Wisconsin-Madison?

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Anonymous wrote:No school has a better combination of party scene, academics and big time athletics than Wisconsin.

UCLA? Florida? Georgia? UNC? Duke?

UCLA - better academics, athletics are generally on par, not as big a party school
Florida - bigger football but not academics or party
GA - Nope
UNC - better academics, but no to the other two
Duke is a small private school with a big hoops program and thats about it.

Wisconsin is a nice school, but please try to be serious.

UCLA's academics are stronger than Wisconsin's and the "party deficit" you see exists because there's so much more to do in LA than drink! Clever spin to try to elevate keg stands above skiing in the morning, surfing in the afternoon, and world class entertainment at night, but just no.

Florida no longer trails Wisconsin in academics and its sports programs are stronger generally, not just in football. And those kids also do nearly as many keg stands as the Badgers do.

Georgia's athletics are clearly stronger (#1 football team in the country; Wisconsin will be lucky to finish the season above .500) and academics are pretty much on par. Athens is a great college town; individual preference whether it's better than Madison.

UNC's sports are on par with Wisconsin's. (I'm actually not sure its academics are better.)

Duke's academics are clearly superior and basketball is legendary.

And you ducked Texas, which basically is Madison with better weather and racial diversity.

So UCLA students ski in the morning and surf in the afternoon? Wow! And they keep up with their “strong” academics. And they navigate all of that horrendous traffic driving from the mountains to the beach to class to boot! I am impressed! Go UCLA students!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No school has a better combination of party scene, academics and big time athletics than Wisconsin.

UCLA? Florida? Georgia? UNC? Duke?

UCLA - better academics, athletics are generally on par, not as big a party school
Florida - bigger football but not academics or party
GA - Nope
UNC - better academics, but no to the other two
Duke is a small private school with a big hoops program and thats about it.

Wisconsin is a nice school, but please try to be serious.

UCLA's academics are stronger than Wisconsin's and the "party deficit" you see exists because there's so much more to do in LA than drink! Clever spin to try to elevate keg stands above skiing in the morning, surfing in the afternoon, and world class entertainment at night, but just no.

Florida no longer trails Wisconsin in academics and its sports programs are stronger generally, not just in football. And those kids also do nearly as many keg stands as the Badgers do.

Georgia's athletics are clearly stronger (#1 football team in the country; Wisconsin will be lucky to finish the season above .500) and academics are pretty much on par. Athens is a great college town; individual preference whether it's better than Madison.

UNC's sports are on par with Wisconsin's. (I'm actually not sure its academics are better.)

Duke's academics are clearly superior and basketball is legendary.

And you ducked Texas, which basically is Madison with better weather and racial diversity.

So you obviously have a very massive bone to pick and you would argue that basically any random school in the country is better than Wisconsin. Enough already. No one cares about whether Georgia has better athletics or School X has better this or that.

Is this third response your best and final? Because it's blather. Read the chain. A Wisconsin booster set out the criteria s/he thinks makes Wisconsin #1. A number of specific (not random) schools were offered as potentially besting Wisconsin on the criteria chosen by the booster. The booster pushed back, largely by overstating Wisconsin's relative academic and athletic strengths and then got called on the overstatements. And then you had your little conniption.

I think you are taking the PP’s # 1 comment a little too literally. We go around every day colloquially saying that this is “the best” or that is “the best.” PP loves the school and thinks it is the best of certain things. I think that too, as do thousands of other alums. We are trying to share our thoughts with the OP because we have the unique perspective of having gone there (which you clearly did not). That is our school and our experience and we are allowed to take pride in it and share that pride with others if we are asked about it. We don’t sit around comparing it to Michigan, Texas, and Georgia. Why does this bother you so much? Do you always have to be right? Do you always have to point out the negatives and say that something else is better? Yikes!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No school has a better combination of party scene, academics and big time athletics than Wisconsin.

UCLA? Florida? Georgia? UNC? Duke?

UCLA - better academics, athletics are generally on par, not as big a party school
Florida - bigger football but not academics or party
GA - Nope
UNC - better academics, but no to the other two
Duke is a small private school with a big hoops program and thats about it.

Wisconsin is a nice school, but please try to be serious.

UCLA's academics are stronger than Wisconsin's and the "party deficit" you see exists because there's so much more to do in LA than drink! Clever spin to try to elevate keg stands above skiing in the morning, surfing in the afternoon, and world class entertainment at night, but just no.

Florida no longer trails Wisconsin in academics and its sports programs are stronger generally, not just in football. And those kids also do nearly as many keg stands as the Badgers do.

Georgia's athletics are clearly stronger (#1 football team in the country; Wisconsin will be lucky to finish the season above .500) and academics are pretty much on par. Athens is a great college town; individual preference whether it's better than Madison.

