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There are certain truths of the Academic World:
1)Every school will be compared to Harvard
1st college
Most Nat'l Merit & Rhodes scholars
2)Stanford=Harvard of W
Most FEMALE Div I titles
2nd to Cal U in H2O polo
3)Chicago=H. of MidW
1st US Nobel Laureate (also worked at Clark U & Case) & most NP winners
Beat Iowa:1st college 5-man bkball game
top Econ school
4)Georgetown=H. of E
Best Internat'l Law school & 1 of most historic campuses in nation
5)Duke=H. of S
Coach K put them on the map
6)MIT=H. of eng'g
7)Carnegie Mellon=H. of comp sci
Ranked top by USNews
8)Princeton=H. of 'non-high-tech' Science PhDs...see #s 7 & 8
Only Ivy League U w/ no Law & Med
2nd-to-most golf titles
9)Penn=H. of med
1st University in country
1st to give a med degree
1st Ivy League to give BS, MS, & doc in nursing
10)Notre Dame=H. of the football colleges
Irish have the best record in all of College Football history & the most Nat'l Championships & the most Heisman Trophy winners & most famous fight song
Lafayette-Lehigh have oldest rivalry, but ND-SoCal is most classic
Legend of the Gipper is topped only by WF's Brian Piccolo's story
11)Boston College=H. of parochial schools
coolest colors in NCAA
12)Brandeis=H. of Jewish schools
13)ASU=H. of baseball
14)Kentucky=H. of bkball
Most titles in most decades
Most prolific rivalry in Playoff history (Marquette)
15)Saint Louis=H. of soccer
1st QB to throw a football in a game
16)Villanova=H. of Cinderella stories
Massimino's beating G'town in '85 was biggest upset ever.
Tops BYU & Oregon in women's cross ctry
17)Dartmouth=H. of socialite partiers
View "Animal House" for reference of DTX
1 of most beautiful campuses
18)Tulane=H. of non-socialite partiers
Visit NO during Mardi Gras if in doubt
19)Vassar=H. of women's schools
20)Howard=H. of HBCUs
21)Juilliard=H. of Music
22)Chicago Art Inst=H. of Fine Arts
23)Temple=H. of cool city-campus schools
1st to win Nat'l bkball title
2nd to MD in female lacrosse
Most grad students/yr
24)Penn State=H. of schools with a beloved football coach
Knute Rockne was the most influential, & - as head coach of Notre Dame - he had the most coveted coaching position in all of the NCAA...however, he wasn't around as long as JoePa.
Won most Div1A games in history (& bowl games & undefeated seasons)-Paterno's so popular that PSU set the record for away & home game attendance in Beaver Stadium (largest in nation-only Boise St's blue stadium is more notable)
Holds fencing titles & tops IL in gymnastics
25)Cornell=H. of geo sci
Their local blue granite near campus is world famous
26)Wisconsin=H. of well-rounded state schools
27)Army's WPt=H. of military
Most intense rivalry (Navy)
28)Wm & Mary=H. of historic small colleges
2nd oldest college in nation
29)Fordham=H. of small liberal arts E-coast schools
FU 2nd to UU as best college initials
30)Santa Clara=H. of small liberal arts W-coast schools
31)Vanderbilt=H. of schools named after wealthy tycoons
32)Pitt=H. of underrated schools
Pgh is to big cities as NJ is to states
33)Grove City=H. of Reaganites
34)VT=H. of granolas
35)NYU=H. of film schools
36)American=H. of pol sc
37)UC Berkeley-campus=H. of the liberal kooks
Perhaps not in certain decades, but they put any questions to rest in the '60s
38)Liberty=H. of fundamentalist zealouts
39)FSU=H. of criminal felons
40)OK St=H. of wrestling
41)TN=H. of female basketball
42)OldDom=H. of female fld hockey
43)Denver=H. of co-ed skiing
44)Sarah Lawrence=H. of overpriced schools
45)Amherst=H. of best-BA-value schools
Beat Williams:1st college baseball game
46)St. John's & St. Joe's=Harvards of being mistaken for other school
47)Slippery Rock=H. of unknown schools if not for their quircky name
Their sports scores were reported on national news decades ago because of it
48)Rockefeller=H. of most prestigious unknown school
49)Duquesne=H. of schools named after military legend
50)TX A&M=H. of aggy schools
51)RPI=H. of low tiered polytechnic schools
52)Tufts=H. of Ivy-League-wannabes
53)UCSD=H. of Harvard-of-W-wannabes
54)IL (Urb)=H. of Harvard-of-MidW-wannabes
55)Rochester=H. of Harvard-of-E-wannabes
56)Rice=H. of Harvard-of-S-wannabes
home of BuckyBall science
57)McGill=H. of Canada
58)Trinity=H. of Ireland
59)Oxford=H. of GrBrit
Cambridge gets honorary title: "MIT" of GrBrit
60)The Sorbonne=H. of cont'l Europe
61)Beijing=H. of Asia
62)Melbourne=H. of Australia
2nd oldest in nation
These are cemented in stone, part of Americana and beyond, & would take an Act of Congress to change.
