OT - MSNBC Top ten college campuses worth a visit
I thought this was cool:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39085166/ns/travel-destination_travel/
U of M listed as the # 7 of the top 10 most desirable college campuses to visit. I would agree with that. I love Ann Arbor : )
September 10th, 2010 at 2:11 PM ^
Everytime I go into Ann Arbor and around Michigan I really want to transfer there just to go to the university and live in that area
September 10th, 2010 at 2:38 PM ^
Wal-Mart Wolverine much?
September 10th, 2010 at 2:45 PM ^
September 10th, 2010 at 2:51 PM ^
oh, you're calling ME that?? i go here.. and Grand Valley blue is a different shade of blue than Michigan.
Douche.
September 10th, 2010 at 3:23 PM ^
I go to UM as well and I'm really glad I don't know you, prick.
September 10th, 2010 at 3:35 PM ^
U-M students do not ridicule non-students for liking the school.
So, have you bought a ticket to the big game against FAU yet?
September 10th, 2010 at 3:42 PM ^
If you've read a few of the threads here you will quickly realize that MGoBlog is not the typical low-end, name-calling type of site.
We leave that to others.
Feel free to express your opinions, but name calling will typically generate a lot of neg banging - I see you have already noted that.
Just a suggestion... open debate goes a lot farther here.
September 10th, 2010 at 4:29 PM ^
ummm...you did realise that that idiot called me a name first, right?? geez. use some reading comprehension please.
September 10th, 2010 at 5:02 PM ^
I am calling Sparty here. Uses the term "douche" and juvenile rhetorical phrases like "geez" and "ummm;" quick to recriminate; over-punctuates sentences; evident self-loather (e.g., accusations of Wal-Mart shopping).
September 10th, 2010 at 6:48 PM ^
Actually, I'm more like a Salvation Army wolverine, thanks.
September 10th, 2010 at 2:56 PM ^
Looking at your points it proves that you have nothing good to contribute to this site but im going to reply to your post anyways. The only reason I wont transfer to MIchigan is because Im in an electrical engineering program at Kettering University which has a co-op program where I work for 3 months and go to school for 3 months. I have a great job that is pretty much gauranteed after graduation. If it wasnt for the program Id be at michigan right now.
September 10th, 2010 at 3:00 PM ^
You shouldn't even bother justifying your position to fuckbags who question your fanhood for not going to U-M. It's a real Sparty thing to do.
September 10th, 2010 at 3:21 PM ^
That is such a Costco Cavalier thing to say.
September 10th, 2010 at 3:30 PM ^
Better a Costco Cavalier than a Target Terrapin :D
But I'm a real Cavalier fan because I actually went to UVA, so there.
September 10th, 2010 at 3:42 PM ^
UVA SUCKS
W&M 4 LYFE
(UVA has a pretty campus, but it's no W&M)
September 10th, 2010 at 3:55 PM ^
Rubbish. W&M is nice but if it really were all that and a bag of chips, Jefferson wouldn't have felt the need to found UVA in the first place.
September 10th, 2010 at 3:58 PM ^
Oh please. He just founded UVA so his retarded, deaf and dumb daughter could get a college degree.
</sick burn>
September 10th, 2010 at 8:05 PM ^
Nice opinion there from a Big Lots Buckeye.
September 10th, 2010 at 6:41 PM ^
I'm still sticking with SalvationArmy Sparty. It just fits so perfectly!
September 10th, 2010 at 4:03 PM ^
I'd definitely much rather go to Kettering than enroll in Michigan's shitty EE program too.
September 10th, 2010 at 5:42 PM ^
September 10th, 2010 at 3:29 PM ^
There's a shock.
September 10th, 2010 at 4:41 PM ^
member for well over a year.
There's a shock.
September 10th, 2010 at 7:13 PM ^
Negative 350 points in a matter of hours. Banned in 3-2-1.....
September 10th, 2010 at 2:16 PM ^
Ann Arbor is the greatest city I've ever visited, let alone lived in. I haven't exactly seen the world or anything, but this is an amazing place.
September 10th, 2010 at 2:19 PM ^
To get hammerd alone it is worth top ten.
September 10th, 2010 at 2:24 PM ^
red slate roofs predominate; stop in for a visit if you get the chance. There's a great bathroom in the football head coach's office, I'm told.
September 10th, 2010 at 3:43 PM ^
I love the main entrance to the campus, lined with palm trees. Definitely one of the prettiest campuses I've been to.
I liked UCLA a lot, too. Westwood is nice college town plopped in the middle of a huge city.
September 10th, 2010 at 2:21 PM ^
and the Harvard campus any day, even if Cambridge is pleasant obviously, Boston adds another great layer, you cannot deny). Stanford's campus, to my mind, is more beautiful than either, but has no real connected urban setting near at hand (one reason Ann Arbor is so great). New Haven is downright barfburgers, and had a dark goth flave that in no way said stay here (slit yer wrists here, yes). Good to know about Sewanee and RISD, however.
September 10th, 2010 at 2:51 PM ^
BC's campus over Harvard's. It's beautiful and you are still close enough to hop on the green line and head into Boston.
September 10th, 2010 at 3:08 PM ^
BC's campus is quite beautiful when it's not filled with BC students
September 10th, 2010 at 2:23 PM ^
The combination of the city atmosphere and the college atmosphere are rather unique and quite wonderous. It is both the quintessential college town and a solid city without the campus life. I fully endorse that ranking.
