What college do/did you go to?

[One Taste]

List the pros/cons here please.

1. Pros
2. Cons
3. General Environment
4. How is/was the education?
5. Any hot girls? *post pics*:shrug: :evilgrin: O8)
6. What is/was your major?

[jjmalonejr]

1. Harvard

1. Pros -- It's Harvard
2. Cons -- It's Harvard
3. General Environment -- Sorta Ivy covered
4. How is/was the education? -- Unsurpassed
5. Any hot girls? - Sorry, no
6. What is/was your major? -- Chemistry

[sir_captain]

10. Same here

though I was a history major

What house were you in, JJ?

[jjmalonejr]

76. Eliot for a year, then moved to Quincy.

You?

[sir_captain]

81. Adams House

lots of good memories there.

[flowomo]

86. Adams House here also..... F2, C-57

[sir_captain]

88. I was a C-entry guy...

lord knows I can't remember the room numbers now, though ;-)

[flowomo]

93. we had access to the roof from C-57....

and I climbed out there a few times... scary, but what a view! But I spent most of my time at the grill in the basement of Quincy playing pinball. Also, the debate team's room was there and that was my primary activity.

[sir_captain]

97. Heh

I knew some people who lived in that room...

I think Arthur Schlesinger lived in there as well

[Kathy in Cambridge]

85. So many "Barnies" on this board!

Cambridge townie lingo for you Haaahvid students. Foreigners in my fair city! ;-)

[flowomo]

94. Hey, I was from Everett..... so not TOO foreign

[sir_captain]

98. I may be a New Yorker

but technically, I was born in Belmont ;-)

[AndyP]

2. UWRF

which is the University of Wisconsin- River Falls, in WI near the WI/MN border near Minneapolis.
Pros-It's a nice science school which is why I'm going here. I like it because in my upper level courses I only have a handful of students in my class (under 20 in most).

The cons are it's a small school, so there's not a whole lot of opportunities for things like internships and staying here for grad school is out of the question. It's also a big school for farming so there are a lot of "thick" women here so hotties are rare and are mostly taken.

It's overall a quiet school, and everyone is really nice (typical Midwesterners)

The Education is great, I applied to and was accepted to do research assistantships at schools all over the nation (I'll be at the University of Arizona in a few weeks for research). Our school is constantly in the top ten schools (for our size) for graduates that go on to obtain Ph D's.

I'm a broad Field Science major which is like a biotechnology major but I get to choose which classes I want to take to customize it, so that's nice. I want to go to grad school for something that connects a MS with a MBA. I'd rather do the business side of biotech than sit in a lab. :)

[Donkeyboy75]

8. Advice -

Do your research before going straight on to your MBA. I'm finishing up my PhD in Bioorganic chemistry, and have friends in industry. It is a really good idea to get at least 3 years of research experience to take full advantage of an MBA. Good luck!

[tigereye]

58. I'm sure the "thick" women appreciate your perspective!

Here's hoping personal sophistication and tolerance are something else you learn in grad school! JMO

just not in the mood for categorization of females today.

[flowomo]

84. delete

[southpaw]

96. Y, D & F of C...

grow up :eyes:

[DemoTex]

3. Georgia Tech

My wife and I were there at the same time. I had just come back from Vietnam. She ended up with a PhD from Tech. I ended up with a BS in ISYE and a GPA of 3.8.

[LSdemocrat]

4. Washington University in St. Louis

1. Great academic atmosphere/ school has tons of money
2. School tends to blow the money on aesthetics, lets in a few too many mediocre students from east/west coast high schools just to increase presence on the coasts.
3. Very friendly, non-competitive academic environment, along with beautiful campus
4. Excellent education (I'm going back for law school this fall)
5. Many hot girls, sorry no pics :-(
6. Finance/Operations and Manufacturing Management/ International Business (It's not as impressive as it sounds)

Overall, I'd highly recommend it.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

33. Yeah, they recruited the shit out of me

Sounded like a very nice place, but St Louis was just not where I wanted to be. As for the mediocre students thing, I think that's a reality most private schools have to face, unless you're an Ivy

[GumboYaYa]

50. When did you graduate from Wash U?

I live around the corner from the school. It has great facilities. I jog through campus almost every day.

[Donkeyboy75]

5. Miami University (Ohio)

1. Pros - University was geared towards teaching, not research.
2. Cons - Generally conservative environment...strange for a college
campus
3. General Environment - J. Crew U.
4. Very good. The school has a very good reputation as far as public
schools are concerned.
5. The hottest. I'm seriously not kidding. It's ridiculous. I
married a woman from this school that is WAY out of my league.
The downside is #2 and #3. Some of these girls were very stuck-
up.
6. Chemistry. Minored in Biological Anthropology

[Whitacre D_WI]

21. You know you can only listen to 97X on the web now?

I figured you went to MU.

[Donkeyboy75]

30. Really?

When did this happen? I graduated in '98, but haven't been back in the area much since then.

How did you figure I went to MU?

[Whitacre D_WI]

48. You just seem like an MU kinda guy.

:P

[Donkeyboy75]

53. I know an insult when I read one.

Have at you!

[Whitacre D_WI]

61. Here's what you need to do:

When someone asks you where you went to college, just say "Oxford." You don't need to mention the name of the school.

BTW -- how's that alligator on your shirt holding up? ;)

[Donkeyboy75]

63. I've actually done that as a joke before.

No alligators, but I'm ashamed to admit I have a couple of shirts with horsies on them. :spank:

[Whitacre D_WI]

66. I KNEW IT!

You are SO an MU grad!

[tigereye]

60. my sister went there for grad school!

She thought it was pretty conservative as well, but she did meet some nice people there.

