You were just given the funding and power to open up you own University.

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<p>If you were to open up your own University, what would the requirements be to get in?
What would the most important factors be to get in?
How would you organize the school?
What would you name it?
What would the school's focus be?
Where would it be located?
What would the school's motto be?
What would be the school mascot?
What would be the school colors?
What would its rank be?
Who from College Confidential would you want to attend?</p>

<p>Please add questions if you think of them.</p>

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<p>Essay would be the most important, then GPA, then ECs, then any standardized test scores. (Test scores not required)
It’s named (My last name) College, of course.
The school’s best departments are English and Neuroscience. All of the courses are writing intensive.
It is located in Maine.
The school’s mascot is… a ferret? I dunno they’re kind of cute. But also mean.
Maroon and black are the school colors.
Its rank should be ~20 on the LAC list, though our admissions officers disregard the rankings because USWNR college rankings are ridiculous.
Also, the college is all women’s, and heavily favors legacies.
There’s a huge drug scene, but very little alcohol. (I don’t know how I get to decide this, maybe I’m the head drug dealer or something. I’ll make it happen somehow.)
Seminars are favored over lectures, it’s a small school, about 12 to a class.
Beautiful~ campus, all Gothic style buildings, no architecture that screams I AM ABSTRACT LOOK AT ME.</p>

<p>Most the colleges I’m applying to are sort of like this, I just want to smush all their wonderful traits together into one bueno college.
Also, I really like this idea for a thread Anonymous. :)</p>

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<li><p>It would be selective. Work outside of school will be more important though.</p></li>
<li><p>Volunteering, EC’s, GPA, and socio-economic factors. If I could, my school will have its own admissions test. </p></li>
<li><p>I would have a house system, each college will govern itself, but is still binded by the head of the university. </p></li>
<li><p>Gates University </p></li>
<li><p>It would have a strong focus on academic, but also very strong on sports. The main focus will be on liberal arts, and science. </p></li>
<li><p>It will located in Maine or somewhere in the Northeast. I want all four seasons. </p></li>
<li><p>“Veni, Vidi, Vici” which is latin for 'I came, I saw, I conquered" or “educandos animos volare excelsior caelo” which means “educating minds, to soar higher than the sky” </p></li>
<li><p>Lion</p></li>
<li><p>Blue and Crimson </p></li>
<li><p>My school wouldn’t care about ranking, but if it did it would be in the top 15. </p></li>
<li><p>Whoever is more than a number, and wants to learn and not be in a school for the name.</p></li>
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<p>*Students can take any class they want, they can even create their own major. It would have Gothic architecture very similar to Oxford.</p>

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<p>1) “Sort of Self-selective”, the only people who would really know about the school would be the one’s who are perfect candidates (like St. John’s - Annapolis)</p>

<p>2) The crux of the application would be on the essays which would all be “UChicago style” and abstract. EC’s would also be important as would GPA we would not require the SAT.</p>

<p>3) Board: In a “House System” similar to Caltech’s. </p>

<p>Education: Like Reed the focus will not be on grades, grades will exist but you will not be told them unless you go out of your way to find them out. Classes will be small enough that professors write a paragraph on the performance of each student (in lieu of a letter grade) every 3 weeks or so.</p>

<p>4) Bromley College</p>

<p>5) Focus on the Arts and the “Liberal Arts” with a particularly good Classics dept. and Creative Writing dept. Not much focus on athletics.</p>

<p>6) Concord, MA</p>

<p>7) I’d let the inaugural class create and vote on the motto.</p>

<p>8) The Raven</p>

<p>9) Dark, dark violet and white</p>

<p>10) It would not be highly ranked but anyone that matters would know what it is (like Reed)</p>

<p>11) CPA would be my first choice.</p>

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<ol>
<li><p>GPA average from 3.5 to 3.8; shows dedication in extracurriculars; decent SAT’s like 2000-2100. Must be social and interactive in the community.</p></li>
<li><p>Your essay and dedication to your general area of study</p></li>
<li><p>The buildings would be huge with 50 floors! Modern looking. None of those cramped, old halls. Large dorm rooms. Good teachers. Big desks! Must need large desks.
School of medicine: Hufflepuff
School of general science: Gryffindor
School of engineering: Ravenclaw
Undecided: Slytherin (mwahaha)</p></li>
<li><p>Name: Hogwarts University</p></li>
<li><p>Focus: This is the modern Hogwarts. Magic does not exist so the school is heavy on research and teaching students how to impact the world. Heavy focus in science, medicine, and engineering.</p></li>
<li><p>Located in surburban Philadelphia</p></li>
<li><p>Moto: “What is the purpose of life?”</p></li>
<li><p>Mascot: Pelican</p></li>
<li><p>Colors: Blue, yellow, and white</p></li>
<li><p>Rank: a rising college. Ranked 25th nationally</p></li>
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<p>If you were to open up your own University, what would the requirements be to get in?
Intelligence and wanting to learn</p>