September 10th, 2010 at 2:25 PM ^
but for seriously?
The liveliest campus visits incorporate joining the blue-and-gold bedecked masses for a game day at "The Big House"
September 10th, 2010 at 2:56 PM ^
WTF is that?
September 10th, 2010 at 3:45 PM ^
because maize was already taken.
September 10th, 2010 at 3:44 PM ^
West Virginia...?
September 10th, 2010 at 2:26 PM ^
Boo to the list for not finding a way to include Cornell, hooray to the list for including UVA and U-Dub.
September 10th, 2010 at 2:34 PM ^
sorry about the second post.
September 10th, 2010 at 2:37 PM ^
September 10th, 2010 at 2:32 PM ^
Michigan and City of Ann Arbor are so great together. Should always be in the top 10 of any list like this. UW is neat but is seperated from the heart of the city in Seattle. Michigan is better.
I am glad Austin wasn't on there. It seems to always get a lot of love from campus ianados. I found it dull and the architecture/topography bland. There is one cool street of bars. Every college town has that.
http://www.pepperdine.edu/ My nominee for a spot in the next top 10.
September 10th, 2010 at 2:55 PM ^
UW might be separated from downtown Seattle, but I think that's what makes it better. You wouldn't know it's in a big city. There's still a very college-town atmosphere and it certainly doesn't feel isolated. Separate, but not isolated.
September 10th, 2010 at 3:38 PM ^
Agreed. UW is a gorgeous campus. You can see views of Lake Washington from some parts of campus and views of Mt. Rainier from others.
September 10th, 2010 at 6:23 PM ^
It is beautiful. Seattle is just a really cool area. I'd live there right now if I had to and not look back.
Austin, Texas has great looking women. But southern women suck generally. They might look good, but there whole life is about trolling for men who will let them hang out at the mall all day spending their money. Total bores.
California is where I found the best combination of looks and cool vibe if were talking women. USC is awesome for that. I didn't get to UCLA but I heard that was even better.
But I am OTing this. I have to add that I was at the Purdue game last year and the women in Ann Arbor looked pretty good on the whole. I was sober all day too.
September 10th, 2010 at 3:07 PM ^
As a Michigan grad and current UT grad student, I'd have to say I agree for the most part that Austin's campus is sort of bland (especially compared to Michigan). It's really tough to beat Michigan imo - it's got a great mix of nature and older designed buildings that sort of spread out into downtown.
UT-Austin is very different and hard to compare, but a lot depends on what you like. Austin's buildings are more bland vs. Michigan, and overall there's just a lot more concrete between walking paths and buildings. There's not a lot of color diversity with green grass or colorful flowers like Michigan. It's also situated in a much larger city so you've got reasonably tall buildings nearby, lots more traffic, etc. However, according to pretty much everyone, the living scenery (if you know what I mean) down here is much better.
I don't mind Austin's campus but if given a choice I take Michigan every time. Just typing this makes me miss Ann Arbor.
September 10th, 2010 at 6:25 PM ^
I missed that you were down there. Best of luck. Texas is a great school.
Any thoughts on where you'd like to settle when you are done?
September 10th, 2010 at 2:35 PM ^
Stanford's campus is a rather sterile, antiseptic environment. It does not belong on this list, particularly as this list is from a putative "visitor's" perspective. Palo Alto itself is somewhat less lame, but is similarly underwhelming.
Campuses I've been to that are better but not on this list:
1. Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison: more bars per capita than any campus I've been on, set between two scenic lakes, and you can buy beer in bucket-sized cups at the Student Union, which overlooks one of the lakes.
2. Univ. of Texas-Austin: appealing mix of geekiness, hispterdom, and cowboy culture. A truly unique town, and sprawling beautiful campus.
3. Cornell: plenty of sweeping wooded hillside vistas, some classic college bars, and Ithaca is a great town to boot. My personal favorite Ivy (probably because it more closely resembles Ann Arbor, I admit).
4. Univ. Oregon: scenic, weed-happy, sports-crazed place. When I was there, you could play pick-up basketball at MacArthur Court, run laps at Prefontaine stadium, and a twenty minute drive later you could be hiking in the redwoods.
5. UNC-Chapel Hill: several great restaurants, classic college bars (He's Not There, Top Of The Hill, e.g.), hoops-crazed student body with pick-up games practically everywhere, quaint antebellum architecture.
September 10th, 2010 at 2:52 PM ^
I would have also added Dartmouth and Princeton (over either Stanford or the Air Force Academy).
September 10th, 2010 at 4:23 PM ^
September 10th, 2010 at 6:25 PM ^
AFA is pretty awesome, as i spent four years there i might be biased, the view and scenery don't get much better. I've also been to stanford a few times and its pretty neat place as well lots to do and generally a pretty good time.
September 10th, 2010 at 7:53 PM ^
I have also had the pleasure of visiting each of the campuses listed in the Top 10 (except RISD and Sewanee, although a close friend is a grad and tells me the campus is awesome).
Obviously, opinions of this nature are subjective. I attended business school at University of Chicago -- after eliminating Stanford after an extended visit to their campus. I think Palo Alto is "OK", but the campus did not feel very vibrant. I would definitely choose Cal-Berkeley on aesthetics and campus feel. Duke and Georgetown are other schools that I prefer to Stanford. Yep, been to those schools too.
As for the Air Force Academy, I think the natural setting is great, but I am not big on the architecture. It leaves me with the sense of a 20th century mass planned community. Just my personal taste.