What is the best college or university?
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princeton but my #1 one is UT they are so cool even though i love in New York
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Maryland and Virginia are excellent state universties.  Others include anything in the Big Ten or any UC schools.  There are lots of excellent private universities other than those in the Ivy League (Chicago, Duke, Stanford, Rice, etc).  US News & World Reports ranks colleges.\n\nI've provided a link to Princeton Review.  They have a tool that asks you questions about what you want in a school as well as about your background.  It then suggests several schools that might be of interest to you.  I think you ought to start there.
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There are too many colleges and universities out there to tell you which school you should attend.  There are many questions that you need to ask yourself when choosing a college (location, size, majors, weather, etc.)  \n\nCollegeboard has a great College Matchmaker program that allows you to pick your preferences and then you'll get a list of all of those that fit your preferences:\n\nhttp://apps.collegeboard.com/search/adv_typeofschool.jsp\n\nHopefully this will give you an idea of what schools you would like.  Also, before you make your final decision, try to visit any school that you are thinking about... the people that work at that particular university will tell you have great it is and the pictures are going to be beautiful.   However, you'll never know if it is the right school for you until you step on the campus.  All campuses do campus tours... you just need to call the Admissions Office at each university that you're interested in.\n\nGood luck!
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University of Cape Town is top class (www.uct.ac.za).  Do NOT attempt to go to University of the Western Cape - that's a rubbish university.  Stellenbosch university ranks high will UCT.
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John Hopkins University, UMDNJ, Harvard, Duke, Yale basically any "good" colleges.
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The Department of Psychology at the University of Virginia is consistently rated among the best in the nation.\nin California-UCI University of California Irvine
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This site lists the best colleges and universities as ranked by U.S. News & World Reports magazine. There are several categories:\n\nNational universities (these offer doctoral programs and are nationally known)\nMaster's universities (these are categorized according to the region of the U.S. they are located in)\nLiberal Arts Colleges\nComprehensive Colleges (these offer more majors such as Nursing that lead to a specialized career than the liberal arts colleges)\nBusiness Programs\nEngineering Programs\n\nJust because an institution is not listed does not mean that it is not a good college or university, but these are the ones that are the most stable financially, have the best faculty, are ranked highest by their peer institutions, etc.
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I read Cornell has the best. According to the following website, "Cornell is consistently ranked the best veterinary college in the world." Washington and Kansas State Universities also offer very good programs for those wanting to get involved in this special career.
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I'd say Berkeley or UCSD, especially since both are in areas with a great deal of industry in the biotech sector.\n\nEdit: I think James gives UCSD waaaay too little credit.  Granted, not everyone agrees in ranking methodology, but the the following link by Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranks UCSD as the 13th highest university GLOBALLY, above Dartmouth, JH, UPenn, UCLA, and Michigan.  It's a public school, but it is a top-tier school that lags the others only in its age.
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It's called a university or technical college.\n\nGeorgia Tech is a good one.
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The Ohio State University..........\n\ntradition and they rock
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Harvard or Stanford are the best I can think of.
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the best medical colleges are\noxford\nHarvard\nJohn Hopkins\nCornell\nthank you
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There is no one "Best" university.  Some are good at producing engineers, others doctors, others accountants.  One might have the number one ranked program for a given major, but still turn out a bunch of mediocre graduates because the students themselves don't work or study all that hard.\n\nYou'd be better off to figure out what field you want to work in, then start looking for schools that have a good program for that major, then check to see which ones are close to home.  Start getting information in your sophomore or junior year of high school about the school, the campus, the costs, the financial aid available, and anything else that interests you.  Contact the school, and ask about tours of campus.  Search for financial aid estimators and information websites.  Take the ACT and SAT tests.  I'm told that if you contact the ACT people, you can get copies of the old tests that you can use for practice.  Find other practice material for these tests, too - check your local bookstore as a starting place.  Don't forget that you can take the tests more than once if you don't like the score you get for the first time.  Ask if the first one is free, or what the fee is if you take it multiple times.\n\nFinally, don't forget the best resource you have for choosing a school, and that's your high school's guidance counselors.  This is a big part of their job - to help you figure out what the next step is in your life.  Good luck!!
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Carnegie Mellon and MIT are among the best.\n\nOh yeah, Jibba Jabba is right with Cal Tech. Sorry, just my East Coast bias.
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The best Catholic universities are:\n\nNotre Dame\nGeorgetown University\nBoston College\nVillanova University\nCollege of the Holy Cross\nMarquette\nFordham\n\npretty much in that order (certainly for the top three)\n\nThere are some Catholic universities that aren't particularly good.  St John's and Seton Hall are two I would avoid.
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College choices depend on what your intended major is.  Some schools are better known for specific programs.