Top 10 Public Colleges in the US

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Here in California, the top 3 would be:
1. Cal
2. UCLA
3. UC San Diego

UC Davis, UC Irvine, Cal Poly can fight it out after that.

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Anonymous wrote:UNC has been called University of National Championships—it does very well in FH, lacrosse, tennis, soccer etc and the athletic department is extremely supportive of all the athletes, not just the football and basketball players. And the football team is going to be very good in the near future so things look bright in the southern part of Heaven.

Yes, perhaps too supportive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_North_Carolina_academic-athletic_scandal

Also the football team has always sucked, sucks now, and will always suck. Just be happy with basketball

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Anonymous wrote:Here in California, the top 3 would be:
1. Cal
2. UCLA
3. UC San Diego

UC Davis, UC Irvine, Cal Poly can fight it out after that.

how much gap between top 3?

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Anonymous wrote:Where my UVA at?

#226. Striving for top 200.

#26 on rankings that people care about, stay mad kid.

which one is that?

Look up “uva rank” and it’s the first website dumbo.

i wasn't the #226 guy above. i was a new poster. why do uva folks so nasty?

#226 is UVA’s ranking at QS.

LOL. I didn't know the ranking goes that far DOWN. Sounds right though.

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Anonymous wrote:Where my UVA at?

#226. Striving for top 200.

#26 on rankings that people care about, stay mad kid.

which one is that?

Look up “uva rank” and it’s the first website dumbo.

i wasn't the #226 guy above. i was a new poster. why do uva folks so nasty?

#226 is UVA’s ranking at QS.

LOL. I didn't know the ranking goes that far DOWN. Sounds right though.

Just realized why people love QS rankings, it makes them feel better about their Arizona State and Michigan State degrees lmao.

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Anonymous wrote:Here in California, the top 3 would be:
1. Cal
2. UCLA
3. UC San Diego

UC Davis, UC Irvine, Cal Poly can fight it out after that.

how much gap between top 3?

Historically, Cal would have been considered undisputed, but UCLA's rise in USNWR and in number of applications has changed that a bit to the point where people admitted to both are choosing in relatively equal percentages. Cal is still recognized as the leader in most areas at a graduate level compared to UCLA, but for undergraduate, they are on relatively equal footing these days. UC San Diego has some strength around bio-sciences and engineering, but seems to have lost some steam to me. So little gap between 1 and 2 and bigger gap to 3, which is not uncontested. UC Santa Barbara has been gaining in popularity recently, and has gained in USNWR, but it takes time to change perceptions.

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Anonymous wrote:There is no question that for the undergraduate student of the liberal arts and sciences, the College of William and Mary offers the most rigorous, highest quality education of any public university in the country.

DCUM more and more seems to focus on specific rankings (USNWR, QS, etc.), specific programs like computer science rather than the holistic experience, and there is a huge focus on just a few public schools (UVA, Michigan, and the UCs on this thread), and William and Mary gets somewhat lost in the conversation, which is unfortunate because it is unique.

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Anonymous wrote:Here in California, the top 3 would be:
1. Cal
2. UCLA
3. UC San Diego

UC Davis, UC Irvine, Cal Poly can fight it out after that.

new poster here, I grew up in California (I was in college in the mid 90s--started at UC Davis as a freshman, but hated it and transferred to a Cal State.)

It's so weird to me to see UCSB ranked so high now. Back in my day that was considered the party school and definitely one of the least serious UCs (barely above Santa Cruz.)

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Anonymous wrote:UVA and William and Mary are both still listed as Public Ivies. I see no reason to think otherwise.

Listed by who?

Nobody thinks these schools are Ivy equivalents. They're not even that great for public universities.

by the person who coined the term public ivy.

go look it up in Wikipedia. Counselors have been using the term for almost forty years.

It's a term coined to sell a book al la "Colleges that Change Lives." It has about as much merit. There are no "public ivies." There are no public schools that convey the prestige and name recognition that the Ivies do. The book hasn't been updated since 1985. You either got into an Ivy or you didn't. Get over it.

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Anonymous wrote:Where my UVA at?

#226. Striving for top 200.

#26 on rankings that people care about, stay mad kid.

which one is that?

Look up “uva rank” and it’s the first website dumbo.

i wasn't the #226 guy above. i was a new poster. why do uva folks so nasty?

#226 is UVA’s ranking at QS.

LOL. I didn't know the ranking goes that far DOWN. Sounds right though.

Just realized why people love QS rankings, it makes them feel better about their Arizona State and Michigan State degrees lmao.

I didn't go to ASU, but I kind of love ASU. ASU is providing a really great education and experience to students.It is affordable. It takes a completely different approach to admissions in that it seeks to be inclusive, rather than exclusive. It has highly ranked STEM programs. It's really a great school, even if it does lack snob appeal.

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Anonymous wrote:Where my UVA at?

#226. Striving for top 200.

#26 on rankings that people care about, stay mad kid.

which one is that?

Look up “uva rank” and it’s the first website dumbo.

i wasn't the #226 guy above. i was a new poster. why do uva folks so nasty?

#226 is UVA’s ranking at QS.

LOL. I didn't know the ranking goes that far DOWN. Sounds right though.

Just realized why people love QS rankings, it makes them feel better about their Arizona State and Michigan State degrees lmao.

Nailed it.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA and William and Mary are both still listed as Public Ivies. I see no reason to think otherwise.

Listed by who?

Nobody thinks these schools are Ivy equivalents. They're not even that great for public universities.

by the person who coined the term public ivy.

go look it up in Wikipedia. Counselors have been using the term for almost forty years.

It's a term coined to sell a book al la "Colleges that Change Lives." It has about as much merit. There are no "public ivies." There are no public schools that convey the prestige and name recognition that the Ivies do. The book hasn't been updated since 1985. You either got into an Ivy or you didn't. Get over it.

Such a dumb post.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA and William and Mary are both still listed as Public Ivies. I see no reason to think otherwise.

Listed by who?

Nobody thinks these schools are Ivy equivalents. They're not even that great for public universities.

by the person who coined the term public ivy.

go look it up in Wikipedia. Counselors have been using the term for almost forty years.

It's a term coined to sell a book al la "Colleges that Change Lives." It has about as much merit. There are no "public ivies." There are no public schools that convey the prestige and name recognition that the Ivies do. The book hasn't been updated since 1985. You either got into an Ivy or you didn't. Get over it.

Sorry George Mason didn’t make the list.

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Anonymous wrote:UVA and William and Mary are both still listed as Public Ivies. I see no reason to think otherwise.

Listed by who?

Nobody thinks these schools are Ivy equivalents. They're not even that great for public universities.

by the person who coined the term public ivy.

go look it up in Wikipedia. Counselors have been using the term for almost forty years.

It's a term coined to sell a book al la "Colleges that Change Lives." It has about as much merit. There are no "public ivies." There are no public schools that convey the prestige and name recognition that the Ivies do. The book hasn't been updated since 1985. You either got into an Ivy or you didn't. Get over it.

I would argue that Cal is far more prestigious than Cornell

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Anonymous wrote:Where my UVA at?

#226. Striving for top 200.

#26 on rankings that people care about, stay mad kid.

which one is that?

Look up “uva rank” and it’s the first website dumbo.

i wasn't the #226 guy above. i was a new poster. why do uva folks so nasty?

#226 is UVA’s ranking at QS.

LOL. I didn't know the ranking goes that far DOWN. Sounds right though.

Just realized why people love QS rankings, it makes them feel better about their Arizona State and Michigan State degrees lmao.

Just realized why people hate QS rankings, it makes them feel bad about their UVA degrees. LMAO