Any colleges not hated by someone here? Any college universally loved?

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Anonymous wrote:I judge people who haven’t heard of top SLACs.

What are top SLAC?

Of course no one has heard of top SLACs. This is DCUM, the center of ignorance in the universe.

Many think LACs only do arts and humanities. So I posted a while ago the amount of STEM at various schools, Ivys, top 20s, and SLACs and found my SLAC alma mater had percentage of STEM majors closer to the more technically-oriented elites like Cornell. Oh well, what else should I expect from DCUM?

The anti-LAC folks are ignorant poors....just ignore them.

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Anonymous wrote:MIT and Stanford seem to have universal sterling reputations. And Dartmouth is prestigious but still flies somewhat under the radar, thus it avoids spirited vitriol.

And nobody really cares about SLACs, their alum network is so small, they're fairly obscure outside of New England, so they don't warrant animated debate.

People familiar with American colleges and universities can find fault with any of them.

MIT is full of HYPS rejects and the students look like they are auditioning for The Big Bang Theory.

Stanford campus looks like a giant Taco Bell and is in an overpriced, ugly town.

Dartmouth is in the middle of nowhere and there's a campus culture of heavy drinking and sexual assault.

Could hurl insults at any other school given the opportunity. Given DCUM's readership, this thread is an exercise in futility.

This is the same poster who's always going on about how Harvard is in a category of its own. She's posted the taco bell thing numerous times as well.

[Anonymous]

Well, to be fair during my grad orientation at Stanford, it was described as "the world's largest Taco Bell." I realize the truth hurts. I accept it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MIT and Stanford seem to have universal sterling reputations. And Dartmouth is prestigious but still flies somewhat under the radar, thus it avoids spirited vitriol.

And nobody really cares about SLACs, their alum network is so small, they're fairly obscure outside of New England, so they don't warrant animated debate.

People familiar with American colleges and universities can find fault with any of them.

MIT is full of HYPS rejects and the students look like they are auditioning for The Big Bang Theory.

Stanford campus looks like a giant Taco Bell and is in an overpriced, ugly town.

Dartmouth is in the middle of nowhere and there's a campus culture of heavy drinking and sexual assault.

Could hurl insults at any other school given the opportunity. Given DCUM's readership, this thread is an exercise in futility.

This is the same poster who's always going on about how Harvard is in a category of its own. She's posted the taco bell thing numerous times as well.

It seems your radar is broken.

Although Harvard is in a category of its own. No other university gets away with coasting on its reputation and brand at the expense of its undergraduate students like Harvard does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MIT and Stanford seem to have universal sterling reputations. And Dartmouth is prestigious but still flies somewhat under the radar, thus it avoids spirited vitriol.

And nobody really cares about SLACs, their alum network is so small, they're fairly obscure outside of New England, so they don't warrant animated debate.

People familiar with American colleges and universities can find fault with any of them.

MIT is full of HYPS rejects and the students look like they are auditioning for The Big Bang Theory.

Stanford campus looks like a giant Taco Bell and is in an overpriced, ugly town.

Dartmouth is in the middle of nowhere and there's a campus culture of heavy drinking and sexual assault.

Could hurl insults at any other school given the opportunity. Given DCUM's readership, this thread is an exercise in futility.

This is the same poster who's always going on about how Harvard is in a category of its own. She's posted the taco bell thing numerous times as well.

It seems your radar is broken.

Although Harvard is in a category of its own. No other university gets away with coasting on its reputation and brand at the expense of its undergraduate students like Harvard does.

Yep, you've posted these things before too.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, “to” busy. You’re bright.

DP, but you have to do better than play auto-correct Nazi if you want to compete in this game.

10-minute penalty for Team UMCP.

I went to school in Virginia but it’s cool. Also “to” isn’t a product of autocorrect.

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Anonymous[b wrote:]It's only MD people who hate UVA because they are bitter they have to spend $50k to go to a decent state school.

College Park has all the charm of a strip mall in Laurel[/b]

True, but there are several categories of posters who are anti-UVA"
1) MD people, as you say
2) DC people who also don't have any good choices, but who would get the tag money for UVA but do not have the stats. to get in
3) UMD and VT people and students who troll for fun because UVA is their rival
4) NoVA parents who have paid taxes to Virginia for years but are frustrated after supporting the state for decades that their child doesn't have the stats to get in
5) NoVA students who didn't get in and are bitter
6) OOS students who applied but didn't have the stats to get in
and finally,
7) legacy parents who are upset that their child didn't get in

So it’s jealousy!
I must admit that DCUM has totally turned me off UVA.
We are from MD and William and Mary is the only VA school I wish we could attend at in state rates
UMD compares favorably to UVA and VT (especially for STEM). Plenty to criticize about College Park and Charlottesville.

