<p>So the question is... what state do you live in and what are the top 3 colleges overall in regards to ranking? </p>
<p>Since I live in California, my list of top three are:</p>
<p>1) Stanford
2) UCLA
3) UC Berkley</p>
<p>I live in CA also, yet I would say: Stanford, CalTech, Pomona. So I guess everything is just opinion, really.</p>
<p>Duke, UNC Chapel Hill, and then Davidson maybe?</p>
<p>I live in Virginia and it would be…1. UVA, 2. W&M, 3. Virginia Tech</p>
<p>In Kentucky, our top three are not too impressive:</p>
<ol>
<li> University of Kentucky</li>
<li> Centre College</li>
<li> University of Louisville</li>
</ol>
<p>In Texas
1.Rice
2. UT-Austin
3. SMU or TCU</p>
<p>In New Jersey
1.Rutgers, The state university
2.Princeton University
3.New Jersey Institute of Technology</p>
<ol>
<li>Rice</li>
<li>UT</li>
<li>Trinity University</li>
</ol>
<p>Uh…</p>
<ol>
<li>Harvard</li>
<li>MIT</li>
<li>???, i’m inclined to plop Northeastern or BU or BC in here</li>
</ol>
<p>There are too many to choose from.</p>
<p>UMich
Kalamazoo
MSU</p>
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The answer to #3 would clearly be Amherst or Williams College. Then, you have Tufts and Wellesley before any of those three schools enter the picture.</p>
<p>^ Don’t forget BC, Brandeis and Holy Cross</p>
<p>Massachusetts should get a special exemption and list ten since they have so many great colleges.</p>
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<p>Also applies to California. After all, while both Cal Tech and Harvey Mudd are fantastic schools they’re terrible for a student who wants to major in the social sciences or humanities.</p>
<p>Michigan</p>
<p>1) University of Michigan - Ann Arbor</p>
<p>2) Michigan State University</p>
<p>3) Grand Valley State University</p>
<p>Maine is easy - Bowdoin, Colby, and Bates.</p>
<p>Also in Texas
1.Rice
2. UT-Austin
3. Trinity or SMU</p>
<p>New York"</p>
<ol>
<li>Columbia</li>
<li>Cornell</li>
<li>Colgate</li>
</ol>
<p>California</p>
<p>Stanford
Caltech
Berkeley</p>
<p>Can’t wait until some USC fan from Cali makes the serious post about how USC is top 3. Without excluding any colleges to suit my personal agenda, top 3 is almost indisputably (in no particular order):</p>
<p>Stanford
Caltech
Berkeley</p>