[Beware the Beast Man]

6. Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Alma Mater of WWE's Kurt Angle (yay)

1. Pros- Somewhat of a party school, rural
2. Cons- Pretty conservative, state teacher's school, rural
3. General Enviroment- "suitcase campus" -everyone went home for the weekend
4.Education- bad when I was a music major, good as a history major
5. Hot Girls- Yep, but not like I scored or anything
6. Major- History

[Syrinx]

7. University of Alabama

You might have guessed from my avatar. :)

Pros: It's a pretty damn good school, for a state school, anyway. The journalism, business and law schools are especially good.

Cons: The main one is the god-awful "Machine" that controls campus politics. Joe Scarbourogh was the Machine-backed SGA prez... that might give you an idea about that.

General Environment: I think the campus is quite beautiful, and people of many colors get along very nicely, despite what you may have heard.

Education: Great.

Hot Girls: Well, Sela Ward went there, but that was years before I did.



Major: Journalism. So, why am I programming computers these days? :shrug:

[DemoTex]

12. Interesting, you Alabama guys.

My cousin played for the "Bear." Cuz is now a Fedex DC-10 captain. Took after me, the older cuz MD-80 captain. Cuz flew Navy Lockheed S3s in the 70s. I flew 250 combat missions in the Vietnam war, many in the Lockheed SP-2E over Laos at night (can you say: "HO CHI MIHN TRAIL?"). Cuz (50) just married a bombshell from Brazil (better than the pic, and they have been dating for five years).

[Syrinx]

16. Interesting? You mean because we love the Bear?

Heck, I just liked rarely losing? :)

Can you say who your cousin is? I'm just curious. PM me if you want.

[southpaw]

41. Not all of us 'Bama boys love the Bear...

Some of us are partial to the Tiger


Pros: Auburn is the coolest college town in the South-East! Greek organizations have little to no influence on the campus population as a whole...

Cons: Too much emphasis on athletics... but that's the case anywhere in the south

Education: Excellent, particularly Veterinary medicine, engineering, education and agriculture.

General Environment: Cool town, great university faculty, fun social scene, not stuffy at all! Greeks (frats and sororities) exist, but are largely ignored.

Hot girls: everywhere you look!

My Major: English w/ a minor in History ("would you like fries with that?")

[Richardo]

44. "Mmmmmmm: practically nekkid Sela Ward!"

Homina homina homina :loveya:

[Richardo]

71. I said: "Practically nekkid Sela Ward!"

[crimson333]

80. Joe Scarborough from what I read had a platform to dismantle the

Machine at Alabama, He ran against them. I start grad school there this summer and my cousin wants to join the machine ...I had never heard of them

[SmileyBoy]

9. North Dakota State

1) Friendly student body and faculty. One of the best architecture programs in the country (the major I'm studying). Also, quality athletics programs.

2) The university and its athletics programs aren't promoted as well as UND (the former rival to the north).

3) Pretty good, relaxing atmosphere. Very friendly place for liberals.

4) Top-notch so far.

5) Yes, definitely. Unfortunately, I have no courage around females, and I don't think I'm attractive to most of them.

6) Architecture

[cheezus]

113. University of North Dakota

like NDSU, only 63% better and with aerospace replacing architecture

[Endangered Specie]

11. NCSU

1 - Its getting more moderate-liberal from its old conservative days, thanks in large part to the socialist professors ;)
2 - Engineering is still very conservative overall.
3 - Big, somewhat seperated though, feels like a big city
4 - Engineering Education is excellent, if not outstanding
5 - Oh lord, If I had a camera I would be wasting all my time snapping pics and failing out
6 - Civil Engr.

[Lisa0825]

13. Baylor University

1. Pros:
excellent student : teacher ratio
IMO, perfect size: large enough to have a wide variety of clubs and activities, but not so large that you could feel lost like at some of the mega-state universities.
good academic reputation
far enough for me to get away from home, without being too far for me to go back when I wanted to.
Believe it or not, most of my professors seemed pretty liberal. My ethics professor was pro-choice, and Marriage and Family (a sociology course) was pretty open regarding pre-marital sex, contraception, abortion, divorce, etc. Nothing was taboo due to the Baptist nature of the school.

2. Cons:
I wasn't political in high school, so I didn't have a clue about the conservative politics of the majority of the school and students. I started getting political my senior year (met ann Richards, and she inspired me), and Ronald Reagan appeard there to stump for Bush senior. Anyway, if I had been a very politicla person then, i probably would have felt incredibly isolated... way more than I do now just by living in Texas.

3. Environment:
Overall, decent environment, other than politics. Small-town atmosphere in Waco (then, at least)... had a mall. Had a few decent clubs. About halfway between Austin and Dallas, so a wild weekend was only a couple hours in either direction.

4. Education:
Excellent education! I was on scholarships, grants and loans, but for the money, it was a pretty good deal. Private schools in Texas (at least back then) were a bargain for residents, compared to private schools in other states. Classes were tough, professors were helpful, class size was moderate to small.

5. Girls:
Well, legend has it that back when Texas A&M was all male, they got a deal going with Baylor... Aggies would send their favorite neckties up to Baylor, and the girls would pick a tie. Whichever tie they picked, would be their date. Baylor men came to resent this setup, since their best girls were dating the enemy. we had a LOT of beautiful girls when I was there, but most were "Betties." Big bows in their hair, BIG BIG hair, lots of makeup... pretty much looked like a casting call for the remake of the Stepford Wives in many ways.

6. Major:
I majored in biology, and went on to study molecular biology at UTSW in Dallas and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston (no longer affiliated with Baylor Univ).

[neoteric lefty]

14. University of Florida

Pros - Unbelievably cheap for kids from the state of Florida. One of the best public universities in the U.S. for engineering, computer-science, medical, pharmacy and so on. Great weather (unless you hate some humidity once in awhile). Beautiful campus and beautiful students (I am not used to brick buildings:)).

