Schools with most school spirit?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curious

No question. Notre Dame. There are fans who have no connection with school in terms of attending or family attending. They are called subway alum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subway_Alumni


But is that actually school spirit? I’d agree ND might have a larger fan base than any other school in the country, for obvious reasons. Still school spirit, in my opinion, pertains to actually attending the college in person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I spend a good part of the year in Florida. I hardly ever see any UT gear here. I do see Michigan swag much more often.

Because the Michigan people are fleeing the cold of Michigan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

PP. You see much more Longhorn alum spirit outside the Amtrak corridor. It’s not that they’re runner up to Michigan, it’s that the east coast loves to spend 4-7 years in Ann Arbor before reassembling here.

West Coast and mountain state tech and energy hubs are bigger draws for expat Texans



That’s the point. You see Michigan swag it seems everywhere.

My point is that you *don't* see Michigan swag all over Los Angeles or Seattle or Park City or Phoenix. You do, however, see so much UT burnt orange.

That’s BS. Michigan has far more alumni in CA than Texas. Texas grads stay in Texas at a much higher rate.

The GDP of the entire state of Michigan is about the same as the Dallas metropolitan area alone.

[Anonymous]

Based on your view of school spirit, which of the following has more school spirit:

UVA or UMD
UVA or VT
Notre Dame or Michigan
Michigan or Texas
UCLA or Berkeley
UNC or Duke
Princeton or Notre Dame

[Anonymous]

Terps
Hokies
Wolverines
Wolverines
Neither
Dookies
Domers

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I spend a good part of the year in Florida. I hardly ever see any UT gear here. I do see Michigan swag much more often.

Because the Michigan people are fleeing the cold of Michigan.

…….which has nothing to do with the title of this thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

PP. You see much more Longhorn alum spirit outside the Amtrak corridor. It’s not that they’re runner up to Michigan, it’s that the east coast loves to spend 4-7 years in Ann Arbor before reassembling here.

West Coast and mountain state tech and energy hubs are bigger draws for expat Texans



That’s the point. You see Michigan swag it seems everywhere.

My point is that you *don't* see Michigan swag all over Los Angeles or Seattle or Park City or Phoenix. You do, however, see so much UT burnt orange.

That’s BS. Michigan has far more alumni in CA than Texas. Texas grads stay in Texas at a much higher rate.

The GDP of the entire state of Michigan is about the same as the Dallas metropolitan area alone.

…….which has nothing to do with the title of this thread

[Anonymous]

7 pages and no one has the right answer….

….it’s Wellesley.

School spirit is just a crude way of saying pride. And the most tangible way to measure pride is what is the chance a randomly selected alum would Go out of their way to help the school or another randomly selected alum for a random task/ask.

It’s Wellesley.

Spirit isn’t throwing a hoodie on and cheering for 4 hrs on a Saturday

Spirit is how far you would go for your “gang” só to speak.

Wellesley alums back each other and their school like none other.

Outside of the military.

[Anonymous]

School spirit isn’t measured by how many people show up at a football game or some such nonsense but by the percent of alums who donate to their alma mater. By that metric none of the top schools are big state U but rather schools like Wellesley as the PP pointed out (ranked 10th I believe), Princeton, Williams, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:School spirit isn’t measured by how many people show up at a football game or some such nonsense but by the percent of alums who donate to their alma mater. By that metric none of the top schools are big state U but rather schools like Wellesley as the PP pointed out (ranked 10th I believe), Princeton, Williams, etc.

You can’t make that comparison without controlling for the wealth of the graduates.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Based on your view of school spirit, which of the following has more school spirit:

UVA or UMD
UVA or VT
Notre Dame or Michigan
Michigan or Texas
UCLA or Berkeley
UNC or Duke
Princeton or Notre Dame

UMD
VT
ND
TX
Neither
Draw
ND

[Anonymous]

I can't believe this goes on for pages and no one has mentioned Clemson?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

PP. You see much more Longhorn alum spirit outside the Amtrak corridor. It’s not that they’re runner up to Michigan, it’s that the east coast loves to spend 4-7 years in Ann Arbor before reassembling here.

West Coast and mountain state tech and energy hubs are bigger draws for expat Texans



That’s the point. You see Michigan swag it seems everywhere.

My point is that you *don't* see Michigan swag all over Los Angeles or Seattle or Park City or Phoenix. You do, however, see so much UT burnt orange.

That’s BS. Michigan has far more alumni in CA than Texas. Texas grads stay in Texas at a much higher rate.

The GDP of the entire state of Michigan is about the same as the Dallas metropolitan area alone.

…….which has nothing to do with the title of this thread

Nor did the comment that Michigan has more alumni in CA than in Texas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:School spirit isn’t measured by how many people show up at a football game or some such nonsense but by the percent of alums who donate to their alma mater. By that metric none of the top schools are big state U but rather schools like Wellesley as the PP pointed out (ranked 10th I believe), Princeton, Williams, etc.

You can’t make that comparison without controlling for the wealth of the graduates.

Because donating $10 a year would financially cripple a state U grad? Not a great endorsement for the quality of education received.

[Anonymous]

Boise State