Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's ranked well and highly selective for OOS students, so that gives it elite status for OOS who can get in. We are in state and neither of my children really loved it. The tour wasn't fabulous, freshman orientation was mediocre, and it was bigger than they wanted. Besides it being well ranked, it didn't have any wow factor for them so they both went to a smaller OOS school. For instate tuition though, it can't be beat, so it's a very attractive option in state.

OP here. That’s the thing, everyone knows it’s highly selective OOS but nobody can articulate what actually makes it unique. There are other highly selective OOS flagships in the south. It seems like in-state folks are measured in their approach but OOS kids just want to play the “prestige” game.

It’s because of networking

Honestly OOS is fiscally dumb

Med school students even dumber as getting into med school from their is super hard.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's ranked well and highly selective for OOS students, so that gives it elite status for OOS who can get in. We are in state and neither of my children really loved it. The tour wasn't fabulous, freshman orientation was mediocre, and it was bigger than they wanted. Besides it being well ranked, it didn't have any wow factor for them so they both went to a smaller OOS school. For instate tuition though, it can't be beat, so it's a very attractive option in state.

OP here. That’s the thing, everyone knows it’s highly selective OOS but nobody can articulate what actually makes it unique. There are other highly selective OOS flagships in the south. It seems like in-state folks are measured in their approach but OOS kids just want to play the “prestige” game.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Several points:

- People who start these thread just to bash schools are losers who probably couldn't get into said schools
- That being said, if you don't like these threads, just ignore them
- If you think that despite hating the thread you need to post on it to prove someone wrong, you don't
- If you think you need to post on the thread to provide facts so others won't be misinformed, most of those others are helpless lemmings who also think that USN&WR rankings are the be all and end all and that tiny nuance differences between schools actually matter.
- I am being a bit hypocritical even posting this and don't know why I waste my time here.

Spot on, wish we could pin this at top. Wasted breath in this cesspool.

Why is it a cesspool? Nobody could prove OP was wrong.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Several points:

- People who start these thread just to bash schools are losers who probably couldn't get into said schools
- That being said, if you don't like these threads, just ignore them
- If you think that despite hating the thread you need to post on it to prove someone wrong, you don't
- If you think you need to post on the thread to provide facts so others won't be misinformed, most of those others are helpless lemmings who also think that USN&WR rankings are the be all and end all and that tiny nuance differences between schools actually matter.
- I am being a bit hypocritical even posting this and don't know why I waste my time here.

Spot on, wish we could pin this at top. Wasted breath in this cesspool.

Anonymous wrote:Several points:

- People who start these thread just to bash schools are losers who probably couldn't get into said schools
- That being said, if you don't like these threads, just ignore them
- If you think that despite hating the thread you need to post on it to prove someone wrong, you don't
- If you think you need to post on the thread to provide facts so others won't be misinformed, most of those others are helpless lemmings who also think that USN&WR rankings are the be all and end all and that tiny nuance differences between schools actually matter.
- I am being a bit hypocritical even posting this and don't know why I waste my time here.

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Anonymous wrote:Good school. Nice campus. Nice town. Good weather. Good medical school. Reasonable cost of living. Good access to greenery and mountains. Many nice towns within drivable distance. One of the better state schools like UC Berkeley, UT Austin, UVA.

lol. "Nice campus. Nice town. Good weather. Reasonable cost of living. Good access to greenery and mountains. Many nice towns within drivable distance." So vacation there. Tell me more what top academic programs they are known for and show me the rankings.

Anonymous wrote:Good school. Nice campus. Nice town. Good weather. Good medical school. Reasonable cost of living. Good access to greenery and mountains. Many nice towns within drivable distance. One of the better state schools like UC Berkeley, UT Austin, UVA.

Anonymous wrote:These kind of threads are exhausting and are a complete waste of time. OP starts a thread claiming to ask for opinions to answer their question and then proceeds to argue with other posters when they reply.

WHY?! It’s completely disingenuous. The OP just wants to argue their point.