<p>So I got into both UO and UQ. I am wondering which one I should go to. I am looking for a mix of everything. Which one would you guys recommend?</p>
<p>Intended or possible major(s)?</p>
<p>Net cost for each for you?</p>
<p>Are you in-state at either school so that you are looking at a significant cost difference? How about travel from home to each school? Is one location easier to get in and out of?<br>
Obviously, both are excellent state flagships. Are there particular areas of focus you are considering? </p>
<p>My son is a freshman at UW, a humanities kid. He loves the big school atmosphere, big freshman (party) dorm, incredible professors in classes he has loved. He has friends from everywhere – though obviously many are instate, then most common seems to be Twin Cities area, MN or the Chicago suburbs, and then either east coast or west coast. </p>
<p>Good luck with your decision, both schools are terrific.</p>
<p>Wisconsin has, by far, the better reputation on the east coast. But it really depends on what you want to accomplish, where you are from, how much you want to pay, and where you want to live after school. You can’t go wrong picking the school you’ll be happy studying at for four years. Just don’t pick the one that you think will be the most fun–they all are fun.</p>
<p>UQ is the easy choice.</p>
<p>Badgers baby.</p>
<p>Wisconsin.</p>
<p>If you want to live in the midwest, Wisconsin.
If you want to live on the west coast, Oregon.</p>
<p>Otherwise, its a bit of a wash.
You should check the costs and go where it is going to be cheaper. Personally, I’d probably go with Oregon because you won’t get the midwest stigma when applying for jobs on the coasts.</p>
<p>“I’d probably go with Oregon because you won’t get the midwest stigma when applying for jobs on the coasts.”</p>
<p>You mean the stigma of being nice and courteous? Those poor graduates of Chicago, Northwestern, and Notre Dame have to live with that horrible “midwest stigma.” Once again informative, you are anything but!</p>
<p>You just picked three private schools in the Chicago metro area that are all very highly regarded. LOL, that is exactly the same as a state school for public high school graduates in the middle of nowhere. Those are analogous.</p>
<p>Is the alternative to Oregon Wisconsin or UQ (which I take to be University of Queensland)?</p>
<p>Wisconsin has done quite well on the west coast including a fair number of CEO’s over the last 10 years at firms like Cisco, Yahoo, Autodesk, Intuit, and major entertainment industry folks including the producer of Modern Family, the Airplane and Ghost movies, The Magnifcent Seven, In the Heat of the Night and many many more.</p>
<p>Not to mention there is no comparison in overall student quality, academic depth and strength. Oregon has a few good depts, UW has a 100. Comparing the two in that regard is like comparing a Porsche to a Miata.</p>
<p>Eugene is more in the middle of nowhere than Madison, in my judgment. UW has a much greater national reputation than UO. There are lots of UW grads in California, as well as on the East Coast.</p>
<p>As a parent of a freshman, currently living in the midwest, but originally from the east coast, educated back east etc: our perception is that UW is well-known and well-respected on the east coast, as people think of it is as that smart, liberal (a/k/a normal) place in the midwest (not my bias, just reporting what I hear, see). </p>
<p>While still a smaller city, Madison is the capitol with all that has to offer, plus 2 hours from Chicago. I have never been to Eugene but always thought is was more remote. </p>
<p>Again, no specific info or experience with Oregon to compare but UW is rather special among public flagships in that it is not only excellent STEM but also excellent in range of letters and sciences fields, such as Poli Sc, Econ, French etc. </p>
<p>If the OP wants to wind up on the west coast, not just Oregon, UW will probably not hurt or help more than Oregon. For the east coast, UW likely easier case. </p>
<p>And who wouldn’t want to spend 4 years in Madison, seriously?</p>
<p>If cost of attendance is not a factor, Wisconsin is a notch above Oregon.</p>
<p>“While still a smaller city, Madison is the capitol with all that has to offer, plus 2 hours from Chicago.”</p>
<p>There is no way on God’s green earth you are going to be able to make it from Madison to Chicago in two hours, unless you fly of course.</p>
<p>Madison is also not a “city” unless you’re using a very liberal use of the word. More of a large town.</p>
<p>200,000 people making it a city. It is obviously not a major city, but it is still a city.</p>
<p>Neither of these schools are going to open some amazing doors just by in themselves so I would pick the institution you are more comfortable attending and believe you will be academically successful.</p>
<p>I know someone who went to Oregon who is now attending Georgetown Law so clearly getting into an elite graduate program is not out of the question with a UO degree.</p>
<p>Or you could be a total putz at some elite school.</p>
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<p>BTW the drive to Chicago can be done in 2 hours @70mph if you count going to Ohare which is in Chicago. Downtown we’ll say 2.5 hours but you better go early Sat/Sunday morning or at night.</p>
<p>“The driving distance from Chicago O’Hare International Airport to Madison, Wisconsin is:135 miles”</p>