UNC's sports are on par with Wisconsin's. (I'm actually not sure its academics are better.)

Duke's academics are clearly superior and basketball is legendary.

And you ducked Texas, which basically is Madison with better weather and racial diversity.

So you obviously have a very massive bone to pick and you would argue that basically any random school in the country is better than Wisconsin. Enough already. No one cares about whether Georgia has better athletics or School X has better this or that.

Is this third response your best and final? Because it's blather. Read the chain. A Wisconsin booster set out the criteria s/he thinks makes Wisconsin #1. A number of specific (not random) schools were offered as potentially besting Wisconsin on the criteria chosen by the booster. The booster pushed back, largely by overstating Wisconsin's relative academic and athletic strengths and then got called on the overstatements. And then you had your little conniption.

I think you are taking the PP’s # 1 comment a little too literally. We go around every day colloquially saying that this is “the best” or that is “the best.” PP loves the school and thinks it is the best of certain things. I think that too, as do thousands of other alums. We are trying to share our thoughts with the OP because we have the unique perspective of having gone there (which you clearly did not). That is our school and our experience and we are allowed to take pride in it and share that pride with others if we are asked about it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No school has a better combination of party scene, academics and big time athletics than Wisconsin.

UCLA? Florida? Georgia? UNC? Duke?

UCLA - better academics, athletics are generally on par, not as big a party school
Florida - bigger football but not academics or party
GA - Nope
UNC - better academics, but no to the other two
Duke is a small private school with a big hoops program and thats about it.

Wisconsin is a nice school, but please try to be serious.

UCLA's academics are stronger than Wisconsin's and the "party deficit" you see exists because there's so much more to do in LA than drink! Clever spin to try to elevate keg stands above skiing in the morning, surfing in the afternoon, and world class entertainment at night, but just no.

Florida no longer trails Wisconsin in academics and its sports programs are stronger generally, not just in football. And those kids also do nearly as many keg stands as the Badgers do.

Georgia's athletics are clearly stronger (#1 football team in the country; Wisconsin will be lucky to finish the season above .500) and academics are pretty much on par. Athens is a great college town; individual preference whether it's better than Madison.

UNC's sports are on par with Wisconsin's. (I'm actually not sure its academics are better.)

Duke's academics are clearly superior and basketball is legendary.

And you ducked Texas, which basically is Madison with better weather and racial diversity.

So you obviously have a very massive bone to pick and you would argue that basically any random school in the country is better than Wisconsin. Enough already. No one cares about whether Georgia has better athletics or School X has better this or that.

Is this third response your best and final? Because it's blather. Read the chain. A Wisconsin booster set out the criteria s/he thinks makes Wisconsin #1. A number of specific (not random) schools were offered as potentially besting Wisconsin on the criteria chosen by the booster. The booster pushed back, largely by overstating Wisconsin's relative academic and athletic strengths and then got called on the overstatements. And then you had your little conniption.

I think you are taking the PP’s # 1 comment a little too literally. We go around every day colloquially saying that this is “the best” or that is “the best.” PP loves the school and thinks it is the best of certain things. I think that too, as do thousands of other alums. We are trying to share our thoughts with the OP because we have the unique perspective of having gone there (which you clearly did not). That is our school and our experience and we are allowed to take pride in it and share that pride with others if we are asked about it.

This is the constructive version.

[Anonymous]

There are a limited number of large schools that have top academics, top athletics, a great campus and lots of school spirit.

Wisconsin is among them. That is not saying that Wisconsin's academics are better than Michigan, UCLA, Cal or Texas. It is also not saying that any of those other schools have better campuses etc. It is a mix, and if someone is looking for a school that checks those boxes, then Wisconsin is a great choice to have in that mix.

Period.

That is not "boosting" Wisconsin, nor is it denigrating any other school. It is all subjective to a point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No school has a better combination of party scene, academics and big time athletics than Wisconsin.

UCLA? Florida? Georgia? UNC? Duke?

UCLA - better academics, athletics are generally on par, not as big a party school
Florida - bigger football but not academics or party
GA - Nope
UNC - better academics, but no to the other two
Duke is a small private school with a big hoops program and thats about it.

Wisconsin is a nice school, but please try to be serious.

UCLA's academics are stronger than Wisconsin's and the "party deficit" you see exists because there's so much more to do in LA than drink! Clever spin to try to elevate keg stands above skiing in the morning, surfing in the afternoon, and world class entertainment at night, but just no.

Florida no longer trails Wisconsin in academics and its sports programs are stronger generally, not just in football. And those kids also do nearly as many keg stands as the Badgers do.

Georgia's athletics are clearly stronger (#1 football team in the country; Wisconsin will be lucky to finish the season above .500) and academics are pretty much on par. Athens is a great college town; individual preference whether it's better than Madison.

