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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We flew into Milwaukee, rented a car and drove to visit.  Campus is beautiful, however, student population is very white[/quote]

Milwaukee is by far the smallest city in the Midwest. Wisconsin in the smallest Great Lakes state by over a million people. Yet it has the second best state university…[/quote]

UI-UC in the immediate region, and then UCLA, Berkeley, UVA, Texas, UNC, Florida, Washington and probably UGA, too. But “second” after all of them, sure.[/quote]

Seriously I’m sick to death of these dumb bad take on state universities. Look at the states you’ve listed, they have double, triple, and even quintuple the amount of people that Wisconsin has. This naturally makes them more competitive. BUT THIS DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE BETTER. Look at the department ranks for each and compare them to Wisconsin. Not even close. History, chemistry, English, history, math, economics, Wisco is better than all these schools.

A school like Florida does no important research, contributes nothing to society, and is only elevated by having 20  MILLION more people than Wisconsin is. Can you do math??[/quote]

When you tire of the tantrum and you’re ready to join the rest of us in the 21st century, we’ll be here.[/quote]

This is the 21st century, it has better department NOW. I don’t get why employers and prospective students just ignore this. UW has such a mid reputation now, probably because it’s run by Wisconsinites who don’t care about prestige or giving their students good paying jobs. OOS students pay good money to go to this school, and being known as “Michigan’s backup” isn’t good enough. Why does UW always have the most incompetent administration. [/quote]

Look, a while back, a professional basketball player made a comment about Cleveland that I think explains why people in the 21st century don’t hold Wisco in nearly the same high regard that you appear to …

He said, “I never heard anyone say I’m going to Cleveland on vacation”.

https://youtu.be/XUxWYZrLUHo?feature=shared

Who is sending their kid to Madison, Wisconsin over these schools?

UCLA
Berkeley
Michigan
UVA
Texas
UNC
Florida
Washington
UGA

If the top ranked school was actually an outpost on the moon, would you send your kid there?[/quote]
Noah went to Florida and no one vacations in Gainesville either. And college isn’t a vacation.[/quote]

True, but it’s not a prison sentence in a desolate, wintry gulag either.

I care about my kid’s college experience, which goes FAR beyond the classroom.[/quote]

These are all the Best of Lists that Madison shows up on.  It is far from a gulag. It is regularly considered one of the best cities to live in:
Madison, Wisconsin appears on many "best of" lists, including:
Best places to live: U.S. News ranked Madison third in the country for quality of life in 2024. 
Best college towns: Madison is ranked as the best college football town in the country. 
Best cities for STEM jobs: Madison is ranked ninth for best cities for STEM jobs. 
Most educated cities: Madison is ranked as the fifth most educated city in the country. 
Safest cities: ranked#10 in county by USNWR

A Google search with "which Best of Lists does Madison WI show up on" would get this list with links.  And Delta & American have direct flights from DCA every day except Saturday. [/quote]

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