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#21
10-14-2005, 02:32 PM
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Re: Which of the unis would provide the best location?
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Partygirl we need to know how you feel about living in a real city vs living in a college town. Cornell and Brown are both really cool, but Columbia has New York City. [/ QUOTE ] I have only evered like a city with min 4,000,000 popn throughout my life, but I live right on the outskirts of London and very rarely venture into the city. I don't think I would have a huge problem with a town. I would just like it so that if my favourite band were doing a tour of U.S.A they were likely to play somewhere I can get to by public transport in as short time as possible (and def. less than 90 minutes). 
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#22
10-14-2005, 02:33 PM
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Re: Which of the unis would provide the best location?
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Come on...there is NOTHING to do in Ithaca/Rochester outside of school. [/ QUOTE ] that is utterly ridiculous. there are a myriad of outdoor activities, concerts, etc. [ QUOTE ] To compare the social scenes there to someplace like NYC, Boston, or even San Diego is utterly ridiculous. [/ QUOTE ] did i say they were comparable?
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#24
10-14-2005, 02:35 PM
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Re: Which of the unis would provide the best location?
I personally can talk about UM, UW, and UCSD, at least the towns they're in.
UM I went to grad school here. I personally think the whole of southern Michigan and Ohio is one huge hole. There are small exceptions, however. Ann Arbor is a tpical Big Ten college town and is probably the only decent place in all of southern Michigan and the school is a very well-respected school, if not a bit pricey. They have a top-tier law school and are very good in engineering. It's also solid in just about anything else. Pretty much any Big Ten school is going to be solid in engineering. It's about a 45-minute drive from Detroit, which is the poorest big city in America and an absolute hole. I haven't played poker in the casinos there, but I hear there's plenty of it. UW I grew up in Wisconsin and know several people who went to UW-Madison. It's a solid Big Ten school, strong in engineering and I'm sure other things. I don't know a whole lot more about the school itself, other than it's respectable in a wide range of studies. Madison is, like Ann Arbor, a typical college town with a good Big Ten feel. When you talk about great college towns, Ann Arbor, Madison, and Austin are the first three that come to mind (and you can probably put Boulder, CO in there, too). The area around Madison has a bit of a nicer feel to it than Detroit, but it's also not a hugely populated area. Milwaukee and Chicago are relatively nearby. UCSD San Diego is a great place if you've got the money. I didn't live there as a student, so I'm not sure about what it's like to live on campus. If you like 70 and sunny, you'll be in heaven 363 days out of the year. There's good poker in the area and there's plenty of fun to be had around town, as well.
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#25
10-14-2005, 02:35 PM
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Re: Which of the unis would provide the best location?
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[ QUOTE ] Here is my worry about Austin. I don't know much about it, but Texas doesn't appeal to me. I don't want to live in an area like Big Steve describes where being Gay is seen like some kind of disease and you are persecuted because of it. Being around religious people is fine but I don't want to be around Bible Bashers. [/ QUOTE ] from what i hear, austin is not like the rest of texas. i think it's like a pocket of liberalism. [/ QUOTE ] This is correct. My dad in Houston refers to it as "that hotbed of liberalism to the North." It's a very liberal town.
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#26
10-14-2005, 02:36 PM
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Re: Which of the unis would provide the best location?
I do not count "snowshoeing" and listening to your favorite local granola grunge band at the local coffeehouse as legit activities. Cornell is a good school and a beautiful campus, but just the weather alone (which was listed as OP's first preference) and isolation disqualifies them from consideration.
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#27
10-14-2005, 02:36 PM
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Re: Which of the unis would provide the best location?
U of Rochester is alright. The weather in Rochester is even worse than the weather in Ithaca (I saw that everyone was already bitching about Cornell weather). The city is kind of Rochester is kind of meh. It's got a ton of college students but it's not a "college town." It still has its big city attitude but not much big city stuff to do. The parties at U of R are nothing special.
OSU is a fantastic school and Columbus is a great place to live. The only problem might be that OSU is TOO big of a school. It's a sweet college town, especially if you're big into sports. There's tons to do and the crime isn't too bad for a school the size of OSU. Columbus is also a "real" city though, it's not just a college town, so you have real city things to do. There's good shopping out in the suburbs and you can find great, safe places to live about 5 minutes from campus. Like I said though, the school is HUGE (>50,000 enrolled). If that's a problem, stay far far away.
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#28
10-14-2005, 02:36 PM
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Re: Which of the unis would provide the best location?
What are you going to major in? Does snow = good weather? Do you want a big city or a smaller college town in the middle of nowhere? How old are you? Do you need to hang with people over the age of 25?
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#30
10-14-2005, 02:37 PM
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Re: Which of the unis would provide the best location?
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I would just like it so that if my favourite band were doing a tour of U.S.A they were likely to play somewhere I can get to by public transport in as short time as possible (and def. less than 90 minutes). [/ QUOTE ] Ah, this actually puts College Park back in the running. Absolutely terrible campus, but the one thing it does have going for it is the easy Metro ride to D.C. I don't think you're getting this anywhere else on your list other than Boston U and Columbia.
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