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1)Every school perceived as 2nd best will be compared to Yale
Most golf titles
2)UCLA=Yale of W
2nd coolest colors
Wooden won most basketball titles
3)N'western=Y. of MidW
4)UVA=Y. of E
top US State school
5)UT=Y. of S
Tower sniper incident tops Kent St (4 dead in OH) for most infamous tragedy
Prez's girl attends
EP branch topped only by Ark & Mich St in cross ctry
6)CIT=Y. of eng'g
7)GA Tech=Y. of comp sci
tops RIT & VA Tech
8)Columbia=Y. of 'non-high-tech' Science PhDs...see #s 7 & 8
1st to give a Grad degree in med
Most fencing titles
9)JH=Y. of med
Tied w/ Syracuse in lacrosse
10)Mich=Y. of the football colleges
Concerning the past few years, even the Yales have their ups & downs. But you can't change the school depending on the year.
Remember, these are the all-time classics. 😉
Best rivalry between State Schools w/ Woody Hayes' Ohio St which also ties their swimming record
Tops N Dak in hockey
11)Loyola UC=Y. of parochial schools
12)Yeshiva=Y. of Jewish schools
13)LSU=Y. of baseball
14)Indiana=Y. of bkball
2nd most titles in most decades thanks to coach Knight
15)SanFran=Y. of soccer
16)NC St=Y. of Cinderalla stories
Valvano upset Houston in '83
Gonzaga (Bing Crosby's alma mater) comes next with several Cinderella stories in March Madness (like in '99 when they came seconds from Final 4)
17)Brown=Y. of socialite partiers
They took in John-John
Most female rowing titles
18)WVU=Y. of non-socialite partiers
19)Wellesley=Y. of women's schools
20)Morehouse=Y. of HBCUs
21)Curtis=Y. of Music
22)Rhode Is. Design=Y. of Fine Arts
23)Manhatten College=Y. of cool city-campus schools
24)Alabama=Y. of schools with a beloved football coach (Bear Bryant)
25)Wash U=Y. of geo sci
26)Washington=Y. of well-rounded state schools
2nd-to-most female rowing titles
27)Navy's Academy=Y. of military
28)Dickinson=Y. of historic small colleges
29)Holy Cross=Y. of small liberal arts E-coast schools
30)Pomona/Claremont=Y. of small liberal arts W-coast schools
Tops Pepperdine
31)Drexel=Y. of schools named after wealthy tycoons
Tops Duke & CMU which are known more for academics than their namesake
daughter St. Katherine was taught by parents to use wealth to help others, so she gave away her fortune
32)Rutgers=Y. of underrated schools
Must be NJ!
8th oldest college in US; a lot of history
Beat Princeton:1st college football game
Top floraculture school
33)Wash&Lee=Y. of Reaganites
34)NH=Y. of granolas
35)USC=Y. of film schools
Most ODtrack titles
36)GW=Y. of pol sc
37)Hawaii=Y. of the liberal kooks
2nd to Stanford in female volleyball
38)Bob Jones=Y. of fundamentalist zealouts
39)Miami=Y. of criminal felons
40)IA=Y. of wrestling
{Tops IA St}
41)UConn=Y. of female basketball
42)UNC=Y. of female fld hockey
43)Colorado=Y. of co-ed skiing
{Tops UU}
44)Colgate=Y. of overpriced schools
45)Swarthmore=Y. of best-BA-value schools
46)SUNY & CUNY=Yales of being mistaken for other school
UCSB & UCSD are runners up
47)Ball St=Y. of unknown schools if not for their quircky name
It also helps that Letterman is alum
48)HarveyMudd=Y. of most prestigious unknown school
49)Butler=Y. of schools named after military legend
50)FL A&M=Y. of aggy schools
51)CalPoly=Y. of low tiered polytechnic schools
52)Bucknell=Y. of Ivy League-wannabes
53)UCDavis=Y. of Yale-of-W-wannabes
UCIrvine & UCSF runners-up
54)MN=Y. of Yale-of-MidW-wannabes
Golden gophers top Oregon's ducks as most nonthreatening mascot
55)Boston U=Y. of Yale-of-E-wannabes
56)Emory=Y. of Yale-of-S-wannabes
Baylor runner-up
57)Toronto=Y. of Canada
Waterloo gets a special honorary title as the "MIT" of Canada
58)U. College of Dublin=Y. of Ireland
59)St. Andrews in Scotland=Y. of GrBrit
60)The University of Rome=Y. of cont'l Europe
61)Seoul Nat'l=Y. of Asia
62)Sydney=Y. of Australia
Oldest in nation
Here are top 3 in each of the 55 largest cities (in order as cited by US Census) that have notable colleges:
No branches listed except CA's.
