Anonymous
Post 11/04/2025 03:40     Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Madison is great. The professors have been interested and invested in my kid’s success. My kid is not a partier and has still been happy there. Part of the campus is urban, part is traditional.

It attracts many of the best students in state and in Minnesota. For OOS, it’s often back up plan for a lot of kids who want Michigan, but are part of the 90% that don’t get in. SO much cheaper though and in hindsight kid thinks Michigan would not have been worth the extra cost.

It’s a great all around school but STEM is especially strong.



It attracts the transgender/ “gender-fluid” activist, vegan / hippy purple-haired / Bernie / Squad crowd. It caters to them in fact.


This is so inaccurate. Have you ever even visited? The place is filled with the “normie,” all-American type kid.
Anonymous
Post 11/04/2025 03:01     Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My child is a junior STEm major at UW–Madison. Students have two choices to get in and out of Madison: either fly out of MSN their small Dane County airport with limited choices, or take Van Galder bus for 2.5 hours to O'Hare to fly out. Not the most convenient, but it's okay if you do that just a few times a year.


it is pretty easy to fly in an out of Dane county and there are non-stops to DC.


Or take the Badger bus to the MKE airport about 1.5 hrs away
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2025 23:15     Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:My child is a junior STEm major at UW–Madison. Students have two choices to get in and out of Madison: either fly out of MSN their small Dane County airport with limited choices, or take Van Galder bus for 2.5 hours to O'Hare to fly out. Not the most convenient, but it's okay if you do that just a few times a year.


it is pretty easy to fly in an out of Dane county and there are non-stops to DC.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2025 22:37     Subject: Re:U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yeah I don't know anyone aside from a poster here who would compare Wisconsin to GA Tech for engineering, not a chance. But you can feel good that Wisconsin is solid in engineering and ABET-approved so that is good. There are GPA thresholds if that is a concern for your student - https://engineering.wisc.edu/student-services/undergraduate-student-advising/progression/

Other than that - great school spirit, fun college town, friendly people. Winter is tough and long though sunnier than the northeast schools. Drinking/partying is also a big deal.

Finally, keep in mind travel and network. Wisconsin people are all over but mostly midwest. And direct flights to DMV are not as frequent as places like Chicago, Boston, Miami, Charlotte, or wherever else.


I was told that Madison really isn't a college town. It is more of an urban school.


What? It’s an amazing college town. My best friend went there and lives there now. I would never describe it as urban
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2025 21:34     Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:great school. academics are at the level of T10 schools like GeorgiaTech.

Industry pipeline is second to none. Location is near many heavy industrial companies.

Madison has a great lake side location.


I'm not great at math but is #29 second to none? lol

https://www.collegetransitions.com/dataverse/top-feeders-engineering/


No 29 is not impressive, same with its rank on USNWR for undergrad engineering
(27). Georgia Tech is on an altogether higher level.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2025 20:02     Subject: Re:U Wisconsin - Madison
Wisconsin has seen some unfortunately mild winters which is not good for outdoor sports. Ice fishing, skating, sking, and snowmobiling have all been affected.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2025 15:13     Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
I have a kid there and politics haven’t come up at all. Wisconsin is politically purple and there lots of rich Chicago kids there, and a big business school. None of that says purple hair gender fluid.

If you’re MAGA, though, I guess you need to go somewhere that will coddle your ego like Liberty or Hillsdale. You’re far too fragile and insecure for a place as diverse as a big state university.

Anonymous
Post 11/03/2025 14:02     Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:There is zero political diversity there. And don’t expect “tolerance” (especially from the faculty) if your kid does not fall in lockstep with the campus dogma & lingo.


I just cannot imagine this being an issue for engineering students, unless your kid is being affirmatively offensive to other students with their "dogma and lingo." You would have to go out of your way to talk about these issues as an engineering student.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2025 13:51     Subject: Re:U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yeah I don't know anyone aside from a poster here who would compare Wisconsin to GA Tech for engineering, not a chance. But you can feel good that Wisconsin is solid in engineering and ABET-approved so that is good. There are GPA thresholds if that is a concern for your student - https://engineering.wisc.edu/student-services/undergraduate-student-advising/progression/

Other than that - great school spirit, fun college town, friendly people. Winter is tough and long though sunnier than the northeast schools. Drinking/partying is also a big deal.

Finally, keep in mind travel and network. Wisconsin people are all over but mostly midwest. And direct flights to DMV are not as frequent as places like Chicago, Boston, Miami, Charlotte, or wherever else.


I was told that Madison really isn't a college town. It is more of an urban school.


Not Columbia/UPenn urban. Not Rice urban either. More like Ohio State urban - not among the skyscrapers, but not hiding in a suburb.


Rice has no urban feeling on campus. It's a very beautiful campus but there's nothing urban about it.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2025 13:42     Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:There is zero political diversity there. And don’t expect “tolerance” (especially from the faculty) if your kid does not fall in lockstep with the campus dogma & lingo.


What schools do you recommend for political diversity?
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2025 13:32     Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
It's a solid school. Being in Madison for college is a wonderful experience as well. It has a beautiful campus with lots to do, even in winter! Highly recommended.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2025 13:31     Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
There is zero political diversity there. And don’t expect “tolerance” (especially from the faculty) if your kid does not fall in lockstep with the campus dogma & lingo.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2025 13:31     Subject: Re:U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yeah I don't know anyone aside from a poster here who would compare Wisconsin to GA Tech for engineering, not a chance. But you can feel good that Wisconsin is solid in engineering and ABET-approved so that is good. There are GPA thresholds if that is a concern for your student - https://engineering.wisc.edu/student-services/undergraduate-student-advising/progression/

Other than that - great school spirit, fun college town, friendly people. Winter is tough and long though sunnier than the northeast schools. Drinking/partying is also a big deal.

Finally, keep in mind travel and network. Wisconsin people are all over but mostly midwest. And direct flights to DMV are not as frequent as places like Chicago, Boston, Miami, Charlotte, or wherever else.


I was told that Madison really isn't a college town. It is more of an urban school.


What? Urban yes, but very much run by UW. Excellent environment.


I actually want to know who "told" you that so I don't trust them for anything else
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2025 13:29     Subject: Re:U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Yeah I don't know anyone aside from a poster here who would compare Wisconsin to GA Tech for engineering, not a chance. But you can feel good that Wisconsin is solid in engineering and ABET-approved so that is good. There are GPA thresholds if that is a concern for your student - https://engineering.wisc.edu/student-services/undergraduate-student-advising/progression/

Other than that - great school spirit, fun college town, friendly people. Winter is tough and long though sunnier than the northeast schools. Drinking/partying is also a big deal.

Finally, keep in mind travel and network. Wisconsin people are all over but mostly midwest. And direct flights to DMV are not as frequent as places like Chicago, Boston, Miami, Charlotte, or wherever else.


I was told that Madison really isn't a college town. It is more of an urban school.


What? Urban yes, but very much run by UW. Excellent environment.
Anonymous
Post 11/03/2025 13:28     Subject: U Wisconsin - Madison
Anonymous wrote:Madison is great. The professors have been interested and invested in my kid’s success. My kid is not a partier and has still been happy there. Part of the campus is urban, part is traditional.

It attracts many of the best students in state and in Minnesota. For OOS, it’s often back up plan for a lot of kids who want Michigan, but are part of the 90% that don’t get in. SO much cheaper though and in hindsight kid thinks Michigan would not have been worth the extra cost.

It’s a great all around school but STEM is especially strong.



It attracts the transgender/ “gender-fluid” activist, vegan / hippy purple-haired / Bernie / Squad crowd. It caters to them in fact.