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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Best overall"? For a philosopher or a business major? Someone who likes snow or heat? Someone who's preppy or hippy (or whatever the current terms are)? Someone who wants to talk about ideas, or someone who wants to spend Saturday at the Big Game, or someone who wants both?[/quote]

People like you are so annoying and unhelpful. Which do YOU think is best overall? just pick one. When someone asks what's your favorite movie, do you give them a rapid fire list of comedy or drama? full length or short film? Foreign or domestic?? It's exhausting[/quote]

DP, but bugger off.  I actually DON’T have a “favorite movie”; it depends on the context and what I’m the mood for.  And if someone asks me my favorite anything, I usually give them a list of my favorites, not a singular one, because a rank ordering is stupid.  Nor do I think it’s a knowable thing to decide the “best movie”. It’s subjective. Some are certainly stronger than others, but then again they likely had different audiences.  In defense of the poster you are being obnoxious to, colleges are multifaceted things.  What makes one “good” for someone might be undesirable to someone else.    I don’t understand this almost pathological desire to create a consensus pecking order among universities.  It’s an impossible goal.  Just weight the criteria that are most important to you, and apply to colleges that tick the most boxes.  Of course, this is DCUM, where the single most important factor seems to universally be “what does everyone else think is good”.   :roll:  :idea: [/quote]

+1 I completely agree. "Best" is always subjective. People don't get that there are professors who discourage their kids from applying to ANY of the Ivy League schools, because they are not the best for undergraduate students in the opinion of these professors. DH ignored his father's opinion in this, but now is passing on that advice to his kids, because he gets it now. [/quote]

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