<p>What would the most important factors be to get in?
GPA and SAT scores and then my supplements, which would be like U Chicago’s weirder essays, but stranger. Also teacher/mentor recs would be very important. Maybe interviews would be important too, but I’d ask more academic questions in addition to “who are you?” questions.</p>

<p>How would you organize the school?
**-Some sort of houses that are not random “microcosms of the larger university,” but are chosen based on personality. (Think sorting hat).
-You never have to declare a major. You have to have a major to graduate, but you don’t have to choose early on.
-Lots of secrets. Like really secret societies (not frats or anything that hazes). Secret passageways and buildings. Secret classes and dorms, even.
-Small class sizes.
**</p>

<p>What would you name it?
Unicorn University</p>

<p>What would the school’s focus be?
Intellectualism.</p>

<p>Where would it be located?
Somewhere warm, but not too far from home (i.e. East Coast). Near a big city, but not in it. </p>

<p>What would the school’s motto be?
The unicorn smiles.</p>

<p>What would be the school mascot?
Unicorn, duh</p>

<p>What would be the school colors?
Silver and Gold </p>

<p>What would its rank be?
Really good, but it’d be like Deep Springs or something (but much larger, maybe 4000–just undergrad) where people really want to go there specifically, but not too many know of it.</p>

<p>Who from College Confidential would you want to attend?
Dunno, lots. CPA, InqOne, MIT, the usual people. You know them.</p>

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<p>**What would the most important factors be to get in?**In order of importance: rigor of classes, grades in those classes, interviews, essays, recommendations, standardized tests, extracurriculars, work experience
How would you organize the school? Residential Colleges w/ several advisors per student; small class sizes; “shopping” period for classes; minimal curriculum requirements; no declaration of major until Junior year; one mandatory study abroad session (more are permitted); graduate-undergraduate interaction (not in teaching, but rather in lab-work, etc)
**What would you name it?<a href=“Last%20Name”>/B</a> University
What would the school’s focus be? Well-roundedness (students excel in several academic areas while still volunteering, playing sports, etc)
Where would it be located? East Coast
What would the school’s motto be? Veni, Vidi, Vici
What would be the school mascot? Raven
What would be the school colors? Purple, Gold
What would its rank be? Wouldn’t matter
Who from College Confidential would you want to attend? Nobody</p>

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<p>If you were to open up your own University, what would the requirements be to get in? Class Rigor, A decent GPA, high SATS, Good EC’s, Excellent Recs. Essay would be most important because I’d bust out Tufts/UChicago type questions.
How would you organize the school? Residential Houses with several RA’s per floor. A Travel Study semester, a Business and Finance requirement for first 2 years, with 2 years of your selected major. Adams School Of Business, Revere School of Communications, Quincy School of Marketing, Olin School of Engineering, Babson Grad School of Business,
What would you name it? Bostonia University of Business and Finance
What would the school’s focus be? All about da bizzzz.
Where would it be located? Around the Boston Area, each selected area of Business would have it’s own area of the city (including suburbs)
What would the school’s motto be? With Business, Comes Success, With Finance, Comes Wealth.
What would be the school mascot? Bulldogs.
What would be the school colors? Red, Navy, White,
What would its rank be? Top Business School.
Who from College Confidential would you want to attend? A selective few would attend.</p>

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<p>If you were to open up your own University, what would the requirements be to get in?
Athletic talent. All students must play a D1 sport or be involved with the athletic program, with majors offered such as physical training, physiology, as well as a business school. There will be a top medical school on campus, specializing in sports and orthopedic medicine.</p>

<p>What would the most important factors be to get in?
Recruited athletes need a 2.0 GPA and 1200 SAT, and will be given a full ride scholarship. Other students will simply be selected by in order a) their ability to contribute to the athletic programs and b) their ability to afford tuition. There will be no need-based aid, rather athletic scholarships will be the only form of aid. Work-study programs will be required as a part of “community service” to the university, with no money being earned towards tuition.</p>

<p>How would you organize the school?
Athletes get their own, state of the art, hall with top notch facilities, and on-site gym and trainer. Living will be suite-style, with a common bathroom featuring a massaging jacuzzi. Beds will be scientifically engineered to promote muscle growth. All meals served will be nutritionally optimized. Non-Athletes will have their own residential college, with still modern, although worse, facilities. They will have access to the athlete meal plan for a fee.</p>

