Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Miami of Ohio

Miami grad here.

Um, no. But, thanks for playing. Lovely parting gifts for you at the door and all that.

Another Miami grad here. That was my response, too. The best state school in Ohio, I think, but it's no Berkeley or UVA. It did produce Paul Ryan, though

Schools with subpar math and science programs like UVA and Unc are not really rigorous . If you check the alumni, there are no great creators or innovators.

Most state schools are regional in nature. The only ones that attract a lot of elite students outside of their region are UVA, UC-Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan, and U. of North Carolina.

And no, an Ag. college at Cornell isn't on the list.

A lot of the other schools like Texas, Florida, Georgia, Washington, Illinois, Wisconsin, Purdue, Indiana, Georgia Tech, etc., have monster research programs and very strong graduate schools, but their undergraduate colleges are very regional in scope and don't really attract top students from other regions in large numbers.

No one in say Connecticut, goes wow, you went the U. of Texas, you must of been very, very smart in high school. If anything, they think it is comparable or a tad better than UConn. The differences between Maryland vs. UC-Santa Barbara vs. Texas vs. Missouri just aren't that big of a deal.

michigan will get stronger and stronger as compared to UC's, UVA, and UNC it accepts more and more OOS students.

Not a UM alum...actually i hate UM. but i can see it getting stronger and stronger.

Anonymous wrote:Rice
UC Berkeley

Rice isn't a state school.

The "state" part of Cornell
UCLA

Anonymous wrote:Per US News: (in order) UC-Berkeley, UCLA, VA, Michigan, UNC, William and Mary, UC-Davis, UC-San Diego, UC-Santa Barbara, Wisconsin, Penn State, Illinois, UT-Austin, Washington, Florida, Ohio State, Maryland, University of Pittsburgh, CT, Georgia, Purdue, Texas A&M, Clemson

This makes sense though the difference between Cal and Clemson is immense.

Unc drops due to its academic fraud case going back 20 years to last year . Pitiful .

Hahah

Va tech and George mason

UNC

Per US News: (in order) UC-Berkeley, UCLA, VA, Michigan, UNC, William and Mary, UC-Davis, UC-San Diego, UC-Santa Barbara, Wisconsin, Penn State, Illinois, UT-Austin, Washington, Florida, Ohio State, Maryland, University of Pittsburgh, CT, Georgia, Purdue, Texas A&M, Clemson

Michigan
Berkeley
UVA
William and Mary

Then
UNC
U Texas
Wisconsin

Anonymous wrote: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

MIT is not public.

I think posters are confusing good schools or good value schools with "prestigious" ones that OP asked about.

Anonymous wrote:

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

I am from Illinois and went to Wisconsin. Upon hearing this, some elderly lady paused for a moment and said, "well, I *guess* Wisconsin is *almost* as good as U of I."