<p>I'm going to be a CS major (college of arts and sicence). Is it true I am getting a top-notch, public-ivy education?</p>
<p>UW is good but Im not sure if it matches UCB or UCLA just yet.</p>
<p>About a dozen public ivies: Berkeley, Michigan, Wisconsin, UNC-CH, Virginia, William and Mary, UCLA, UC San Diego, Penn State, Minnesota, Texas, Washington.</p>
<ul>
<li>College of William and Mary
<ul>
<li>Miami University</li>
<li>University of California [2]</li>
<li>University of Michigan</li>
<li>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</li>
<li>University of Texas at Austin</li>
<li>University of Vermont</li>
<li>University of Virginia</li>
<li>Binghamton University</li>
<li>Indiana University Bloomington</li>
<li>Michigan State University</li>
<li>The Ohio State University</li>
<li>The Pennsylvania State University</li>
<li>Rutgers University</li>
<li>University of Arizona</li>
<li>University of Colorado at Boulder</li>
<li>University of Connecticut</li>
<li>University of Delaware</li>
<li>University of Florida</li>
<li>University of Georgia</li>
<li>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign</li>
<li>University of Iowa</li>
<li>University of Maryland, College Park</li>
<li>University of Minnesota</li>
<li>University of Washington</li>
<li>University of Wisconsin</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<p>are alll what are considered the "public ivies" according to the people who made the book "public ivies" iirc</p>
<p>i dont think i would consider washington as a public ivy. i consider the top 8 publics as the public ivy's (UC Berkeley, Virginia, Michigan, UCLA, UNC, William and Mary, UCSD, Wisconsin). i would consider texas and washington just behind those eight universities. however, washington is an excellent university, and a valid argument could be made for it to be mentioned with the top 8 publics.</p>
<p>PUBLIC IVY'S:</p>
<p>UC Berkeley
Virginia
Michigan
UCLA
UNC
William and Mary
UCSD
Wisconsin</p>
<p>VERY GOOD PUBLICS (just below public ivy's):</p>
<p>Texas
Washington
Illinois
UCI
Georgia Tech</p>
<p>In terms of departmental rankings, very few public schools can match Washington (UCB, Michigan, Wisconsin, and possibly UT Austin). For undergrad I would put it below the smaller universities like UVa and UNC, but it is still a very good school with a beautiful campus and a great location.</p>
<p>To set the record straight, the "official" public Ivies are William & Mary, Miami (OH), UC (all of them), Michigan, UNC Chapel Hill, UT Austin, U Vermont, and UVa.</p>
<p>the whole idea of a public ivy is stupid, anyway uw cs is top notch</p>
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PUBLIC IVY'S:</p>
<p>UC Berkeley
Virginia
Michigan
UCLA
UNC
William and Mary
UCSD
Wisconsin</p>
<p>VERY GOOD PUBLICS (just below public ivy's):</p>
<p>Texas
Washington
Illinois
UCI
Georgia Tech
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Not sure why you would put Wisconsin and UCSD above Texas, Washington, Illinois, or Georgia Tech. I'd say both those schools would be in the second group, and I'd cut the "public Ivies" off at William and Mary. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>UW has solid departments, particularly in the sciences, but it is not on par with the Ivy League. Also, for the serious student, student life has its flaws.</p>
<p>University of Washington Computer Science Department is ranking among the top ten programs in the nation. It has about 450 students divided equally between the CS and Computer Engineering programs. Most UW CS students choose their major after they have completed prerequisite courses. UW also admits up to 20% of each incoming class directly out of high school through our Direct Admission (DA) program. If you are one of the lucky 45 students admitted directly into UW CS program, I would say that you are getting into a top-notch CS program in a public university, ivy or not. Many undergraduates become involved in faculty research. In fact the school encourages research experience for students considering graduate school.</p>
<p>The new Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science and Engineering is awesome. The cost of the center was 72 million. 42 of them were raised privately leaded by Paul A. Allen, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Tom Alberg (Madrona Venture Group), Jeremy Jaech (CSE alumnus and co-founder of Aldus and Visio), and Ed Lazowska (Bill & Melinda Gates Chair in Computer Science and head of the department from 1993-2001).</p>
<p>What other university are you considering?</p>
<p>See:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.harperacademic.com/coverimages/large/006093459X.jpg%5B/url%5D">http://www.harperacademic.com/coverimages/large/006093459X.jpg</a> </p>
<p>
Agreed!</p>
<p>Could Washington's math department be considered "top notch"? or it sucks?</p>
<p>this is University of Washington in Seattle right..?</p>
<p>Yes. Seattle.</p>
<p>so is the entire school considered "public ivy" or just the CS is top notch..?</p>
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so is the entire school considered "public ivy" or just the CS is top notch..?
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I dont' know. I also want to know if math is top notch...?</p>
<p>Yes, according to the authors of the book, "The Public Ivies", the entire school is a public ivy. Also as was stated earlier, this has no meaning.</p>
<p>If you buy USNews, they will have a ranking of Math departments. Perhaps w/ some web searching, you can find if someone has posted it on line.</p>
<p>i'm doing college of arts n sciences too at uw...does ne one know the percentage of premed students that get into medical school from uw?</p>
<p>"Not sure why you would put Wisconsin and UCSD above Texas, Washington, Illinois, or Georgia Tech."</p>
<p>Because UCSD and Wisconsin are ranked higher than Texas, Washington, Illinois, and Georgia Tech. There is not a huge difference between them, but if you look at departmental rankings you will see UCSD and Wisconsin have more highly ranked programs. Almost every reputable ranking I have seen places UCSD and Wisconsin above the schools you listed (Texas, Washington, Illinois, Georgia Tech).</p>
<p>The "Public Ivies" are actually a real confederation of schools, not just a term applied to good public schools. According to Wikipedia: ""Public Ivy" is a colloquialism for a state-funded institution with excellent academics. Richard Moll defined the term to mean a public institution that "provide[s] an Ivy League collegiate experience at a public school price." The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education[1] characterized them as "successfully competing with the Ivy League schools in academic rigor... attracting superstar faculty and in competing for the best and brightest students of all races." Neither source suggests that Moll's eight Public Ivies have the social prestige which characterizes the colleges of the eight Ivy League universities. The term has been used in college guides describing the top public universities."</p>
<p>The original 8 Public Ivies are:
William & Mary
UNC - Chapel Hill
UVA
Miami U (Ohio)
Berkeley
Michigan
UT - Austin
Vermont</p>