<p>For Texas...</p>
<ol>
<li>Rice University</li>
<li>University of Texas- Austin</li>
<li>Southern Methodist University</li>
<li>Texas A&M University</li>
<li>Baylor University</li>
</ol>
<p>Berkeley is not much better than USC. Berkeley definitely has the edge, though.</p>
<p>Virginia</p>
<p>UVA
Washington and Lee
William and Mary
University of Richmond
Virginia Tech
James Madison</p>
<p>I know that some people have said that W&M is better than UVA, but at least in my experience, the people who cn't get into UVa end up going to W&M</p>
<p>
[quote]
For Texas...</p>
<ol>
<li>Rice University</li>
<li>University of Texas- Austin</li>
<li>Southern Methodist University</li>
<li>Texas A&M University</li>
<li>Baylor University
[/quote]
</li>
</ol>
<p>LOL, SMU > Texas A&M? Youve got to be kidding.</p>
<p>Clemson > Furman</p>
<p>I think USC is basically the new WUSTL.....US News sellouts. In the beginning of my senior I got a whole application mailed to me. I had never shown any interest in USC and live all the way in South Florida. A couple of my friends also got applications too. They even paid for postage....all I had to do was fill it out and get a transcript.</p>
<p>Georgia:</p>
<p>Emory University
Georgia Tech
UGA
Agnes Scott
Oxford College @ Emory</p>
<p>All the rest (Mercer, GCSU, GSU, Lagrange, etc.)</p>
<p>This shouldn't even be up for debate.</p>
<p>UVA is almost always placed above W&M.</p>
<p>Top schools in Massachusetts:</p>
<p>Harvard - Country's most sought after university.
MIT - Country's most sought after engineering school
Williams - Often ranked #1 LAC nationally very old and rich
Tufts - Excellent school just a notch below Ivys which irritates them
Boston College - Solid academics and only division 1 football in Mass
Holy Cross - The top Catholic LAC in the country per USNWR
Wellesley - Rich prestigious and all female
Brandeis - Jewish and well respected academics, strong for premed
Boston Univ - Solid academics, large very city campus ala GWU</p>
<p>California:</p>
<p>Stanford
Berkeley
Caltech
UCLA
USC
UCSD</p>
<p>"I have to say that move in day at W&M was 100x easier that at UVa. All of the students were friendly, helpful and very welcoming."</p>
<p>What do they do in W&M? I thought UVA was very easy when we drop off my son last year. Drove up to the curb in front of the dorm. Bunch of students help unload the car. After we unloaded, we were directed to a parking spot across the street. By the time we got back, everything already moved into his dorm. Fast, efficient and friendly. There was also help desk and a dorm party (with soda, sandwich and chips) for the students to meet each other in the afternoon.</p>
<p>Not to be omitted from the top schools in Massachusetts....</p>
<p>Franklin Olin College of Engineering in Needham</p>
<p>Florida:</p>
<p>UF >>> Miami</p>
<p>I think going by region is better than going by state. Here's how I would classify the top 7-13 universities and top 5-10 LACs by region:</p>
<p>NEW ENGLAND/NORTHEAST:
Universities:
Brown University
Columbia University
Cornell University
Dartmouth College
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
New York University
Princeton University
University of Pennsylvania
Tufts University
Yale University</p>
<p>LACs:
Amherst College
Bowdoin College
Bryn Mawr College
Colgate University
Haverford College
Middlebury College
Swarthmore College
Vassar College
Wellesley College
Wesleyan University
Williams College</p>
<p>MID-ATLANTIC/SOUTHEAST/SOUTH:
Universities:
College of William and Mary
Duke University
Emory University
Georgetown University
Johns Hopkins University
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
University of Virginia
Vanderbilt University
Wake Forest University</p>
<p>LACs:
Washington and Lee University
Davidson College
Sewanee-University of the South</p>
<p>MIDWEST/GREAT PLAINS/TEXAS:
Universities:
Carnegie Mellon University
Northwestern University
Rice University
University of Chicago
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Notre Dame
University of Texas-Austin
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Washington University-St Louis</p>
<p>LACs:
Carelton College
Colorado College
Grinnell College
Macalester College
Oberlin College</p>
<p>WEST COAST:
California Institute of Technology
Stanford University
University of California-Berkeley
University of California-Los Angeles
University of California-San Diego
University of Southern California
University of Washington</p>
<p>LACs:
Claremont McKenna College
Harvey Mudd College
Pomona College
Reed College</p>
<p>Alexandre. CMU is in no way, shape, or form in the midwest.</p>
<p>^Who cares if he messed up on the location for one (out of like 50+) school. </p>
<p>I did find it kinda odd how Alexandre would put Texas in with the Midwest/Great Plains instead of what I would've put it in, the Mid-Atlantic/Southeast/South grouping, but it doesn't matter.</p>
<p>I'd also add Gerogia Tech to the Mid-Atlantic... group. </p>
<p>Outside of those two comments, the list looks pretty solid.</p>
<p>Pennsylvania:</p>
<p>UPenn
Carnegie Mellon
Swarthmore
Lehigh
Haverford
Bucknell
Penn State
Pitt</p>
<p>My two states:</p>
<p>New York:
1. West Point
2. Columbia
3. Cornell
4. NYU
5. Syracuse
6. Vassar
7. Rochester
8. Hamilton
9. Yeshiva
10. Colgate</p>
<p>Pennsylvania:
1. Penn
2. Carnegie Mellon
3. Swarthmore
4. Haverford
5. Lehigh
6. Pitt
7. Villanova
8. Bryn Mawr
9. Bucknell
10. Lafayette</p>
<p>rjkofnovie, I think Pittsburgh is more Midwestern than East Coast.</p>
<p>I agree with JimmyC, West Point is the best in a tough state that has many other great colleges, but West Point is the pick there.</p>