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Anonymous wrote:I asked about the University of Minnesota on here a few months ago and got a very strong response.

It was gas.

Funny

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Anonymous wrote:I judge people who haven’t heard of top SLACs.

What are top SLAC?

Of course no one has heard of top SLACs. This is DCUM, the center of ignorance in the universe.

Many think LACs only do arts and humanities. So I posted a while ago the amount of STEM at various schools, Ivys, top 20s, and SLACs and found my SLAC alma mater had percentage of STEM majors closer to the more technically-oriented elites like Cornell. Oh well, what else should I expect from DCUM?

Anonymous wrote:I asked about the University of Minnesota on here a few months ago and got a very strong response.

It was gas.

Anonymous wrote:Pitt

Universally loved?

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Anonymous wrote: Stanford campus looks like a giant Taco Bell and is in an overpriced, ugly town.

Palo Alto is crazy overpriced but neither the town nor the campus is ugly. I enjoyed every moment of my time there!

That’s lovely. But the “mentoring” at Stanford isn’t exactly what some of us might want for our daughters.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2015/02/15/magazine/the-stanford-undergraduate-and-the-mentor.amp.html

Yeah, you nailed it, that’s the typical Stanford experience right there.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous[b wrote:]It's only MD people who hate UVA because they are bitter they have to spend $50k to go to a decent state school.

College Park has all the charm of a strip mall in Laurel[/b]

True, but there are several categories of posters who are anti-UVA"
1) MD people, as you say
2) DC people who also don't have any good choices, but who would get the tag money for UVA but do not have the stats. to get in
3) UMD and VT people and students who troll for fun because UVA is their rival
4) NoVA parents who have paid taxes to Virginia for years but are frustrated after supporting the state for decades that their child doesn't have the stats to get in
5) NoVA students who didn't get in and are bitter
6) OOS students who applied but didn't have the stats to get in
and finally,
7) legacy parents who are upset that their child didn't get in

So it’s jealousy!
I must admit that DCUM has totally turned me off UVA.
We are from MD and William and Mary is the only VA school I wish we could attend at in state rates
UMD compares favorably to UVA and VT (especially for STEM). Plenty to criticize about College Park and Charlottesville.

But of course! That's why there's so much trolling over it, unlike other state schools.

Part of it is the obsession with UVA and why there's so much anti-Michigan hate from those people.
Basically people believe UVA is only behind Berkeley (due to USNews) and as prestigious as Ivies (although it does have a storied historical) and almost a "private institution" (with near-17,000 students..)

In reality UVA is the highest tier of stereotypical Southern colleges - great architecture, great social life, beautiful architecture, great college town, humanities heavy, "focus on undergraduate", but very low research output and very lacking in STEM, etc. Like University of Georgia but better.

If people stop comparing it to research-heavy top publics like Berkeley/Michigan, Ivies, other private colleges, its a great college at a great price.

I asked about the University of Minnesota on here a few months ago and got a very strong response.

Anonymous wrote:I judge people who haven’t heard of top SLACs.

What are top SLAC?

Anonymous wrote:Yes, “to” busy. You’re bright.

DP, but you have to do better than play auto-correct Nazi if you want to compete in this game.

10-minute penalty for Team UMCP.

Yes, “to” busy. You’re bright.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's only MD people who hate UVA because they are bitter they have to spend $50k to go to a decent state school.

College Park has all the charm of a strip mall in Laurel

While this is true, UVA is in the land of Confederates.

Have you ever been the Charlottesville?

Yes. Do you just not notice the confederate statues.

To busy looking at the beautiful rolling hills, charming downtown, stately campus architecture, beautiful coeds, wonderful vineyards and cozy restaurants to notice.

College Park has an IKEA and two GameStops tho, so you got that going for you

I judge people who haven’t heard of top SLACs.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I speculated starting this thread just last night on thread pertaining to NESCAC schools! Damn. Rarely see negative about:
Williams
Amherst
UNC
Wisconsin
Illinois

Every other school gets trashed

Mosey on over to the lacrosse forum. You may leave there with a different view of Amherst...

Nobody cares about Amherst lacrosse it hardly even made the news.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's only MD people who hate UVA because they are bitter they have to spend $50k to go to a decent state school.

College Park has all the charm of a strip mall in Laurel

While this is true, UVA is in the land of Confederates.

Have you ever been the Charlottesville?

Yes. Do you just not notice the confederate statues.

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Anonymous wrote:MIT and Stanford seem to have universal sterling reputations. And Dartmouth is prestigious but still flies somewhat under the radar, thus it avoids spirited vitriol.

And nobody really cares about SLACs, their alum network is so small, they're fairly obscure outside of New England, so they don't warrant animated debate.

Not really sure how to use commas, huh?

I guess she didn’t learn about commas at her big university.