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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son got in for Engineering. We haven't visited yet -- will for admitted students day -- but I'd love to hear why people love Wisconsin. Sooo cold a good part of the year. I'm just not getting why it's gotten so popular but am trying to keep an open mind and get on the bandwagon. Please share with me why you/your child love it. Thanks![/quote]

Intellectual grit without the pretension.  You might share a PlazaBurger with a Physicist or ice fish with a Russian lit expert.  Really good dairy products in the cafeterias and union.  Ice cream is top notch.  Union is amazing.  Fun marching band and Badger mascot cement the cool factor.  [/quote]

I am the PP who just agreed with the person who created the list, but your first sentence is spot on. Madison provides the right balance of intellectual grit and chill kids who are not pretentious.  And at one point, they had the most Fortune 500 CEOs and most Peace Corps volunteers. It's a well-balanced school. The WI Idea is also a great motto to live by.  [/quote]

According to my current UW student, the school is truly a great balance of "work hard play hard."

We did not tour UW before my DC was admitted. After the admitted student tour, my DC was all in - even committed before RD from their "top choice" where they were deferred.  I liked the school on the tour, but I was not in love with it - felt like the PP who "didn't get it."  Seeing the school through my DC's eyes changed that.

Yes, it is absolutely freezing, but the kids are still outside and connected to nature by all the activities and exploring they do on the (frozen) lake - Swimming, boating, rowing, sailing, ice-skating, playing hockey, fishing, etc. My kid sent me some pictures of a tent set up on the frozen lake and kids inside playing poker🤷‍♀️ Plus, you can escape all the noise and lights from the city on the trail around the lake. Also, they got see the Northern Lights!! 
Having the campus right in the city makes life a little more accessible - especially for freshman and people without cars. They're not isolated on a campus far away from basics like grocery stores and pharmacies. They get all the excitement of the city, but have nature (the lake) at their doorstep.
School spirit was very important to my DC. UW did not disappoint. 
Regarding the professors- it's refreshing having world class educators that are accessible to and engaged with with their students. Sometimes, my DC goes to office hours just to chat.

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