vanderbilt, because of the quasi southern social vibe
-USC, Duke, Cal and UCLA, owing to the big time athletics</p>
<p>those are completely top-of-mind responses based on little fact and mostly impression.</p>
<p>USC, Duke, Vandy, UCLA, Michigan, UNC and UVA in no specific order…no Ivies really belong on the list</p>
<p>^ UNC and Michigan are not in the Top 25 list this year. </p>
<p>And I can see both sides of the Cal Berkeley question… reasons for inclusion or exclusion from my short list. I should have uncluded UVA into the last grouping.</p>
<p>^ FYI, they said “top 25 or any prestigious school” last time I checked. Why does everything have to be confined by a ranking anyway?</p>
<p>What is fun for you?
Do you want to be able to surf? Ski? Tailgate before football games?
Is a Greek system important to you?</p>
<p>i would reckon those schools located in “hotter” States such as U of Miami, Rice, Stanford, Berkeley, UCLA, USC, the Claremont Colleges (except Mudd), UCSB, UCSD and other UCs.</p>
<p>ASU.</p>
<p>Oh wait, not playboy rankings.</p>
<p>The most “fun” top schools in my opinion:</p>
<p>Fun and relatively laid-back
Dartmouth
Northwestern
Brown
UNC
Michigan
Stanford
Princeton (maybe should be in category below)
UCLA
USC</p>
<p>Fun but a little pretentious
UVA
Emory
Penn
Duke
Vanderbilt</p>
<p>I like Slipper’s list. I would add Cornell and Wisconsin-Madison to the first list.</p>