Anonymous
Post 06/18/2013 20:26     Subject: Prestigious State Colleges/Universitites?
Wisconsin!
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2013 20:22     Subject: Prestigious State Colleges/Universitites?
Not Maryland.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2013 15:32     Subject: Prestigious State Colleges/Universitites?
Penn State
U of M
UVA

Anonymous
Post 06/18/2013 15:32     Subject: Prestigious State Colleges/Universitites?
Cal-Berkeley
MIT
Michigan
Cal-poly

Then it's all the others that are good
Penn state UVA GT Wisconsin UMD Ohio st Florida
Unc rice
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2013 15:31     Subject: Prestigious State Colleges/Universitites?
UMCP honors
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2013 15:24     Subject: Prestigious State Colleges/Universitites?
Anonymous wrote:Rice
UC Berkeley



William Marsh Rice University, commonly referred to as Rice University or Rice, is a private research university.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2013 15:18     Subject: Prestigious State Colleges/Universitites?
Michigan
Wisconsin
Berkely
UCLA
UVa
UNC

In no order.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2013 09:15     Subject: Prestigious State Colleges/Universitites?
Don't think these were mentioned - UC San Diego and University of Washington
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2013 03:46     Subject: Prestigious State Colleges/Universitites?
Anonymous wrote:UC Berkeley, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara
University of Michigan
Georgia Tech
Purdue
UNC
UVA
Cornell (College of Agriculture)
SUNY Stonybrook (Math)
University of Indiana (School of Music)


Santa Barbara. Not.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2013 01:09     Subject: Prestigious State Colleges/Universitites?
UVM and Wisconsin are two on that list not yet mentioned on this thread that I would call really good schools.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2013 00:58     Subject: Prestigious State Colleges/Universitites?
*in terms
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2013 00:57     Subject: Prestigious State Colleges/Universitites?
Anonymous wrote:Surprised no one has said University of Texas. I had a friend from Austin who chose Michigan over UT. She was asked by a neighbor where she was going to school. When she told the neighbor that she was going to Michigan, the neighbor replied, "That's OK, honey. Not everyone gets into the University of Texas."


Very funny!

I'm also surprised no one has mentioned the "Public Ivies" more generally. Seems like a good starting place in term of prestige (and quality).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Ivy
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2013 00:30     Subject: Prestigious State Colleges/Universitites?
W&M
Purdue (engineering, vet or ag)
UT
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2013 00:19     Subject: Prestigious State Colleges/Universitites?
Anonymous wrote:Purdue is public, and there is a school within Cornell that is public, I think PP is right that it is the ag college.


Actually I think 3 of Cornell's 7 schools are land grant schools. Ag is one of them. Not quite public but cheaper tuition for NY residents.
Anonymous
Post 06/18/2013 00:02     Subject: Prestigious State Colleges/Universitites?
Surprised no one has said University of Texas. I had a friend from Austin who chose Michigan over UT. She was asked by a neighbor where she was going to school. When she told the neighbor that she was going to Michigan, the neighbor replied, "That's OK, honey. Not everyone gets into the University of Texas."