Cons - Hour and a half from the beach (I grew up my whole life 5 minutes away from the ocean). School can be too big sometimes, especially when you need some assistance from the university or its faculty. Many large (and I mean large; 100+ students) classes. It is so big, that they want to get you out of there as soon as possible. You can get around this if you are smart and work the system so you can take all the courses that you want. Tough to get in, academic-wise. Great sports. Great school pride. Lots of stuff to do.

General Environment - Not sure what you want here. The actual surroundings are like this: big university in a modest-sized, somewhat liberal town surrounded by the bible-belt of Florida. They don't call it the swamp for nothing. The school environment is kind of the same. Large liberal campus; not good if you don't like to be lost in a sea of people. The whole Greek system can sometimes be annoying. Until this past election, a group of 3000+ kids controlled the government for 46000+ students. Gainesville isn't really the best place if you don't want to be a social person.

Education - Kind of mentioned it above. Great school in many respects but you do not get a lot of attention from the professors. Probably not the best if you are looking into a liberal arts field.

Hot girls - sure, thousands :) :toast:

Major - Software Engineering with a Philosophy minor

[Dark]

15. NKU

1. N/A (I'm going there this fall)

2. See Above

3. Tolerant :-)

4. N/A

5. Don't know yet.

6. English or journalism.

[sleepystudent]

17. Stanford U.

Pros: Laid back, great academics, great weather, incredibly diverse(60% minority,highest percentage of any elite college), a lot of space to stretch out (the school covers more than 8,000 acres), great athletics and sports facilities, it goes on and on...I'm biased, but I truly think it's the best school in the country (but I didn't go to another school, so I really can't legitimately say)

Cons: There is a bit of an anti-intellectual streak there-I am guilty of that myself, a lot of extremely smart people who are all too willing to dumb it down, I hate the Greek system and it has a presence there, politically apathetic, home of the Hoover Institution(Condi was the provost when I was there-it does have a strong conservative bastion-but I'm all for balance), can get quiet because we study a lot, even on the weekends, although you didn't get into Stanford if you are a true party animal.

General Environment: Very little pressure (what there is is self-inflicted), very little pretension ( it is looked down upon), fairly liberal (it's the Bay Area), suburban, peaceful, curious, you will make friends there, the administration is actually quite nice-I am at Columbia now and I am realizing that it does not compare, Stanford will spoil you for anything else. Also, nearly everyone-students, grad students, a huge chunk of faculty-live on campus, creating a real community, almost sealed off from yuppie Palo Alto. Also really open to new ideas in technology and society ( we are in Silicon Valley and it could be argued we created it)

The Education: incredible. INCREDIBLE. in pretty much every department(Art could be stronger) it's tops.

Any hot girls: Yes, but I'm a gay guy, so that's your problem.

My major: History. Awesome faculty, awesome faculty, even the building was awesome.

If you get into Stanford, go, go, go there!

[petronius]

18. Only if you don't get into Cal, of course...

:P

[Richardo]

42. You mean 'UCLA at Berkeley'?

:P

[Terran]

92. Go Bears!

Class of '81 (got my MA in '83).

Environment: the coolest, the best, the most wonderful!

My major: English

And Stanford may be a good school, but I can't imagine living on a damn farm for four years. Boring. Cal exists in the real world, at least.

[cally]

101. We were there at the same time

BS-Natural Resources (1980), MPP-Public Policy(1983)

I loved Berkeley because it was so diverse and interesting. I think the first two years were bad educationally. Most of my classes had 100-200 students so it could be alienating. I rarely met folks in my classes, but made my friends through my activities and where I lived. My last two years and graduate school were terrific. The professors have to cover a range of political beliefs and economic ideas. I learned to think and evaluate other ideas. When I entered graduate school, I knew more about different idealogies but I did not have the personal connections to mentors and professors that other colleges provide.

edited to add dates

[Terran]

104. Hey, cool!

I do agree, if Cal has one drawback, it's the size of many of its classes and the difficulty of forming relationships with instructors--and I'm sure it's worse in the sciences than in the liberal arts. I didn't really get to any of them well until my senior year, byt then I was kinda shy also.

I well remember my first year, taking Cultural Anthropology from Laura Nader, Ralph's sister. She was excellent, but the class was held in a bloody underground amphitheater that probably accommodated 1000 people easily.

Cally, just curious, where did you live while attending Cal? I did the dorms for two years and then became a confirmed Co-Oper, at the infamous Barrington Hall and then later Rochedale Village.

Dirk

[cally]

105. Coops the entire time!

We were probably at Rochdale together. I lived at Hoyt, Cloyne, Kidd, and then Rochdale. I lived in a private apartment for graduate school.

Barrington Hall! I went to a few parties there. They were wild.

[Terran]

114. Spent three years at Barrington

I was well into grad school before I moved to Rochdale, so we must have missed each other. Yes, Barrington was very wild, and a lot of fun. I made many good friends there, even before I actually lived there. I miss it sometimes. It no longer exists, at least in its original form.

[TheWizardOfMudd]

19. I have gone to many colleges

I did not enroll in or attend classes at 99% of them. I just went there and played some music, got drunk, smoked some hash, slept with some chicks, etc. . . . .