UNC's sports are on par with Wisconsin's. (I'm actually not sure its academics are better.)

Duke's academics are clearly superior and basketball is legendary.

And you ducked Texas, which basically is Madison with better weather and racial diversity.

So UCLA students ski in the morning and surf in the afternoon? Wow! And they keep up with their “strong” academics. And they navigate all of that horrendous traffic driving from the mountains to the beach to class to boot! I am impressed! Go UCLA students!

Actually as a UCLA grad I'm guilty of surfing in the morning and night skiing at Mountain High in the evening, it's actually pretty cool to do both. With that being said UCLA is a typical state school that offers opportunities to students to excel or not, like most colleges it is up to the students to succeed. My niece is thriving at UCLA and my child is at UVA, funny thing is they don't talk about rankings and such, just their college experiences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are a limited number of large schools that have top academics, top athletics, a great campus and lots of school spirit.

Wisconsin is among them. That is not saying that Wisconsin's academics are better than Michigan, UCLA, Cal or Texas. It is also not saying that any of those other schools have better campuses etc. It is a mix, and if someone is looking for a school that checks those boxes, then Wisconsin is a great choice to have in that mix.

Period.

That is not "boosting" Wisconsin, nor is it denigrating any other school. It is all subjective to a point.

This.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No school has a better combination of party scene, academics and big time athletics than Wisconsin.

UCLA? Florida? Georgia? UNC? Duke?

UCLA - better academics, athletics are generally on par, not as big a party school
Florida - bigger football but not academics or party
GA - Nope
UNC - better academics, but no to the other two
Duke is a small private school with a big hoops program and thats about it.

Wisconsin is a nice school, but please try to be serious.

UCLA's academics are stronger than Wisconsin's and the "party deficit" you see exists because there's so much more to do in LA than drink! Clever spin to try to elevate keg stands above skiing in the morning, surfing in the afternoon, and world class entertainment at night, but just no.

Florida no longer trails Wisconsin in academics and its sports programs are stronger generally, not just in football. And those kids also do nearly as many keg stands as the Badgers do.

Georgia's athletics are clearly stronger (#1 football team in the country; Wisconsin will be lucky to finish the season above .500) and academics are pretty much on par. Athens is a great college town; individual preference whether it's better than Madison.

UNC's sports are on par with Wisconsin's. (I'm actually not sure its academics are better.)

Duke's academics are clearly superior and basketball is legendary.

And you ducked Texas, which basically is Madison with better weather and racial diversity.

So UCLA students ski in the morning and surf in the afternoon? Wow! And they keep up with their “strong” academics. And they navigate all of that horrendous traffic driving from the mountains to the beach to class to boot! I am impressed! Go UCLA students!

Actually as a UCLA grad I'm guilty of surfing in the morning and night skiing at Mountain High in the evening, it's actually pretty cool to do both. With that being said UCLA is a typical state school that offers opportunities to students to excel or not, like most colleges it is up to the students to succeed. My niece is thriving at UCLA and my child is at UVA, funny thing is they don't talk about rankings and such, just their college experiences.

Students never focus on rankings, it’s always the psychotic parents and my experience has been that the ones who are most obsessed are the ones who went to some no name college and are determined that their children do “better”

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Anonymous wrote:There are a limited number of large schools that have top academics, top athletics, a great campus and lots of school spirit.

Wisconsin is among them. That is not saying that Wisconsin's academics are better than Michigan, UCLA, Cal or Texas. It is also not saying that any of those other schools have better campuses etc. It is a mix, and if someone is looking for a school that checks those boxes, then Wisconsin is a great choice to have in that mix.

Period.

That is not "boosting" Wisconsin, nor is it denigrating any other school. It is all subjective to a point.

I mostly agree, but with the perspective that whether the academics are "top" at a large public R1 university depends much more on the student than on the school. An engaged student at Clemson or Kansas will have a much more worthwhile undergraduate experience (from an academic perspective) than one floating along at Michigan or Wisconsin. The academic ceiling might be a bit higher at the "top" schools, but (a) not much (and not uniformly across disciplines) and (b) the vast majority of students never approach the ceiling regardless.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No school has a better combination of party scene, academics and big time athletics than Wisconsin.

UCLA? Florida? Georgia? UNC? Duke?

UCLA - better academics, athletics are generally on par, not as big a party school
Florida - bigger football but not academics or party
GA - Nope
UNC - better academics, but no to the other two
Duke is a small private school with a big hoops program and thats about it.

Wisconsin is a nice school, but please try to be serious.

UCLA's academics are stronger than Wisconsin's and the "party deficit" you see exists because there's so much more to do in LA than drink! Clever spin to try to elevate keg stands above skiing in the morning, surfing in the afternoon, and world class entertainment at night, but just no.