But of course! That's why there's so much trolling over it, unlike other state schools.

OMG. You UVA boosters are insufferable.
It is not jealousy btw. I think most of us find the arrogance both unwarranted as well as off putting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous[b wrote:]It's only MD people who hate UVA because they are bitter they have to spend $50k to go to a decent state school.

College Park has all the charm of a strip mall in Laurel[/b]

True, but there are several categories of posters who are anti-UVA"
1) MD people, as you say
2) DC people who also don't have any good choices, but who would get the tag money for UVA but do not have the stats. to get in
3) UMD and VT people and students who troll for fun because UVA is their rival
4) NoVA parents who have paid taxes to Virginia for years but are frustrated after supporting the state for decades that their child doesn't have the stats to get in
5) NoVA students who didn't get in and are bitter
6) OOS students who applied but didn't have the stats to get in
and finally,
7) legacy parents who are upset that their child didn't get in

So it’s jealousy!
I must admit that DCUM has totally turned me off UVA.
We are from MD and William and Mary is the only VA school I wish we could attend at in state rates
UMD compares favorably to UVA and VT (especially for STEM). Plenty to criticize about College Park and Charlottesville.

But of course! That's why there's so much trolling over it, unlike other state schools.

OMG. You UVA boosters are insufferable.
It is not jealousy btw. I think most of us find the arrogance both unwarranted as well as off putting.

LOL. I love the use of the word “find” there - as if some Maryland poster whose flagship state university is in a dumpy PG suburb are impartial judges making objective “findings” about UVA or other schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary

There is a W & M hater on these boards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's only MD people who hate UVA because they are bitter they have to spend $50k to go to a decent state school.

College Park has all the charm of a strip mall in Laurel

Nope. A lot of Virginians do not like UVA. My DD found UVA to be pretentious.
William and Mary has a lot of students that feel that way about UVA.

VT students hate UVA because, well, in Hokie101, we were taught to hate them.

UVA is overrated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:William and Mary

There is a W & M hater on these boards.

Yep, an entire thread where posters discuss how Williamsburg is a terrible college town (and a boring place for tourists and retirees), not to mention an academic pressure cooker with lousy sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:JMU - alumni rave about their experiences

Great party school. Awesome if you like crossing freeways on your way to school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's only MD people who hate UVA because they are bitter they have to spend $50k to go to a decent state school.

College Park has all the charm of a strip mall in Laurel

Nope. A lot of Virginians do not like UVA. My DD found UVA to be pretentious.
William and Mary has a lot of students that feel that way about UVA.

VT students hate UVA because, well, in Hokie101, we were taught to hate them.

UVA is overrated.

Do tell. Because pretty much all the classes at VT are a variation of Hokie 101, aren’t they?

Better to be overrated than fairly rated when that rating kicks you well outside the top 50 schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:JMU - alumni rave about their experiences

Great party school. Awesome if you like crossing freeways on your way to school.

But there is a tunnel!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MIT and Stanford seem to have universal sterling reputations. And Dartmouth is prestigious but still flies somewhat under the radar, thus it avoids spirited vitriol.

And nobody really cares about SLACs, their alum network is so small, they're fairly obscure outside of New England, so they don't warrant animated debate.

People familiar with American colleges and universities can find fault with any of them.

MIT is full of HYPS rejects and the students look like they are auditioning for The Big Bang Theory.

Stanford campus looks like a giant Taco Bell and is in an overpriced, ugly town.

Dartmouth is in the middle of nowhere and there's a campus culture of heavy drinking and sexual assault.

Could hurl insults at any other school given the opportunity. Given DCUM's readership, this thread is an exercise in futility.

This is the same poster who's always going on about how Harvard is in a category of its own. She's posted the taco bell thing numerous times as well.

It seems your radar is broken.

Although Harvard is in a category of its own. No other university gets away with coasting on its reputation and brand at the expense of its undergraduate students like Harvard does.

Yep, you've posted these things before too.

It’s well known, so of course noted by many posters.

https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2011/03/18/a-harvard-education-isnt-as-advertised