I got degrees from two of them, though. ;)

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

35. Two girls or two colleges?

:evilgrin:

[politicat]

20. Arizona State and California Lutheran

ASU first:
1: Low tuition for instaters; not bad for out of state. Some programs are good, like Psychology, History, Alternative power engineering.
2: It's hot as hell, in the middle of a rather big, flat metroplex with unquestionably bad public transportation, in the middle of a big, desert state populated with two strains of VERY conservative religious groups (one from the state to the north, one from the country to the south) and has the cultural IQ of Crawford TX at times. Lots of crime in the campus area, some to property, but rape has been prevalent, too. Terrible dorms, very overcrowded.
3: Hot, nasty, brutish, dirty and dry. However, those fems that are blessed enough with good genetics to be thin tend to wear very little for 4 months of the school year.
4: In my field, excellent - I'm a psychologist with a second master's in Medieval Russian history. Others, you take your chances.
5: Some. The problem is the heat - when you're THAT hot, it's hard to go outside and exercise. No pics, sorry, and the ones I did have are now several years out of date.
6. As above, psych and history.

Cal. Lu. Uni. Thousand Oaks, CA
1: Small, comfortable campus. Great dining hall; good theater department. GREAT dorms - huge rooms.
2: Expensive. Small campus. Not much public transit = may be more now than in 1993, though. Not known for anything.
3:Pretty, lots of trees, great campus. Good town - very openminded. Near shops and stuff. Creek in center of campus. Close to beaches.
4: Not bad, but I was there as a lower division undergrad. Some profs were incredible, others okay. Not a bad one in the bunch that I had.
5: Some. Seemed like a random distribution, to me. And just out of curiosity, why do you think you're so studly that only a hot one will do? Hm? :evilgrin:
6: Same as above, with a minor in theater.

Politicat

[LWolf]

22. I have units from 8 different colleges.

As I have painful cause to know every time I'm asked for official transcripts.

I couldn't tell you much about the general environment, since every class was a night class after work. I never lived on campus or went full time.

My AA is in Arts, Letters, and Sciences.
My BA is Social Sciences.
I have most of an MA in curriculum and instruction, and half of an MA in Library science. Who knows if I'll ever finish them.

Quality of the education was entirely dependent on the instructor, in my experience. I had some classes at 4 year universities that were a waste of learning time, not because of the syllabus, but because of what the instructor did with it. I had some really great classes at the local community college, where the level of thinking, discussion, and expectations were higher than some of the 4 year schools. And everything in between.

[Servo300]

23. Rockhurst College (Kansas City, MO)

Pros: small campus, good quality Jesuit education

Cons: expensive

[flamingyouth]

24. University of Washington

I liked it. My major was Editorial Journalism and Political Science.

[GOPisEvil]

25. Texas A&M

1. Relatively inexpensive in-state tuition (at the time). A completely different place than most large state school (although that's changing). A good academic reputation. A large, active alumni base that is quite generous with the cash.

2. Conservative as the day is long (and getting worse). College Station is a cultural black hole.

3. Pretty much like any normal large state school located in a "college town". Although College Station is more conservative than most.

4. I think I received a very good education.

5. Sure. www.tamu.edu for pictures. :-)

6. Political Science major; History minor.

Edit - if I had the decision to make again, I'd choose a different school. Smaller, with smaller classes for freshmen.

[Andy_Stephenson]

39. Did you hear about the Aggie...

that thought asphalt was rectum trouble? :evilgrin:

[Richardo]

40. My favorite bumper sticker: "Honk if I'm an Aggie"

:D

[GOPisEvil]

43. Heehee...two of my favorite aggie jokes!

:D

[kitkatrose]

26. Howard University in DC

1. live in the city; lots of stuff to do, most of it relatively inexpensive; decent-size population (11,000); there's more, but I forget. Come visit us.

2. neighborhood kinda sucks;

3. neighborhood is iffy, but not really that bad. School campus is safe, except for the campus police :eyes:; It's an HBCU, so there's lots of minorities; overall, pretty good.

4. education is pretty good, lots of people who know gobs of stuff; it's a tier 2, or whatever, research institution. gets lots of grant money and has awesome scholarships (i'm on a full academic scholarship--they even pay for my books )

5. sure, go to the website; www.howard.edu and look around. it's about 60% female, so BEWARE!!! just a friendly word of advice.

6. biology

[dr.strangelove]

27. Law School - Lewis and Clark - College - College of Mt. St. Vincent

Law School
Pros - Heavy Environmental Law Program, Rated one of the most liberal campuses in the US.
Cons - No conservatives around to argue with, so the extreme left and the not so extreme left fight about every point.

College
Pros - Just 30 minutes outside Manhattan, lots of great girls (its an 8:1 ratio from women to men, solid school.
Cons - The nuns ruling to school prevent the school from growing and modernizing fast enough.

[bmbmd]

28. McMurry College(now university) Abilene Tx

1. Small class size, professional teachers, most with terminal degree.
Friendly, laid-back environment, Methodist philosophy.
2. Well-it is in West Texas, after all. Fodd was awful.
3. Best years of my life-open gym, great intermurals, great friends.
4. Unparalleled. Still ranked highly in US News surveys. No trouble at all getting into Southwestern Med School in Dallas.
5. After 27 years of marriage, I plead the fifth.
6. Natural Science.

[Bonhomme Richard]

29. Radford University, Radford, VA

B.S. Business Management 1975

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

31. American University

1) Pro: In Washington DC, an awesome city. Nice campus in an awesome neighborhood
2) Con: lil too small, administration blew
3) Everyone there was way too rich for this middle class kid.
4) I frown on almost all formal education, but I think AU was very good. They had a lot of real world professors and not too many ivory tower academics, so that was a big boost for me.
5) So few hot girls... :-(
6) Political Science/Literature

[4_Legs_Good]

57. Pro: Kennedy gave the best Presidential speech of all time there....

On June 10, 1963.

http://www.ratical.org/co-globalize/JFK061063.html

Man the graduates that day must have been *proud*

david

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

70. Coincidentally

Ted Sorenson, the man who wrote Kennedy's speech that day, was my commencement speaker. He was pretty awful on the whole, but he had some great anti-war comments.