NY:Columbia,NYU,Fordham
LA:UCLA,Loyola Marymount
Chicago:Chicago,Northwestern,Loyola UC
Houston:Rice,St Tom's,Houston
Philly😛enn,Temple,Jefferson
Phoenix:ASU
SD:UCSD,U of SD
Dallas:SMU
San Antonio:St Mary's
Detroit:Wayne St
San Jose:Santa Clara
Indianapolis:Indiana
SF:UCSF,U of SF
Columbus:OSU
Austin:UT,St Ed's
Balt:JHU,MD,Loyola College
Milwaukee:Marquette
Boston:Harvard,MIT,Boston College
D.C.:Georgetown,GW,Catholic U
Nashville:Vandy
Seattle:WA,Seattle U
Denver:CO
Fort Worth:TCU
Portland😛ortland
Oklahoma City:
Tucson:AZ
NO:Tulane,Loyola
LV:UNLV
Cleveland:Case,JCU
Albuquerque:NM
KS City:MO
Atlanta:Emory,GATech,GA
Sacramento:Cal St
Omaha:Creighton
Minn:MN
Honolulu:HI
Miami:UM,STU
CO Springs:Air Force
STL:Wash U,SLU
Pgh:CMU,Pitt,Duquesne
Cinci:Xavier,Cinci
1)Every school will be compared to Harvard
1st college
Most Nat'l Merit & Rhodes scholars
2)Stanford=Harvard of W
Most FEMALE Div I titles
2nd to Cal U in H2O polo
3)Chicago=H. of MidW
1st US Nobel Laureate (also worked at Clark U & Case) & most NP winners
Beat Iowa:1st college 5-man bkball game
top Econ school
4)Georgetown=H. of E
Best Internat'l Law school & 1 of most historic campuses in nation
5)Duke=H. of S
Coach K put them on the map
6)MIT=H. of eng'g
7)Carnegie Mellon=H. of comp sci
Ranked top by USNews
8)Princeton=H. of 'non-high-tech' Science PhDs...see #s 7 & 8
Only Ivy League U w/ no Law & Med
2nd-to-most golf titles
9)Penn=H. of med
1st University in country
1st to give a med degree
1st Ivy League to give BS, MS, & doc in nursing
10)Notre Dame=H. of the football colleges
Irish have the best record in all of College Football history & the most Nat'l Championships & the most Heisman Trophy winners & most famous fight song
Lafayette-Lehigh have oldest rivalry, but ND-SoCal is most classic
Legend of the Gipper is topped only by WF's Brian Piccolo's story
11)Boston College=H. of parochial schools
coolest colors in NCAA
12)Brandeis=H. of Jewish schools
13)ASU=H. of baseball
14)Kentucky=H. of bkball
Most titles in most decades
Most prolific rivalry in Playoff history (Marquette)
15)Saint Louis=H. of soccer
1st QB to throw a football in a game
16)Villanova=H. of Cinderella stories
Massimino's beating G'town in '85 was biggest upset ever.
Tops BYU & Oregon in women's cross ctry
17)Dartmouth=H. of socialite partiers
View "Animal House" for reference of DTX
1 of most beautiful campuses
18)Tulane=H. of non-socialite partiers
Visit NO during Mardi Gras if in doubt
19)Vassar=H. of women's schools
20)Howard=H. of HBCUs
21)Juilliard=H. of Music
22)Chicago Art Inst=H. of Fine Arts
23)Temple=H. of cool city-campus schools
1st to win Nat'l bkball title
2nd to MD in female lacrosse
Most grad students/yr
24)Penn State=H. of schools with a beloved football coach
Knute Rockne was the most influential, & - as head coach of Notre Dame - he had the most coveted coaching position in all of the NCAA...however, he wasn't around as long as JoePa.
