Best College

[WildDude]

Princeton isnt even near NY... its in Central NJ, i know im from NJ

[bearsfan_51]

Originally Posted by wingboy2999

Other Big Ten schools are much more prestigious. U of M being one.

Depends on what you're looking for. I would definately put Northwestern as 1st and Michigan as 2nd but Ohio State is in the mix with Wisconsin, Illinois, Penn State, and Indiana for 3rd.

[WildDude]

i dont think any school goes near NorthWestern and Michigan... for Northwestern you gotta be smart to get in... its really hard but the rest of the big 10 programs im pretty sure they just let u in if your good enough

[djp]

the University of Minnesota's research center is matched by no one, while having the largest on-site campus in the country with the 2nd highest enrollment(damn you U of Texas) and the athletics are good in every sport(according to other college's standards)

[JJJ888]

That has nothing to do with the subject...tisk tisk

[bearsfan_51]

Originally Posted by WildDude

i dont think any school goes near NorthWestern and Michigan... for Northwestern you gotta be smart to get in... its really hard but the rest of the big 10 programs im pretty sure they just let u in if your good enough

Are you talking for athletes or everyone in general? Trust me when I say a lot of Ohio State's graduate departments are pretty hard to get into.

[cov1963]

Originally Posted by TCU

TCU.

Is a Tier 2 to 3 school.

[KBear]

The Big Ten is probably the best in academic among the major conferences, and probably only second to the Ivy league. I cant really name a bad academic school in the Big Ten, all of them are outstanding academically.

[JJJ888]

Originally Posted by cov1963

Is a Tier 2 to 3 school.

And UT is a...

You really need to stop attacking other people for no reason.

[WildDude]

ohio state is the only i can think of that pretty much anyone can get in

[KBear]

Originally Posted by WildDude

ohio state is the only i can think of that pretty much anyone can get in

Are you talking undergrad or graduate school? Becuase Iowa is fairly easiy to get into, but the way they evaluate incoming freshman, its actually easiear to get into if you come from an average or so size high school, the bigger the high school, the harder it is to get in. I found that strange.

[WildDude]

oh i see... but the dumbest football players can get in OSU undergraduate

[cov1963]

Originally Posted by JJJ888

And UT is a...

You really need to stop attacking other people for no reason.

Tier 1 number #40 in the nation by USnews including IVY league

[WildDude]

he got u there... but anyways i dont understand this forum... if we're talking on academics its Harvard and Princeton but if we're talkin about one sport its gotta be Duke, if we're talking OVERALL and the whole package its Stanford

[cov1963]

Top Schools in Texas:

1. Rice
2. Texas
3. Trinity
4. Texas A&M
5. SMU
6. Baylor
7. Austin College
8. Hardin-Simmons
9. UTA
10. Abilene Christian
11. Houston
12. Texas Tech
13. TCU
14. UT Dallas
15. North Texas

HOw were Oxford and Cambridge not on this list?

Originally Posted by Hawks, Sox and Bears o my

HOw were Oxford and Cambridge not on this list?

I vote we stop bumping these things

[hyundridz]

Originally Posted by JJJ888

But it's closer to NY.

how can a school being IN new jersey, be closer to new york???? guess the ivy leagues was outta the question for you... but anyway, princeton is ranked the top school year after year by time magazine and harvards in a close second.

Also how did Columbia not make the list? That would be were I would ideally like to be, atleast for my grad work, aswell as UPenn.

[CalBears99]

According to USA Today or some magazine like that, Harvard and Princeton are tied for 1st for best university in the u.s.

[CalBears99]

Originally Posted by hyundridz

how can a school being IN new jersey, be closer to new york???? guess the ivy leagues was outta the question for you...

ur funny

[hyundridz]

Originally Posted by Hawks, Sox and Bears o my

Also how did Columbia not make the list? That would be were I would ideally like to be, atleast for my grad work, aswell as UPenn.

true true.

[ny10804]

This is a kinda serious question:

If someone had a 98.3 average (3rd in class of 220) and played football for four years, but with no activities other than the year-long football program, could he get in any of the listed schools?

EDIT - and let's say 2100 on his SATs (just a guess cause I haven't taken them yet)

[Moses]

Originally Posted by ny10804

This is a kinda serious question:

If someone had a 98.3 average (3rd in class of 220) and played football for four years, but with no activities other than the year-long football program, could he get in any of the listed schools?

It's possible. The thing about Ivy League admissions is that even if you're an amazing student with great extracurriculars, you're still not guaranteed a spot. It's based on luck a lot and many great students are rejected from these schools. It's basically a numbers game. The more places you apply, the better chances you have. Always pick a few safety schools to fall back on if you don't get accepted to your top choices.

Once I re-take the SATs and ACTs and raise my 2100 and 33, respectively, I could get in with some of the letters of recomendation I could get.