<p>Forget about USNWR - rank these top publics in your opinion.</p>
<p>(in no order)
UCLA
Berkeley
SUNY
Washington
Texas
Penn State
Rutgers
Wisconsin
UConn
UMinn-Twin Cities
Iowa
Florida
UMD-College Park
Indiana-Bloomington
Missouri
Georgia Tech
Illinois-Urbana-Champaign
UVA
CU-Boulder
Arizona
UMass-Amherst
UNC-CH
UVM</p>
<p>(u-michigan)
uva
unc ch
ucla
berkeley
georgia tech
urbana champaign
wisconsin</p>
<p>not sure about the rest</p>
<p>oops i forgot michigan!</p>
<p>I added some in:</p>
<p>-UCB, UVA
--Michigan, UCLA
---UNC, Wisconsin, UIUC, William and Mary
----Ga Tech, Texas, UCSD</p>
<p>Top 10 Publics, ranked IMO, based more on location than any other factor (I added a few since I'm not looking at them for their "academic prestige" according to USNWR):</p>
<ol>
<li>Texas-San Antonio</li>
<li>CU-Colorado Springs</li>
<li>Arizona State</li>
<li>UCSD</li>
<li>SUNY-Brockport</li>
<li>Missouri-Columbia</li>
<li>UNLV</li>
<li>UCSB</li>
<li>Southern Florida</li>
<li>Washington</li>
</ol>
<p>griff, how does suny brockport fit into your list, lol??? I'd replace it with stony book, much much closer to NYC.</p>
<p>My list would be something like...</p>
<p>Berkeley
UCLA
UVA
UMich
UNC-Chapel Hill
UDelaware
UIUC</p>
<p>I like western NY, and not so much NYC. I'm basing it on location's where I would like to live for one reason or another.</p>
<p>my school deserves to be listed in the OP</p>
<p>ranked #1 in commitment to undergrad teaching last time USNWR did it.</p>
<p>not having the state in our name doesn't make us private =P</p>
<p>ahhhh. If you're into more western NY, try SUNY Genseo - one of the top suny schools. Most of the top people from my HS went there.</p>
<p>1) Berkeley (by a long shot)</p>
<p>2) UVA
3) Michigan
4) UNC</p>
<h1>1 University of California-Berkeley</h1>
<h1>1 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor</h1>
<h1>3 University of California-Los Angeles</h1>
<h1>3 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill</h1>
<h1>3 University of Virginia</h1>
<h1>3 University of Wisconsin-Madison</h1>
<h1>7 College of William and Mary</h1>
<h1>7 University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign</h1>
<h1>7 University of Texas-Austin</h1>
<h1>10 Georgia Institute of Technology</h1>
<h1>10 University of California-San Diego</h1>
<h1>12 Indiana University-Bloomington</h1>
<h1>12 Purdue University-West Lafayette</h1>
<h1>12 University of Maryland-College Park</h1>
<h1>12 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities</h1>
<h1>12 University of Washington</h1>
<p>The coolest thing about Wisconsin is the awesome course offering in the Norse area. They have two years of Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian. That is not too common. Without doing research, I bet University of Minnesota has them too.</p>
<p>also, alexandre check your pms :-)</p>
<p>My Order of Preference:</p>
<ol>
<li>UVA</li>
<li>Berkeley</li>
<li>UNC-Chapel Hill</li>
<li>UCLA</li>
<li>William and Mary</li>
<li>UT-Austin</li>
<li>Michigan</li>
<li>University of Wisconsin</li>
<li>Georgia Tech</li>
<li>University of Illinois</li>
</ol>
<p>Obviously my preference (slight Ohio bias)</p>
<ol>
<li>Kent State</li>
<li>Ohio State</li>
<li>ASU</li>
<li>UT Austin</li>
<li>Cleveland State</li>
<li>Bowling Green</li>
<li>Wisconsin</li>
<li>UIUC</li>
<li>Toledo</li>
<li>SIU Carbondale</li>
<li>Iowa</li>
<li>UW Whitewater</li>
<li>SUNY Stonybrook</li>
<li>Akron</li>
<li><p>IUPUI</p></li>
<li><p>University of Michigan</p></li>
</ol>
<p>my opinion (though i must point out that 1. i'm from ct and 2. very few people from my very competitive public hs even look at state schools other than uconn, let alone attend)</p>
<p>Berkeley
UVA</p>
<p>Michigan
UNC-CH
UCLA</p>
<p>Wisconsin
USC</p>
<p>Penn State
Maryland</p>
<p>Florida
Rutgers
Texas-Austin</p>
<p>Georgia Tech
SUNY-Binghamton
UConn
Colorado
Indiana
Delaware
Illinois</p>
<p>Washington
Arizona
UMinn-Twin Cities
Vermont
Tennessee-Knoxville
Iowa
Missouri</p>
<p>URI
UMass-Amherst
SUNY-Albany
New Hampshire
Maine</p>
<p>What's the point of doing this?</p>
<p>To show that the mid tier UCs always get shafted (as a result of being overshadowned by the top 2 or 3) in these topics :)</p>
<p>People tend to forget that Ga Tech and William & Mary are public. Silly question but where are the W&M grads??? I have never met one.</p>
<p>My Ranking:</p>
<p>UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA (by a long shot)</p>
<p>UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - BERKELEY</p>
<p>UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
UNIVERSITY OF CALOFORNIA - LOS ANGELES</p>
<p>UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
COLLEGE OF WILLIAM AND MARY</p>
<p>THE REST</p>