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GhostofBTT said:
Illinois is, at best, the third best school in the state of Illinois.
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Which is why the quote makes sense. Harvard, Yale, Princeton and MIT are the best schools in the country, Stanford comes in somewhere relatively close behind them. Northwestern, Chicago, WashU and Michigan are the best schools in the Midwest and Illinois comes in somewhere relatively close behind them. Did you even finish middle school, Ghost?
 




College of DuPage is referred to as "UCLA" by teh locals.
University Closest to the Lombard Area.
 


Also: IBC - it's not just rootbeer.

edit...oh LULZ they've gone big-time out there in bucolic Lisle. Now they call themselves "Benedictine U".
Child, please. You're freakin' IBC, always have been, always will be. And you're in LISLE, IL.:eek:
http://www.ben.edu/index.cfm
 


Scorpio79 said:
College of DuPage is referred to as "UCLA" by teh locals.
University Closest to the Lombard Area.
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Like.

Had never heard of College of DuPage until last night. Missed my effin train by like 12 seconds so I proceeded to belly up at the bar at the train station. Couple of older gals from Elmhurst sat by me and started chatting me up and one of them was yapping about her kids and said "as long as he doesn't end up living at home and attending College of DuPage I will consider it a victory." They were not cougartastic so I didn't proffer up any trips to the all star suite (a/k/a the secluded handicapped bathroom at the train station).
 


okeefe4prez said:
Which is why the quote makes sense. Harvard, Yale, Princeton and MIT are the best schools in the country, Stanford comes in somewhere relatively close behind them. Northwestern, Chicago, WashU and Michigan are the best schools in the Midwest and Illinois comes in somewhere relatively close behind them. Did you even finish middle school, Ghost?
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I believe Notre Dame and Wisconsin are all ranked much higher than Illinois as well. That would make Illinois less the Stanford of the Midwest, and moar like the Georgetown of the Midwest...except Georgetown probably has a better football team.
 


GhostofBTT said:
I believe Notre Dame and Wisconsin are all ranked much higher than Illinois as well. That would make Illinois less the Stanford of the Midwest, and moar like the Georgetown of the Midwest...except Georgetown probably has a better football team.
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Ghost, I think you've lived a somewhat sheltered life protected from Notre Dame and Wisconsin fans and alums. I have not. The only things worse than an Illini braggart are Wisconsin braggarts and Notre Dame braggarts, hence Wisconsin and ND were intentionally omitted from my list.
 


okeefe4prez said:
Ghost, I think you've lived a somewhat sheltered life protected from Notre Dame and Wisconsin fans and alums. I have not. The only things worse than an Illini braggart are Wisconsin braggarts and Notre Dame braggarts, hence Wisconsin and ND were intentionally omitted from my list.
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Moving the goal posts counselor?

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All this talk of Illinois and midwest colleges brings back some great memories for me. A few thoughts:
1. While Illinois is one of the better overall schools in the midwest, the difference between it and a lot of the smaller private schools isn't that discernible at the undergrad level. For someone getting a random BA in poli-sci or comm, the education received at Illinois isn't going to be that much better or worse than, say, North Park.

2. When I was in college in the western suburbs, I mentored a group of high school kids. They consistently referred to COD as "College of Dreams."
 
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thejumper5 said:
All this talk of Illinois and midwest colleges brings back some great memories for me. A few thoughts:
1. While Illinois is one of the better overall schools in the midwest, the difference between it and a lot of the smaller private schools isn't that discernible at the undergrad level. Someone getting a random BA in poli-sci or comm, the education received at Illinois is going to be that much better or worse than, say, North Park.

2. When I was in college in the western suburbs, I mentored a group of high school kids. They consistently referred to COD as "College of Dreams."
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LOLERZ
I've never heard that one before.
I wonder, though, what "outsiders" said about you and your righteous brethren there at Wheaton U? Prolly not a lot of flattering cracks...:rolleyes:
 


Scorpio79 said:
LOLERZ
I've never heard that one before.
I wonder, though, what "outsiders" said about you and your righteous brethren there at Wheaton U? Prolly not a lot of flattering cracks...:rolleyes:
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For the most part, mockery of Wheaton is taken in stride. A lot of students chose Wheaton specifically because of the things that others mock. The only thing that really gets under people's skin is when outsiders (and insiders, for that matter) point out that Wheaton has serious race and class issues that don't get dealt with very well.
 


thejumper5 said:
For the most part, mockery of Wheaton is taken in stride. A lot of students chose Wheaton specifically because of the things that others mock. The only thing that really gets under people's skin is when outsiders (and insiders, for that matter) point out that Wheaton has serious race and class issues that don't get dealt with very well.
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so it's a microcosm of conservative christianity in general. color me unsurprised.

(no personal offense intended, tehjumper)
 


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