[Beaverhausen]

77. I went to AU for my Freshman year

and I agree heartily with your first 3 points.
That's why I transferred to Univ. of Delaware. More of my kind there.

Dont know about the rest.

I was a communications major.

[THUNDER HANDS]

32. Hofstra University

1. Close to home (for me); small class sizes.
2. Everything else.
3. Lots of tulips.
4. Overrated.
5. A few, not much. Mostly skanks.
6. Print Journalism.

[immoderate]

67. Go Hofstra

I'm class of '67.

--IMM

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

34. Instituto Militar de Engenharia, Rio de Janeiro

1. Pros: Great labs, ultra-hard admission exams (which means no Bush-like dunces around)
2. Men only (no longer; was at the time I was there)
3. Military. Need I say more?
4. Top notch.
5. See #2.
6. Electronics Engineering.

[BurtWorm]

36. Wesleyan

1. Pros: Radical students, outstanding academics, not too far from NYC and Boston
2. Cons: Miserable social life, frequently too PC for its own good, bland setting
3. General Environment: Beautiful old buildings. Groovy (but boxy) minimalist art center. May be frat free now. Situated in a working class CT River town, appropriately named Middletown, which has very little going for it.
4. How is/was the education?: As I say, outstanding. Excellent faculty. Extremely bright student body. Very difficult school to get into--moreso than when I was admitted in the late 1970s.
5. Any hot girls? *post pics*: Yes there were/are. No I won't post pics.
6. What is/was your major?: English.

[drumwolf]

100. fellow Wesleyan grad here (1992)

...and your post was spot-on for the most part, although students became somewhat less radical/activist over the course of my time there. Campus was poorly designed and contributed to the fragmentation of the campus. And yeah, Middletown was indeed a very unglamorous city.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

37. new york university

so liberal and queer and wonderful

lot of work...stern school student: NEGATIVES

its in greenwich village: utterly wonderful environment


psychology major (also lots of sociology, philosophy and hard science classses)

[Richardo]

38. UCLA

1. Pros - Sports, academic excellence, relatively low cost (for California residents only)
2. Cons - H. R. Haldeman ;) , living expenses (Westwood), black market cadaver ring
3. General Environment - Very good - 10 miles from the ocean, prevailing winds blow the smog away.
4. How is/was the education? - Excellent
5. Any hot girls? *post pics* - Yes, it is SoCal after all.
6. What is/was your major? - Public Administration (BA '78)

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

45. Wichita State University

1. Pros: Good faculty, urban campus
2. Cons: Not very well known and respected (except for baseball)
3. General environment: Typical college, I'd think
4. Education: Well, it was good enough to get me into the University of Pittsburgh School of Law
5. As a heterosexual female, I know nothing about this!
6. Graduated with a BA in General Studies (easiest way to finish up after being out for 10 years; emphasis on political science, history and administration of justice)

[KinkyDem]

46. Berea College in the beautiful KY state

Hated it.
Left town when I grew tired and bored of the fundies.
I did get to be a bouncer at the Schools first Coming Out Day Dance.
The underwater basket weaving courses however were top notch!

[Burma Jones]

47. Knox College, Galesburg, IL

1. Pros - A real community of scholarship. The faculty was/is incredible, very accomplished, yet not looking to leech off of students' work. Small class sizes. Truly a community of learning. Also, very generous with the financial aid - the school is "well endowed" heh heh heh. School has an OUTSTANDING reputation amongst grad school admissions. I really can't be positive enough, and it ain't 'cause I'm getting all sentimental.

2. Cons - Weather (cold as hell, I mean really cold, prairie cold), the town of Galesburg is, well, kinda depressing. You pretty much have to go to all your classes, class sizes are very small so your absence will be noted. People do wash out of Knox because the workload can be fairly demanding. You need to have some passion for learning (not a con really).

3. General Environment, - see pros. Tightly knit community. Very demanding academically, so we worked hard and partied hard. Greek life is active. You are close enough to Chicago for fun weekends.

4. How is/was the education? - I just picked up my Doctorate in Computer Science yesterday from Pace University, I was exceptionally well prepared for whatever I wanted to do. On trimester system, they pack about 18 weeks of learning into 10, but you only take three classes at a time.

5. Any hot girls? - Well, duh, of course, damn smart too. You need to go to their site to see current pics. I graduated in 1982, I was more than happy with the pulchritude.

6. What is/was your major? - Theatre, which helped with the girls.....

[JaySherman]

95. Fellow Knox alum, Class of '01.

:hi: Sociology/Anthropology major.

Ever heard the rumor about the movie PCU being based on Knox (supposedly one of the producers is an alum)? Still dunno if it's true or not, but I can see the resemblence.

Very proud to be a Knox alum. Tight knit community and very challenging academic environment.

Unfortunately, financial aid ain't what it used to be. While they are still generous, it doesn't make up for the increased tuition ($26k when I graduated).

Definitely don't miss the Galesburg winds. My hair (which was long at the time) used to freeze walking across campus on winter mornings.

[Catholic Sensation]

49. NC State

[GumboYaYa]

51. Loyola University, New Orleans.

1. Pros: It is a great liberal arts college at an affordable price. Plus, it is in New Orleans.

2. Cons: It is in New Orleans, so actually graduating can be difficult.

3. Genearl environment: the Jesuits offer a great environment for learning. the school has immense resources and use the resources to offer a wide variety of learning experiences such as operating a school owned farmers market, showing clasic American and foreign films in the school theater on a regular basis and inviting leading scholars to temporarily visit and study. I thoroughly enjpyed my college years and took advantage of many opportunities to experience things that I had not been exposed to previously.

4. I was a philosophy major with a minor in history. The Jesuits are tops in those disciplines. Loyola is not the place to go for technical majors such as Science or Finance.

