Anonymous wrote:The problem I see with UW is that the anti-intellectual attitude of the elected officials is destabilizing the University. Threatening to end tenure...reduced funding...

This will reduce the quality of the faculty. Of course, they will not defund the football team.

This is not happening, chicken little.

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Anonymous wrote:U.MD has higher incoming SATs and ACTs than Wisconsin. Just being inside the nations capital beltway makes is less perochial.

I’d rather be with in-state MD kids than a bunch of in-state WI or MI farm kids

What's wrong with farm kids?

Having taught them, I would say "nothing at all, except they are more likely to have gone to a small rural school that didn't offer many advanced classes."

My experience was that they were hard working, self-starters. They showed up for office hours, did their work, and were nice to have around. They said please and thank you.

Sounds just like the kids inside the beltway, right?

Yeah - the farm kids are going to be way more well adjusted. Probably for life.

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Anonymous wrote:The problem I see with UW is that the anti-intellectual attitude of the elected officials is destabilizing the University. Threatening to end tenure...reduced funding...

This will reduce the quality of the faculty. Of course, they will not defund the football team.

Yup. As the parent of a high school senior applying to Madison, this is my primary concern - that the quality of the school will decline because of bad choices by state leaders.

The same can be said for virtually every state flagship. Their funding is down, and most tenured positions are being replaced with non-tenured ones. But the funding issue has been the case for at least 10-12 years now. So draw your own conclusions.

The state of Illinois says: Wisconsin, hold my beer.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-college-budget-crunch-met-20160331-story.html

My niece AND nephew, who grew up in St. Paul, go to University of Wisconsin at Madison. I want to quit my job and live with them there. I tease them that their aunt is going to move in with them because she wants to go to school and hang out on Lake Mendota too.

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Anonymous wrote:The problem I see with UW is that the anti-intellectual attitude of the elected officials is destabilizing the University. Threatening to end tenure...reduced funding...

This will reduce the quality of the faculty. Of course, they will not defund the football team.

Yup. As the parent of a high school senior applying to Madison, this is my primary concern - that the quality of the school will decline because of bad choices by state leaders.

The same can be said for virtually every state flagship. Their funding is down, and most tenured positions are being replaced with non-tenured ones. But the funding issue has been the case for at least 10-12 years now. So draw your own conclusions.

Anonymous wrote:The problem I see with UW is that the anti-intellectual attitude of the elected officials is destabilizing the University. Threatening to end tenure...reduced funding...

This will reduce the quality of the faculty. Of course, they will not defund the football team.

Yup. As the parent of a high school senior applying to Madison, this is my primary concern - that the quality of the school will decline because of bad choices by state leaders.

Anonymous wrote:Crystal=a bar
Epickids=children of people who work for a newish huge biotech company called Epic (in Verona, a town near Madison.)
Isthmus=a land mass between 2 bodies of water. Downtown Madison is on an isthmus.

-Not the pp but a native Madisonian

I think Epickids more refers to the new grads in their 20s who work at Epic in Verona but live near the Isthmus.

Anonymous wrote:Crystal=a bar
Epickids=children of people who work for a newish huge biotech company called Epic (in Verona, a town near Madison.)
Isthmus=a land mass between 2 bodies of water. Downtown Madison is on an isthmus.

-Not the pp but a native Madisonian

You'd describe epic as a biotech company? I'd call it health informatics

Crystal=a bar
Epickids=children of people who work for a newish huge biotech company called Epic (in Verona, a town near Madison.)
Isthmus=a land mass between 2 bodies of water. Downtown Madison is on an isthmus.

-Not the pp but a native Madisonian

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Anonymous wrote:U.MD has higher incoming SATs and ACTs than Wisconsin. Just being inside the nations capital beltway makes is less perochial.

The word is provincial.

And you spelled parochial incorrectly.

I grew up in Madison and hear you can find beer there.

You can bring your babies to the bar with you, too.

At first I thought, huh? But it changes the nature of the bars.

Big Crystal fan, I am.

And, since this post is about cold weather: I am also a fan of ice skating in Tenney Park and I love the way the snow crunches on a very cold morning. Never really understood ice fishing on Lake Monona, but there ya go.

In the typical bars that undergrads hang out in...really not too many babies lol

Nope, but in my Madison days, they didn't go to the Crystal, either. I've been told the Epickids have changed the Isthmus quite a bit.

Speak english, please. No one knows what you’re talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:U.MD has higher incoming SATs and ACTs than Wisconsin. Just being inside the nations capital beltway makes is less perochial.

The word is provincial.

And you spelled parochial incorrectly.

I grew up in Madison and hear you can find beer there.

You can bring your babies to the bar with you, too.

At first I thought, huh? But it changes the nature of the bars.

Big Crystal fan, I am.

And, since this post is about cold weather: I am also a fan of ice skating in Tenney Park and I love the way the snow crunches on a very cold morning. Never really understood ice fishing on Lake Monona, but there ya go.

In the typical bars that undergrads hang out in...really not too many babies lol

Nope, but in my Madison days, they didn't go to the Crystal, either. I've been told the Epickids have changed the Isthmus quite a bit.

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Anonymous wrote:U.MD has higher incoming SATs and ACTs than Wisconsin. Just being inside the nations capital beltway makes is less perochial.

The word is provincial.

And you spelled parochial incorrectly.

I grew up in Madison and hear you can find beer there.

You can bring your babies to the bar with you, too.

At first I thought, huh? But it changes the nature of the bars.

Big Crystal fan, I am.

And, since this post is about cold weather: I am also a fan of ice skating in Tenney Park and I love the way the snow crunches on a very cold morning. Never really understood ice fishing on Lake Monona, but there ya go.

In the typical bars that undergrads hang out in...really not too many babies lol

Madison isn't THAT cold! I went to Superior. And, yes, I was one of those in-state farm kids.

OP, back to the subject at hand. Yes, Madison is amazing. Unfortunately, I have to agree with the previous poster that the current republican regime is doing its best to gut the entire UW system, and Madison specifically. I think for students this is less noticeable at ths undergrad level, but it shouldn't be ignored. So with that said.......have you considered University of Minnesota?

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Anonymous wrote:U.MD has higher incoming SATs and ACTs than Wisconsin. Just being inside the nations capital beltway makes is less perochial.

The word is provincial.

And you spelled parochial incorrectly.

I grew up in Madison and hear you can find beer there.

You can bring your babies to the bar with you, too.

At first I thought, huh? But it changes the nature of the bars.

Big Crystal fan, I am.

And, since this post is about cold weather: I am also a fan of ice skating in Tenney Park and I love the way the snow crunches on a very cold morning. Never really understood ice fishing on Lake Monona, but there ya go.

The problem I see with UW is that the anti-intellectual attitude of the elected officials is destabilizing the University. Threatening to end tenure...reduced funding...

This will reduce the quality of the faculty. Of course, they will not defund the football team.