Florida no longer trails Wisconsin in academics and its sports programs are stronger generally, not just in football. And those kids also do nearly as many keg stands as the Badgers do.

Georgia's athletics are clearly stronger (#1 football team in the country; Wisconsin will be lucky to finish the season above .500) and academics are pretty much on par. Athens is a great college town; individual preference whether it's better than Madison.

UNC's sports are on par with Wisconsin's. (I'm actually not sure its academics are better.)

Duke's academics are clearly superior and basketball is legendary.

And you ducked Texas, which basically is Madison with better weather and racial diversity.

So UCLA students ski in the morning and surf in the afternoon? Wow! And they keep up with their “strong” academics. And they navigate all of that horrendous traffic driving from the mountains to the beach to class to boot! I am impressed! Go UCLA students!

Actually as a UCLA grad I'm guilty of surfing in the morning and night skiing at Mountain High in the evening, it's actually pretty cool to do both. With that being said UCLA is a typical state school that offers opportunities to students to excel or not, like most colleges it is up to the students to succeed. My niece is thriving at UCLA and my child is at UVA, funny thing is they don't talk about rankings and such, just their college experiences.

Students never focus on rankings, it’s always the psychotic parents and my experience has been that the ones who are most obsessed are the ones who went to some no name college and are determined that their children do “better”

Agree, pretty strange dialogue here. Why do a lot of these posters constantly put down good schools? A friend suggested this site and I am now questioning their judgement...this place is pure negativity.

[Anonymous]

Can any of the PPs explain the metric or criteria that they are so confidently using to state that X’s “academics are better than” Y’s ? Cite your sources. Any sources.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can any of the PPs explain the metric or criteria that they are so confidently using to state that X’s “academics are better than” Y’s ? Cite your sources. Any sources.

They will just cite that rag USNWR, which has zero to do with academic quality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No school has a better combination of party scene, academics and big time athletics than Wisconsin.

UCLA? Florida? Georgia? UNC? Duke?

UCLA - better academics, athletics are generally on par, not as big a party school
Florida - bigger football but not academics or party
GA - Nope
UNC - better academics, but no to the other two
Duke is a small private school with a big hoops program and thats about it.

Wisconsin is a nice school, but please try to be serious.

UCLA's academics are stronger than Wisconsin's and the "party deficit" you see exists because there's so much more to do in LA than drink! Clever spin to try to elevate keg stands above skiing in the morning, surfing in the afternoon, and world class entertainment at night, but just no.

Florida no longer trails Wisconsin in academics and its sports programs are stronger generally, not just in football. And those kids also do nearly as many keg stands as the Badgers do.

Georgia's athletics are clearly stronger (#1 football team in the country; Wisconsin will be lucky to finish the season above .500) and academics are pretty much on par. Athens is a great college town; individual preference whether it's better than Madison.

UNC's sports are on par with Wisconsin's. (I'm actually not sure its academics are better.)

Duke's academics are clearly superior and basketball is legendary.

And you ducked Texas, which basically is Madison with better weather and racial diversity.

So you obviously have a very massive bone to pick and you would argue that basically any random school in the country is better than Wisconsin. Enough already. No one cares about whether Georgia has better athletics or School X has better this or that.

Is this third response your best and final? Because it's blather. Read the chain. A Wisconsin booster set out the criteria s/he thinks makes Wisconsin #1. A number of specific (not random) schools were offered as potentially besting Wisconsin on the criteria chosen by the booster. The booster pushed back, largely by overstating Wisconsin's relative academic and athletic strengths and then got called on the overstatements. And then you had your little conniption.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are plenty of applicants who simply prefer UW to UM. Nothing wrong with that. There are also plenty who apply to both. Since UM does yield protect, there are many who are high stats who don't get in to UM but do to UW and then matriculate.

The fact is, if you are from the coasts and attended a small private high school, and want that "big school" experience with strong academics, there are not many better options that have the combination of both.

Plenty of accepted students at Wiscy go elsewhere to college. It has a paltry 32% percent yield rate. Michigan’s yield rate, without using ED, is 46%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are a limited number of large schools that have top academics, top athletics, a great campus and lots of school spirit.

Wisconsin is among them. That is not saying that Wisconsin's academics are better than Michigan, UCLA, Cal or Texas. It is also not saying that any of those other schools have better campuses etc. It is a mix, and if someone is looking for a school that checks those boxes, then Wisconsin is a great choice to have in that mix.

Period.

That is not "boosting" Wisconsin, nor is it denigrating any other school. It is all subjective to a point.

There are actually a lot of large schools that have great academics and athletics, a nice campus, and school spirit. You and a few other posters apply some arbitrary cut-off to exclude other schools you consider inferior, and then walk back your claim of superiority by suggesting everyone can be expected to engage in puffery about their own school.

I won't judge the school simply because some of the alumni are obnoxious, but it's not a great look.