5. It's in New Orleans. Beautiful girls abound.

6. Philosophy / minor in history.

[Ksec]

52. United Steelworkers University

Majored in Overhead Crane Operation.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

54. West Virginia University..........

1) Pros: It's in West Virginia. </shameless> Fairly decent land-grant university, with good business and agricultural programs. WVU has a really good creative arts program and the band gets a lot of $$. The university has recently expanded its downtown and satellite campuses by building an new section to the library, expanded on the natural sciences building. There's also a rapid-transit system between the local campuses here in Morgantown. There's many more pro's I could list but I'll close by saying I bet you couldn't find a prettier campus come autumn. And did I mention the sports teams?



2) Cons: Its in West Virginia. We are not a wealthy state and this is somewhat reflected in the academic programs. Obviously, the most popular majors such as business and engineering get alot of the money, whereas majors such as sociology and criminology are woefully underfunded.

3) General Entertainment: Buncha bars, a moderate amount of live music. If you're not into the bar scene, there are woods all around - go for a hike! The campus also has a recreation center where they have all the traditional diversions as well as a climbing wall ( to prepare you for all the REAL rock-climbing that can be had). If you're into sports then there's the football, basketball, soccer and all the other athletic teams you can check out

4) Overall, my education was good, in some cases exceptional. It really depends on the program and the professor.

5) Hot girls? C'mon this is a college campus. You can't swing a cat (not literally!)without hitting a pretty student. But I guess pretty is all a matter of opinion.

6) BA, Sociology/Anthropology.

[4_Legs_Good]

55. Humboldt State University (California)

1. Pros
Beautiful surroundings
Small campus, but not too small (7,000)
Affordable
Lot's of vegetarian food!

2. Cons
Always overcast (well, 85% of the time)
Lotsa rain
Don't have departments for every subject.

3. General Environment
Gorgeous
Very liberal
Perhaps overly hippy

4. How is/was the education?
Good. You get lots of professors who want to be there
Not much research

5. Any hot girls? *post pics*
Puuuuleeeeze

6. What is/was your major?
Physics

[cclark401]

56. UNC-P

www.uncp.edu

[bhunt70]

72. You've got to be kidding!

Me too, graduated in 1992...philosophy degree.

I just went back to NC to catch up with some college friends!

[cclark401]

89. Nope, Graduated in 94

with BS in Math/Computer Science

With Masters in School Administration last december!

[phillybri]

59. NC State University

1. Located in downtown Raleigh. Cool campus.
2. Lots of rednecks, Republicans, etc...
3. Pretty good. Typical large state university.
4. I think very good.
5. Not enough hot girls.
6. Business administration.

[regularguy]

62. Glassoboro State College (now has some bullshit new name)

1) Good, yet cheap education; lot's of creative types.

2) Too many people going home on the weekends.

3,4) More or less a party school, but the education was there for the taking if you wanted it. Small classes. Mostly working class studenty body.

5) The not-quite-hot girls were where the real action was!

6) Computer Science.

[skippysmom]

64. Mount Holyoke

Pros: great profs, intelligent liberal students, beautiful campus
Cons: all women, which made dating men difficult
General environment: very serious, not a party school but I managed to have a good time with friends
How was the education: excellent. I really learned to think and write there.
Hot girls: 2,000 of them!
Major: history (minor in Russian)

[tsakshaug]

65. Northeastern University

Undergrad
Northeastern
1. Boston, Co-op program
2. Campus
3. Urban
4. good education
5. Not there, had to go to other schools
6. education and drinking

Grad Part 1
UNC-Charlotte
1. Cheap
2. turned out my advisor did not even have a B.S. so my records were screwed
3. nice
4. good education
5. some, but I was a newlywed
6. Chemistry/earth sciences

then-
UNC-P, NCSU, UNC-CH, Wisconson-madison

Grad part 5
Western Illinios University
1. inexpensive
2. middle of no where
3. don't know not on campus much
4. OK, not great
5. not in my program
6. Instructional technology (MS)

Grad part 6
SUNY Brockport
1. nice location
2. prices keep going up
3. good
4. OK, very easy
5. Don't know
6. Educational administration

[LibertyLover]

68. College - Undergrad

University of Chicago

1. Pros - Life of the Mind
2. Cons - Life of the Mind
3. General Environment - relatively nice for an urban campus, located in a neighborhood, Hyde Park, that was middle-class, surrounded by southside Chicago. More of the area around the school has now become gentrified.
4.The education was absolutely first rate.
5. Hot girls - definitely in the summer, ever been through a Chicago summer living in unairconditioned student housing?
6. Major - Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture

[Zolok]

69. Saint Anselm College, Goffstown N.H.

PROS:
HAD a good poli sci program...I've heard it's gone downhill since I left in 1986
HAD a good theater club...that has gone downhill since then.
Nice rural secluded location....good ski-ing nearby.
Great nursing school ditto B&E.

CONS:
Horrible semi-humanoid student body....
Alcoholism is a real problem that everyone is in denial about.
Everyone who goes there seems to have an older sister or brother who went to an A-List school (Harvard, Cal Tech being two examples)...so EVERYONE suffers from "middle child" insecurity as a consequence.
It is a cold snow encrusted campus in the middle of f**kin' nowhere.
:)

[lagniappe]

73. LSU and UT(Austin)

LSU (undergrad)

Pros - very affordable, decent education. Football season is a blast. Louisiana people know how to have a good time.
Cons - freshman year is a little too much fun.
Environment - friendly students and nice campus only 80 miles from New Orleans. I really enjoyed going to school at LSU.
Education - excellent, but some of my professors were a little insane.
Hot Girls - plenty
Major - mechanical engineering

University of Texas (grad)
Pros - affordable, nice classrooms and facilities
Cons - a very large school
Environment - Austin is a great town
Education - excellent
Hot Girls - oh yes
Major - mechanical engineering

[GumboYaYa]

90. Welcome to DU lagniappe.

I'm an LSU grad as well, aw School '94.

