What state universities would be considered good choices for top students?

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<p>In Virginia, people graduate from state school and go on to hold top positions in the public and private sector. The Ivies and other selective schools produce many sucess stories. No one can disagree. However, a state school education is not a guarantee to a life of mediocrity. </p>

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<p>I don’t believe the original question had anything to do with “safety” schools. The question was was what public universities would be a good choice for a good student. Match and safe were not part of the OPs question. There are some great public universities that might not be a match or safe but might totally satisfy someone’s desire for a reach or academic stretch. </p>

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<p>Virginia’s not a good example as their public colleges like UVA and W & M are elite colleges in their own right comparable to the Ivies or very close. Virginia public colleges also draw plenty of students from other parts of the country because of their high academic reputations. </p>

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<p>Virginia is a perfect example of some state universities that are good choices for top students. I’m confused why you want to eliminate the better public schools from consideration.</p>

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<p>^^ What annoyingdad said. </p>

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<p>Sure, let’s remove similar publics from consideration, so we’ll ignore Virginia, as well as California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. Now we’ve eliminated half of the population of the US, and we can resume talking about how there are no good public schools. </p>

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<p>The UW early action deadline is not designed to provide an advantage other than an early response. It was done to even out the adcom workload as much as anything else. Many just get postponed.</p>

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<p>My D choose U of Michigan over Northwestern for engineering. UIUC and Purdue engineering are also great public colleges (within top 10).</p>

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<p>In response to Whenhen, that is one of the big differences between a great college and a diploma factory. A great college or university regularly makes students write many papers and complete essay tests, and gives them constant feedback to help them improve (even if that feedback is only from a grad TA). A diploma factory relies mainly upon multiple choice tests.</p>