Won most Div1A games in history (& bowl games & undefeated seasons)-Paterno's so popular that PSU set the record for away & home game attendance in Beaver Stadium (largest in nation-only Boise St's blue stadium is more notable)
Holds fencing titles & tops IL in gymnastics
25)Cornell=H. of geo sci
Their local blue granite near campus is world famous
26)Wisconsin=H. of well-rounded state schools
27)Army's WPt=H. of military
Most intense rivalry (Navy)
28)Wm & Mary=H. of historic small colleges
2nd oldest college in nation
29)Fordham=H. of small liberal arts E-coast schools
FU 2nd to UU as best college initials
30)Santa Clara=H. of small liberal arts W-coast schools
31)Vanderbilt=H. of schools named after wealthy tycoons
32)Pitt=H. of underrated schools
Pgh is to big cities as NJ is to states
33)Grove City=H. of Reaganites
34)VT=H. of granolas
35)NYU=H. of film schools
36)American=H. of pol sc
37)UC Berkeley-campus=H. of the liberal kooks
Perhaps not in certain decades, but they put any questions to rest in the '60s
38)Liberty=H. of fundamentalist zealouts
39)FSU=H. of criminal felons
40)OK St=H. of wrestling
41)TN=H. of female basketball
42)OldDom=H. of female fld hockey
43)Denver=H. of co-ed skiing
44)Sarah Lawrence=H. of overpriced schools
45)Amherst=H. of best-BA-value schools
Beat Williams:1st college baseball game
46)St. John's & St. Joe's=Harvards of being mistaken for other school
47)Slippery Rock=H. of unknown schools if not for their quircky name
Their sports scores were reported on national news decades ago because of it
48)Rockefeller=H. of most prestigious unknown school
49)Duquesne=H. of schools named after military legend
50)TX A&M=H. of aggy schools
51)RPI=H. of low tiered polytechnic schools
52)Tufts=H. of Ivy-League-wannabes
53)UCSD=H. of Harvard-of-W-wannabes
54)IL (Urb)=H. of Harvard-of-MidW-wannabes
55)Rochester=H. of Harvard-of-E-wannabes
56)Rice=H. of Harvard-of-S-wannabes
home of BuckyBall science
57)McGill=H. of Canada
58)Trinity=H. of Ireland
59)Oxford=H. of GrBrit
Cambridge gets honorary title: "MIT" of GrBrit
60)The Sorbonne=H. of cont'l Europe
61)Beijing=H. of Asia
62)Melbourne=H. of Australia
2nd oldest in nation
These are cemented in stone, part of Americana and beyond, & would take an Act of Congress to change.
~~
1)Every school perceived as 2nd best will be compared to Yale
Most golf titles
2)UCLA=Yale of W
2nd coolest colors
Wooden won most basketball titles
3)N'western=Y. of MidW
4)UVA=Y. of E
top US State school
5)UT=Y. of S
Tower sniper incident tops Kent St (4 dead in OH) for most infamous tragedy
Prez's girl attends
EP branch topped only by Ark & Mich St in cross ctry
6)CIT=Y. of eng'g
7)GA Tech=Y. of comp sci
tops RIT & VA Tech
8)Columbia=Y. of 'non-high-tech' Science PhDs...see #s 7 & 8
1st to give a Grad degree in med
Most fencing titles
9)JH=Y. of med
Tied w/ Syracuse in lacrosse
10)Mich=Y. of the football colleges
Concerning the past few years, even the Yales have their ups & downs. But you can't change the school depending on the year.