How about that Sugar Bowl this year! GEAUX Tigers!

[lagniappe]

99. Thanks GumboYaYa.

Wow, the Sugar Bowl was the most fun I've had in a long time. I did not get to see it in New Orleans. Instead, I watched it in Houston with some of my neighbors (OU fans). The LSU flag was flying high in front of the house that week.

I think the SEC is going to be really tough this year, but we are due for our once per decade win over Florida. Three more months of brutal heat before football season starts!

Now, if my other team can win this November, I'll be a happy dude. Unfortunately, my neighbors are conservative :-(. Hmmm... I wonder where can I get a Kerry flag.

[GumboYaYa]

102. We drove from St. Louis, MO to New Orleans to watch the game

in a bar. I lost my voice for the next week after the game. I screamed and yelled all four quarters. It was insane.

I agree, LSU's schedule is brutal. A repeat would be a phenomenal feat with the schedule we have.

We will have to just agree to disagree about that other team in November.

[AlecBGreen]

74. VA TECH BABY!!! Class of 2003

Pros - excellent academics, beautiful campus, in state tuition, athletics
Cons - the COPS, horrible weather (Bleaksburg, VA), too many people from Jersey, 3:2 ratio of guys:girls
General Environment - conservative for college, but it IS Virginia
4. How is/was the education? - Excellent. Graduated with a BS in Biology in Dec 2003
5. Any hot girls? *post pics* - Sorry dude, just erased 'em (seriously!)
6. What is/was your major? - Biology. Wouldve done ecology but it wasnt availible til after I had chosen my path.

[AlecBGreen]

75. found some hotties!

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

83. ODU, Class of 1992

[Book Lover]

78. Queens College, CUNY

Pros: Commuter school; relatively affordable tuition; some killer professors

Cons: Commuter school; subject to Albany's budget whims; irregular infrastructure

General environment: I liked it overall. You get out of it what you put into it.

The education: I got a good education when I was there, 86-92. Only one poor English professor, or maybe I was lucky.

Any hot girls? Yes, I look great!

Major - English (medieval Arthurian lit specialization)

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

79. University of Kentucky, major was architecture..over 20 years ago.

I really cant say whether it was good or bad. My college was ok, sort of bohemian/artistic.

The girls..well, I was in the closet back then, so my college days where asexual. Im retrosepct they where cute.

Education? average, I guess.

Environment...the big land grant college in a mostly rural state, probably not too different form other southern college towns. Lexington, thoiugh, was a small city and UofK wasn't the only game in town. Environment was preppy/horsey, with a bit of a bohemian/acadmic thing going. High on Rose was the sort of "freak" bar, and there where other more frat oriented places.

Not a real left wing place, really. Mostly traditional liberals, if folks were left.

I was involved in campus politics while there, on the student goverment association and a student rep to the university senate, so,...the place was political, but more realistic than ideological.

[boobooday]

82. UC Santa Barbara -- College of Creative Studies

Pros -- the beach! The weather! Creative Studies!

Cons -- it is an expensive place to live

Great, sunny.

Great, but Creative Studies is a small school inside the big one.

We were all hot.

Literature emphasis. Degree in Creative Studies.

Now I'm at Indiana University. It is cool too, if you like a big school.

http://www.wgoeshome.com

[Maestro]

87. University of North Texas aka North Texas State and SFA

Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX

Pros: Party School
Cons: Party School
General Environment: Can't wait until the weekend! This sort of story makes headlines: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=11373778&BRD=1994&PAG=461&dept_id=341384&rfi=6 Too conservative, but this was deep East Texas.
How is the education: Very dependent on teacher. My best teacher there was a Spanish teacher.
Hotties?: Yes, by all means, but got no action.
Major: General Business

After one year I left to follow a girlfriend and get an education. Too much partying.

University of North Texas

Pros: At the time, the second best school of music in the country. Up and coming business program. Known for producing some very good teachers as it started as a teaching college. Collegiate atmosphere was much better. Denton is a cool town! Now it is practically a city. Well it is city, suburb of Dallas now.

Cons: Too close to Dallas...
General Environment: Relaxing, a little country but at the same time cosmopolitan because of all the interantional students. Very liberal!!! That is changing unfortunately as Dallas and the northern suburbs reach it.
Education: Sufficient but again highly dependent on teacher.
Hotties?: Oh Lord, yes. I even convinced one to marry me.
Degrees: BBA in Marketing and an MA in Spanish Civilization and Literature.

[underpants]

91. Ferrum, Chirstopher Newport, U Maryland (Europe), VCU

Ferrum-don't remember much

CNU-lived at home worked no comapus life at all. Not a really good time.

U. Md.-I was in the Army........but my GPA shot through the roof when I scrubbed the early college years out.

VCU-as an "older student" didn't really get into any college life stuff, met my future wife there.

[1gobluedem]

103. The University of Michigan

1. Pros Best public university in the nation, great football team
2. Cons They have to admit Republicans
3. General Environment Diverse, beautiful campus, quite liberal
4. How is/was the education? Outstanding
5. Any hot girls? *post pics* Too many to post pics!
6. What is/was your major? History (and I earned my degree in history unlike some unelected (p)residents I could name.)

This is the school that has fought passionately to preserve affirmative action. Grad schools: Med, Business, Law, Dental consistently rank in the top ten. One of the last bastions of a true liberal arts school.

I loved my time as a student there so much that....I never left. Still live in Ann Arbor, still love UM.