<p>What would you name it?
Nike University. Due to the low amount of tuition paying students, we have signed an agreement with Nike in order to fund our university and our athletics. In turn, we provide free advertising as well as underpaid labor in the form of “work-study.”</p>

<p>What would the school’s focus be?
Hardcore partying. And athletics.</p>

<p>Where would it be located?
San Diego, CA. Perfect weather (practice will be year round, there is no off season).</p>

<p>What would the school’s motto be?
Win, at any cost.</p>

<p>What would be the school mascot?
The Olympians, with Hercules as the school’s mascot.</p>

<p>What would be the school colors?
Whatever Nike decides to come up with. As part of our deal, we will test out all Nike Uniforms, much like Oregon. Only better.</p>

<p>What would its rank be?
Athletics: Consensus 1st in every major poll for every sport.
Academically: 9th. Nike bribed US News and World Report.</p>

<p>Who from College Confidential would you want to attend?
Anyone who can run a 4.3 40 or bench 500. Also, if you can perform an ACL reconstruction, we may waitlist you.</p>

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<p>^^ the university of banter</p>

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<p>**If you were to open up your own University, what would the requirements be to get in? **
One would need to be a person willing to share their ideas and listen to what others have to teach them, they would have a passion they can shape the world with
What would the most important factors be to get in?
Essays, any supplements which show their area of interest, extracurriculars
How would you organize the school?
Around 7 residential colleges where students of different majors/interests will be placed into (and will live in)
What would you name it?
[insert my last name here] University?
IDK, that’s hard.
What would the school’s focus be?
The arts and liberal arts. There would be an artsy and musical atmosphere. It would have a few strong varsity teams, but not be too athletic orientated.
Where would it be located?
Near NYC
What would the school’s motto be?
Hm, I’m not sure -___-
What would be the school mascot?
An owl
What would be the school colors?
Navy blue
What would its rank be?
It would have a few graduate schools, but the focus would be undergrad education (a little like Princeton), it would be ranked in the top 10 universities for undergraduate education around the world :smiley:
Who from College Confidential would you want to attend?
A lot of people, I don’t want to single them out :)</p>

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<p>**If you were to open up your own University, what would the requirements be to get in? **</p>

<p>2000+ SAT
3.5+ UW GPA (though that’s not a deal breaker)
Insanely stringent essays that allow my to see anyone’s true colors, so fakers BEGONE (please). </p>

<p>What would the most important factors be to get in?</p>

<p>They must have a personality, sense of humor, want for learning, and mature enough to not have the drama high school students have. That probably limits the entire population to about 5. </p>

<p>How would you organize the school?</p>

<p>Oxbridge-style housing, with the Department of Arts and Sciences - Coolidge building being the largest college. (so whenever they talk about it, they could say DASCoo, like das coo’. Yeah) The houses would have varying sizes, but all of them are passable, though the meals are okay except in a few, where they’re actually good. </p>

<p>What would you name it?</p>

<p>University of Great Heights (known as UGH).</p>

<p>**What would the school’s focus be? **</p>

<p>Arts and Sciences.</p>

<p>**Where would it be located? **</p>

<p>Florida, we have a lack of good private colleges :c</p>

<p>**What would the school’s motto be? **</p>

<p>Ab incunabulis. “We nurture you from the cradle.” That’s not creepy at all. </p>

<p>**What would be the school mascot? **</p>

<p>The Harpies (or gryphons). </p>

<p>**What would be the school colors? **</p>

<p>Honey Yellow and Forest Green.</p>

<p>What would its rank be?</p>

<p>17 on top LACs. </p>

<p>Who from College Confidential would you want to attend?
Me.</p>

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<p>If you were to open up your own University, what would the requirements be to get in?
What would the most important factors be to get in?
<em>none</em> It would accept anyone. But they are responsible for their own housing. Dorms would be first come first serve.</p>

<p>How would you organize the school?
Go to some town and buy old buildings that were for sale.</p>

<p>What would you name it?
S.H.I.T</p>

<p>What would the school’s focus be?
Whatever the students want to learn.</p>

<p>Where would it be located?
Ohio.</p>

<p>What would the school’s motto be?
Acceptance is just one click away.</p>

<p>What would be the school mascot?
A Sandwich.</p>

<p>What would be the school colors?
Brown.</p>

<p>What would its rank be?</p>

<h1>1</h1>

<p>Who from College Confidential would you want to attend?
None.</p>

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<p>Only 12 replies before we got someone naming theirs the acronym for “South Harmon Institute of Technology”.</p>

<p>UGH - University of (Such) Great Heights, their motto should be a line from the song.</p>

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<p>I would pocket the money and move to London.</p>

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<p>Accepted!!</p>

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<p>I would pay that money to go to Yale, and then to Harvard grad school.</p>