Remember, these are the all-time classics. 😉
Best rivalry between State Schools w/ Woody Hayes' Ohio St which also ties their swimming record
Tops N Dak in hockey
11)Loyola UC=Y. of parochial schools
12)Yeshiva=Y. of Jewish schools
13)LSU=Y. of baseball
14)Indiana=Y. of bkball
2nd most titles in most decades thanks to coach Knight
15)SanFran=Y. of soccer
16)NC St=Y. of Cinderalla stories
Valvano upset Houston in '83
Gonzaga (Bing Crosby's alma mater) comes next with several Cinderella stories in March Madness (like in '99 when they came seconds from Final 4)
17)Brown=Y. of socialite partiers
They took in John-John
Most female rowing titles
18)WVU=Y. of non-socialite partiers
19)Wellesley=Y. of women's schools
20)Morehouse=Y. of HBCUs
21)Curtis=Y. of Music
22)Rhode Is. Design=Y. of Fine Arts
23)Manhatten College=Y. of cool city-campus schools
24)Alabama=Y. of schools with a beloved football coach (Bear Bryant)
25)Wash U=Y. of geo sci
26)Washington=Y. of well-rounded state schools
2nd-to-most female rowing titles
27)Navy's Academy=Y. of military
28)Dickinson=Y. of historic small colleges
29)Holy Cross=Y. of small liberal arts E-coast schools
30)Pomona/Claremont=Y. of small liberal arts W-coast schools
Tops Pepperdine
31)Drexel=Y. of schools named after wealthy tycoons
Tops Duke & CMU which are known more for academics than their namesake
daughter St. Katherine was taught by parents to use wealth to help others, so she gave away her fortune
32)Rutgers=Y. of underrated schools
Must be NJ!
8th oldest college in US; a lot of history
Beat Princeton:1st college football game
Top floraculture school
33)Wash&Lee=Y. of Reaganites
34)NH=Y. of granolas
35)USC=Y. of film schools
Most ODtrack titles
36)GW=Y. of pol sc
37)Hawaii=Y. of the liberal kooks
2nd to Stanford in female volleyball
38)Bob Jones=Y. of fundamentalist zealouts
39)Miami=Y. of criminal felons
40)IA=Y. of wrestling
{Tops IA St}
41)UConn=Y. of female basketball
42)UNC=Y. of female fld hockey
43)Colorado=Y. of co-ed skiing
{Tops UU}
44)Colgate=Y. of overpriced schools
45)Swarthmore=Y. of best-BA-value schools
46)SUNY & CUNY=Yales of being mistaken for other school
UCSB & UCSD are runners up
47)Ball St=Y. of unknown schools if not for their quircky name
It also helps that Letterman is alum
48)HarveyMudd=Y. of most prestigious unknown school
49)Butler=Y. of schools named after military legend
50)FL A&M=Y. of aggy schools
51)CalPoly=Y. of low tiered polytechnic schools
52)Bucknell=Y. of Ivy League-wannabes
53)UCDavis=Y. of Yale-of-W-wannabes
UCIrvine & UCSF runners-up
54)MN=Y. of Yale-of-MidW-wannabes
Golden gophers top Oregon's ducks as most nonthreatening mascot
55)Boston U=Y. of Yale-of-E-wannabes
56)Emory=Y. of Yale-of-S-wannabes
Baylor runner-up
57)Toronto=Y. of Canada
Waterloo gets a special honorary title as the "MIT" of Canada
58)U. College of Dublin=Y. of Ireland
59)St. Andrews in Scotland=Y. of GrBrit
60)The University of Rome=Y. of cont'l Europe
61)Seoul Nat'l=Y. of Asia
62)Sydney=Y. of Australia
Oldest in nation
Here are top 3 in each of the 55 largest cities (in order as cited by US Census) that have notable colleges:
No branches listed except CA's.
NY:Columbia,NYU,Fordham
LA:UCLA,Loyola Marymount
Chicago:Chicago,Northwestern,Loyola UC
Houston:Rice,St Tom's,Houston
Philly😛enn,Temple,Jefferson
Phoenix:ASU
SD:UCSD,U of SD
Dallas:SMU
San Antonio:St Mary's
Detroit:Wayne St
San Jose:Santa Clara
Indianapolis:Indiana
SF:UCSF,U of SF
Columbus:OSU
Austin:UT,St Ed's
Balt:JHU,MD,Loyola College
Milwaukee:Marquette
Boston:Harvard,MIT,Boston College
D.C.:Georgetown,GW,Catholic U
Nashville:Vandy
Seattle:WA,Seattle U
Denver:CO
Fort Worth:TCU
Portland😛ortland
Oklahoma City:
Tucson:AZ
NO:Tulane,Loyola
LV:UNLV
Cleveland:Case,JCU
Albuquerque:NM
KS City:MO
Atlanta:Emory,GATech,GA
Sacramento:Cal St
Omaha:Creighton
Minn:MN
Honolulu:HI
Miami:UM,STU
CO Springs:Air Force
STL:Wash U,SLU
Pgh:CMU,Pitt,Duquesne
Cinci:Xavier,Cinci
