What is the best public university in New England?

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Anonymous wrote:Easily U. Penn.

U penn is an Ivy

Public Ivy.

You're just messing with me now, right?

Also a CTCL.

That made me laugh

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I've always thought of UNH as the worst of the bunch, but maybe that's just because I'm from NH? UMaine seems high ranked overall and as a party school than I would have expected.

OP, I think it would be worth expanding to some of the SUNYs and maybe Rutgers. SUNY Oswego is smaller, not a party school from what I hear, and has a strong honors program.

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Anonymous wrote:OP, dcum is a bad place to ask this question. You will either get posters who are basing their opinions on 20 year old data/reputations from back when they applied, or the answers will be a mid atlantic/southern perspective on this question which will be fairly useless. (most posters on here feel jmu and umd top all new england publics)

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Bingo.

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Anonymous wrote:Happy Valley is not in New England

pp said U Penn, not Penn State

I'm quickly losing brain cells.

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WTAF?

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with others that best overall shouldn't be the deciding factor. I would look for the strongest programs in the student's area of interest, what campus they like best, and where they might want to live after college (URI may not be the best university, but if you live in RI it's a benefit in employment).

Who said that?

We're not signing a contact right now. In early stages and wondering what people's opinions and perceptions are, and they can define 'best' however they like.

Thanks everyone for your responses.

-OP

Let me try again. I think this thread reflects that there is no consensus that one school is The Best. Maybe UCONN is slightly stronger. However, as a nerd with a Ph.D., I wouldn't be so strong as to make it worth living in Storrs for 4 years. If I wanted to study puppetry, I might reconsider. I think all of the NE public universities have reputations as party schools.

Yup. Google skills be mad here though.

[Anonymous]

OP, why state schools? Help us understand - is it size or some other aspect that is desired? (State schools charge nonresidents more, no aid, therefore they are often a poor value for the money.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've always thought of UNH as the worst of the bunch, but maybe that's just because I'm from NH? UMaine seems high ranked overall and as a party school than I would have expected.

OP, I think it would be worth expanding to some of the SUNYs and maybe Rutgers. SUNY Oswego is smaller, not a party school from what I hear, and has a strong honors program.

^^^made a mistake in this comment, I meant Geneseo not Oswego
https://www.geneseo.edu/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, why state schools? Help us understand - is it size or some other aspect that is desired? (State schools charge nonresidents more, no aid, therefore they are often a poor value for the money.)

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, why state schools? Help us understand - is it size or some other aspect that is desired? (State schools charge nonresidents more, no aid, therefore they are often a poor value for the money.)

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Maybe OP is a DC resident that will use DCTAG to reduce OOS cost and the kid really likes NE area.

[Anonymous]

if really a strong student and really likes the cold, add U Mich

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, why state schools? Help us understand - is it size or some other aspect that is desired? (State schools charge nonresidents more, no aid, therefore they are often a poor value for the money.)

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Maybe OP is a DC resident that will use DCTAG to reduce OOS cost and the kid really likes NE area.

Why not just say so?

[Anonymous]

The best part of this thread is how geographically challenged people are when it comes to New England

[Anonymous]

Alabama by a mile. Roll Tide!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP, why state schools? Help us understand - is it size or some other aspect that is desired? (State schools charge nonresidents more, no aid, therefore they are often a poor value for the money.)

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Maybe OP is a DC resident that will use DCTAG to reduce OOS cost and the kid really likes NE area.

Why not just say so?

OP said the student already lives in NE, is an academic high achiever, and wants to add to state schools to the list.

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The best part of this thread is how geographically challenged people are when it comes to New England

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Do these people ever leave this area?