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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] U of Michigan, U of Florida and U of Virginia are the All Around Best schools. These three schools are all top 30 ranked schools based on US News and World Report that have strong Division IA sports teams, reasonable tuition (especially for in-state) and students/alumni that actually love attending the school.

Relating to the "top 10" thread, those schools only admit a small number of students (and those are typically legacy, minority, or sports hooks) and cost $75,000 plus per year.   [/quote]

Among the Publics, UC Berkeley, UCLA and U Mich are in a category of their own.  All around great schools, many top programs - STEM and non-STEM.  I'd add UVA to this category if your focus is exclusively on non-STEM. On par with most top Private schools.  All other publics are a step below and you'd choose to attend one of them if the specific program you are interested in ranked high relative to the cost of attendance.  For example,   UC SD, U Wash, Austin, Georgia Tech, UIUC, Purdue, UMD are all great STEM schools, better than UVA in STEM and waaaay better than Florida.  Actually not sure why Florida is ranked 30..[/quote]

Funny, you take what you like from the the US News and World Report rankings as fact and completely dismiss the rest. UVA and Florida are ranked higher for a reason. If you don't know the reason, you shouldn't be saying other schools are waaaay better. They are not better schools. I am guessing you are basing your comment on 25 years ago.

[b]Also, I know students that started as pre-Veterinarian, pre-Electrical Engineering, pre-Computer Science and pre-Medicine, that are now Psychology, Journalism and Elementary Education Majors.  All are good majors. Students change majors. That is why I told my child to look at the overall school and not simply the major.[/b]  [/quote]

I don't think your response contradicts what I posted and your bolded sentence above is the point I'm making.  The three schools I pointed out are great across the board.  If start Engineering at Michigan (for example) and don't like it you can join several top 10 programs at their Arts/Science school (or the other way around).  Can't say the same thing for UVA (their engineering is sorely lacking).  With Florida, they have one top 10 program (Agriculture Engineering).  What does the kid do if they don't like that program?  The other options aren't that great.

Like I said, if you are definitely NOT interested in STEM, UVA is a top school.  The others, not so much.   If you notice, the OOS cost of the top 3 (+UVA) they are at the same level as top Privates and folks are willing to pay that for a reason.  If Florida or even UNC costs 70K there will not any OOS takers. [/quote]

Do more research on the schools before you dismiss Florida and all its majors. Why do you think University of Florida is ranked number 30 Nationally Overall and 6th Best Public? Further, every year it keeps [b]RISING [/b]up higher in the ranks?  Hint: Demographics.  Families moving from NY, NJ and other states to South Florida. Top school for students coming from Latin America too. There are lots of great schools, not sure why you need to bash another university. [/quote]

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