What is your school known for?
 

Almost every college is known across the country for some reason or another, aside from academics. What's your college's special thing?

I go to Skidmore, in Upstate NY. Aside from having some of the nicest dorms (#6 in the country, Princeton Review), we're also #1 "reefer madness" in Princeton Review's party category. Also, I believe my school ranks somewhere in the top 5 "Playboy's hottest college".

Anyone else have some fun college facts?

I think WSU was #18 in party schools by Playboy 2002... but yeah, this school is known as the party school in Washington :)

Mine is known for its excellent Broadcast and Communication Arts department (working on a major for radio and televizzle -- er, I mean televsion). And the Film department is also rather impressive. It's also know for paving the way for Ethnic Studies.

The guy who does the voice of Homer and others graduated from NIU. I'm not too sure about anything else.

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the school of hard knockers!

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Iowa State University- I guess we'd be known for the last men's basketball coach going out and partying it up with the young folk.

CSUS: in the top ten for most hot ladies *_*

and for having herds of chickens roam the campus

MyUni is apparently a world leader in Egyptology.
btw, collide, what college are you at (i´m interested in American Schools for communications).

previously... Ohio State ... you tell me... best known for "Beer! Pussy! Football!" .. only one of which I could ever really get excited about =P

currently... Shoreline Community College near Seattle... which, despite being a comm.coll. has one of the BEST Audio Engineering programs in the country, especially on the west coast...
one of my teachers is the main songwriter for that ol' band Heart :D

Cool! I know a friend who'd be interested in this study.

San Francisco State University

If I'm still there when you get the chance to enroll, drop me a line some time! Hopefully I'll only have another year until graduation. *cross fingers*

My school is known for having one of the best theatre, music, business, and law departments in the country.

Unfortunately, the rest of the academic areas are less than desirable, so it's a good thing 95% of my classes are in the music department or else I'd get bored really quick :rolleyes:

Oh yeah, and we USED to be known for an awesome basketball team :rolleyes:

EDIT: Forgot, we're also rated by some review (I think USA Today or something) as having the happiest students and as being one of the most welcoming to diversity.

I go to Arizona State University, and according to Playboy magazine, we're the #1 Party school in the country.

Our frats also made a porn video a couple of years ago. not sure what it's called, but it was professionally made through a porn company out of Los Angeles.

Clark U. in Wistah, MA

2nd oldest grad school in US (harvard oldest)

Only school in N. America to invite and pay for Freud to lecture here

Rober Goddard invented modern rocketry and theory and physics showing spaceflight was possible while a prof.

two prof's developed research leading to the birth control pill

Top flight Psych and Geog. programs - in fact geog. as a college discipline was largely created at clark

UC Santa Cruz. Known for having a banana slug as its official mascot, being anti-traditional sports (ultimate frisbee is the big sport), and basically being a good place to score some bud from your RA and trip out under the redwoods.

University of Cincinnati - Known for criminal basketball players, and that's about it...I don't even think the Engineering program is that great anymore. I could be wrong, though.

BGSU- #1 in STD's in students in ohio, The first pop culture department in the US, Good music, business, phycology, and teaching school.

Did i say #1 in std's in students in ohio?

TEXAS!

well, our atheletics are truely awesome.

we're the largest university in the united states + have the largest dorm in the whole world.

#2 Business school in the nation

we're ranked 24th in party school's.

i'll add more once i start school in a week.

Northeastern University Boston- Computer science, law and business. And hockey.

My school is known for being one of the most conservative schools in the country, and one of maybe three who don't take any govt. money.

I go to Emporia State University in Kansas and we are the Hornets!!!

GO HORNETS!!! we got an awesome foot ball and baseball team

oh ya and its the largest teachers college in kansas

UCONN - Basketball, plus it's an overall good school

Matt Lauer, drugs, riots, parking problems

In our state region.. we WERE known for our child education programs..

BUUUUUT

they decided to cut that..

so i'd say a whole lotta nothing right now. :(

er, possibly for being the ugliest university in sydney :D :

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if not that, maybe being the only uni in which the "grass bit" can be used to uniquely identify a section of the university. (see those trees at the bottom of the picture? thats it. there are no more grassy areas at my uni).

Failing that, perhaps its the only uni with a vertical travel time.


Failing all of that, the glasshouse bar perhaps ;]

Re: What is your school known for?
 

Lucky! I wanted to go to Skidmore :(

Averett College graduate 2000. Now it's Averett University. I dont think we're known for anything.... Good flight and equestrian programs though.

Go Boilers!
I used to go to Purdue University which is know for it's ecellent engineering and Managment programs. It's also know for Agribusiness and one of the first to offer a Computer Graphics major in the country.

It's also know for football, basketball, and random double homicides.

Currently im eyeballing UNLV.. it's known for basketball scandals and an accredited Gambing and gaming institute.

how odd.

dude..........

i used to live in emporia, right opposite to the university.

i went to one of their football games cuz i got a free ticket for running a anti-drug marathon.

it's a pretty cool school.

Texas Tech University has the best football team in Texas.... we like to throw tortillas on the field after we touch down... ummm i dunno what else...

The thing that my school is known for (at least to me) is the fact that it no longer exists :)

For all you folk out there who hate school, hang in there - One day it'll get demolished and you can dance on the rubble :D.

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Mike

not when texas is still around!

you guys beat us last yr.........and are you gonna brag about that for the next 30 yrs?

and who ended up with a better bowl?

we beat y'all last year... and every other team in texas... and untill another team in texas beats us... we'll keep bragging about it... if were the best for 30 years we'll brag that long... if y'all beat us this fall then we'll stop bragging... and start drinking...

as for the bowl... dont change the subject... we still beat yall

heh... and everyone knows... the red raider is a much cooler mascot then... an oarnge cow... moo moo buckaroo :P

Univ. of Louisville:
Basketball - Denny Crum and Rick Pitino - 2 Hall of Fame coaches.
Pretty good Med. School and Engineering programs.
Being in the Ghetto.

A/S/L...hahaha

This post owns.(And so does the girl~)

well, i just graduated from uci (university of ca, irvine) and lawd, there were hot chicks everywhere.

btw, i decided to stop ghosting and imma start posting from now on, heh.

My school was known as the last chance saloon for expelled students and for its ten foot high fence.

uci...go zot! zot! zot! hahaha...

Though I do not presently attend, Ohio State is known for rioting after football games. I had a friend in California call me after the riots in Cincinnati following the shooting of a black man. He also saw footage of rioting here in Columbus that same week and was asking if we were also experiencing civil unrest. I told him that our riots were the result of football game. Yeah, we've got our priorities right on.

butler university (indianapolis) has a well known pharmacy school & a fairly well known music school + a big greek scene.
oh! and a observatory, a bell tower & a beautiful large garden. clowes hall (which used to be home of the indianapolis symphony) is also on campus.

Nebraska=Football=Life

U of Michigan....known for alumni that pay current students to play sports.