[rbnyc]

106. Knox College!

1. Pros: Best undergrad creative writing program; repertory theater term every 3 years; liberal; laid back; everyone knows everyone; Flunk Day! (Random day of canceled classes, bands, BBQ, parties and debauchery every Spring Term)
2. Cons: Everyone knows everyone; very expensive
3. General Environment: Smart; fun; one big crazy family
4. How is/was the education? Excellent (The Harvard of the Midwest ;-) )
5. Any hot girls? *post pics*: You can find my pic in the gallery. ;-)
6. What is/was your major? Creative Writing

[daligirrl]

107. Vanderbilt University

Pros: Great school, really good professors
Cons: Football team sucks; too many wealthy students
It's a beautiful campus, but somewhat conservative and the really wealthy students can be obnoxious. Not uncommon to see a Freshman in a brand-new Jag. I was there in the early '90's. Favorite conversation overheard in the dining hall (post 1992 election):

Muffy #1: Are you going to Cancun with us for Spring Break?
Muffy #2: I don't know. Daddy says that with Clinton in office we won't have any money.

[RetroLounge]

108. UW-Milwaukee

1. Pros - It was pretty cheap
2. Cons - It's Milwaukee.
3. General Environment - It's Milwaukee.
4. How is/was the education? - You get out what you put in. I thought it was good. I worked hard, learned a lot. Graduated Magna Cum Laude for both degrees.
5. Any hot girls? - yeah, 2 - I married one, had an affair with the other, got divorced by the first, got dumped by the second. "Young dumb and drunk is no way to go thru life, son." Sorry, no pics.
6. What is/was your major? - BBA-MIS, MA-English

RL

[ProfessorGAC]

109. Bob Jones University

Just kidding!

I went to a small to medium university about 30 miles south of Chicago. (Lewis University) Private school. Nice campus, good academic reputation, especially in the sciences and math. Took 20 to 22 hours per term, and had a 25 hour a week job, so didn't care about hot girls. No time. Got a BS in Chemistry there.

Went to another school (Roosevelt) for MS in Quantum Chemistry. (Actually just an MS in chemistry, but my thesis was in quantum chemical displacement theory, so i took all the QChem stuff available.) I was part time, working full time, so all that mattered was quality of courses and convenience of schedule. I got my money's worth.

Same thing for DePaul and my stats masters. Same thing for Kellogg (actually their extension campuses) for the MBA, focus in economics. By then, i was completely disinterested in college life, since i'd been married over 12 years, and had been a working stiff for many years. So, i have no opinion on your categories. Sorry.

I have, either before or since, taught at all 4 places, and 2 others.
The Professor

[2Design]

110. Vermont College / Norwich University BA

was part of norwich university now part of union institute.

Distance education with accredidation....on campus for one week every six months. Read lots of books. Design my own course study. Liberal Studies.
Didn't check out the women only the men
This was my last three semesters of school
Very personal way to study. Really cool for me. Much better than listening to a instructor drone on....

[2Design]

111. Capella University currently attending online MS in IT

This is a good way to have freedom and study. No commute. Expensive. But no parking fee, or other fees. No travel time.
Curriculum is more up to date and current with latest trends.

[2Design]

112. other colleges NCSU, Tidewater Community College,

Norwalk Technical community college
Florida Institute of Technology
Wake Technical College

They were all good places to learn.... I like NCSU a lot. I like the campus....don't remember much else.....took a variety of courses..programming and communications......finished up at Vermont College...

[TSIAS]

115. Florida Atlantic University

Pros: Cheaper than UF or FSU. Has a fairly good Communication program.

Cons: University President is none other than former Florida Lieutanent Governor Frank Brogan.



General Environment: Pretty good. The campus is growing at a high rate.

Education: Satisfactory. Not as good as UF. Probably on par with University of Central Florida.

Girls: Plenty. :evilgrin:

Major: Communication

PS. One major drawback. Here's one of our most famous alumni, none other than the former Scott Thompson

[KamaAina]

116. Yale, just like Bush*, except I made cum laude

while he struggled along with "gentleman's C's".

Pros: It's simply the best. Sorry, Harvard. It is also one of the few campuses that maintains its own dining halls rather than contracting them out, so the food is nearly edible. Diverse enough that even I could find a subculture to operate in.

Cons: I already mentioned Bush*. New Haven, while it is one of the best smaller cities in the land, is still a small city, and NYC is nearly a 2-hour train ride. Atmosphere of studiousness can be stifling, 'specially around finals.

General environment: Yale occupies a broad swath of New Haven, with Old Campus (first-year dorms) fronting on the hisoric Green, all the way up to Science Hill which extends nearly to the Hamden line. Weekend road trips to both NYC (2 hrs.) and Boston/Cambridge (3 hrs.) are commonplace. Lately, I hear, the business section along Broadway, at the back of campus away from the Green, has been heavily yuppified, at Yale's behest; even the venerable Co-op bit the dust. :(

Education: Don't ask Bush*, that's for sure! :-) Some of the other Ivies tend to favor graduate education outrageously over undergraduate, but not Yale (my transfer adviser came over from Princeton for precisely this reason). I maaged to soak up both Soviet and Chinese history, philosophy of (mostly quantum) physics, sociobiology of primates, and even a seminar devoted to the works of Buckminster Fuller, all in two years, as a computer-related major, no less! Just try that at Old State U.

Females: One even has Bush* connections; that'd be Jodie Foster '85:



(her stalker, John Hinckley, has family connections to Bush*co)

Then we have Angela Bassett '80:



Jennifer Beals '86:



and finally, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, '73 Law:



Beauty and brains. Not mutually exclusive. No, indeed.

Major: (somewhat anticlimactic) Psychology (Computer Science track); the first degree of its kind issued, and perhaps the only one, since it is now called the Cognitive Science track.