What is your school "known for"?

[SoloAJ]

Either just locally or nationally. I asked arod in his UNT thread becuase I am always curious for some reason what different universities are known for having prestige in.

Illinois State University is apparently nationally known for its education field. Certainly it seems to be respected within the field anyway. This makes sense as Illinois State was a "normal school" when it originated, ie., a college specifically for educating future teachers.

In addition I guess we are pretty well known for nursing students. I don't know too much about this aspect but I'm guessing it is much more of an "in state" prestige.


So indulge me and enlighten others, what is your college "famous for" in terms of prestige in specific academics?

[ADLinden]

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[ADLinden]

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obv The Ohio State University

[professormike]

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obv WVU

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[illini43]

U of I:

- Engineering
- Business
- Athletes who get drive drunk, crash cars, and steal things
- Being in the middle of nowhere (Champaign, IL)
- Unofficial St. Pat's Day
- Assembly Hall being one of the toughest places to play NCAA basketball at (Orange Krush baby)
- "One of the nation's premier public universities" - according to our chancellor on our promo commercial during bball games.

[IlliniLou]

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U of I:

- Engineering
- Business
- Athletes who get drive drunk, crash cars, and steal things
- Being in the middle of nowhere (Champaign, IL)
- Unofficial St. Pat's Day
- Assembly Hall being one of the toughest places to play NCAA basketball at (Orange Krush baby)
- "One of the nation's premier public universities" - according to our chancellor on our promo commercial during bball games.

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you forgot Hugh Hefner
we're also known for getting rid of the Chief
in business, we're known for accounting as its like #1 in the nation
oh and one of the buildings on campus was a terrorist target because of the computer they built there
oh and we have the larget Greek system in the nation i think (Frats suck, sororities ... well if they're hot i guess its ok)

[SoloAJ]

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U of I:

- "One of the nation's premier public universities" - according to our chancellor on our promo commercial during bball games.

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My favorite is during my senior year tours of UofI they kept saying over and over that it was "a public ivy." I still get a kick out of that to this day.

[Misfire]

My school (Belmont) cranks out celebrities...


We went to HS together too.

[Dan.]

Oh, I should add...

Stephen Colbert.

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nh, from a Kent grad...

Halloween was always fun, too...

plus, there were those 4 kids that got shot back in the 70's...but who ever talks about that??