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MUScoop => The Superbar => Topic started by: tower912 on May 11, 2010, 12:08:05 PM
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A discussion on the other board prompted this question. I was accepted at Michigan, ND, DePauw, as well as two less prestigious state schools before choosing Marquette. One of the primary reasons I chose MU over those other schools was an arrogant vibe I got from the student guides/hosts I encountered on my other visits. My MU visit was just a hoot with a bunch of really fun, really down to earth guides/hosts.
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St. Norberts, St. Thomas, UWM, UW-Parkside, University of Minnesota, SLU, Dayton
Screw you BC! :P
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I'm probably a rare case, but I only filled out one application. Knew all along that MU was the place for me.
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Largely agree with the MU atmosphere being the difference. I was going for engineering, so it came down to: GMI (formerly General Motors Institute, now Kettering U), Rose-Hulman, and Wash U.
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Bradley and MSOE with no real intention of going to either.
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I came down to MSU & MU, MSU was kind of my backup.
Others recieving votes: Rose-Hulman, ND, PU, UW, & Washington U.
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Minnesota, Xavier and MU. They were the only three I applied at, I ruled out a few others before simply because of tours and atmosphere (Purdue, WI, and some state schools) similar to what Tower said. I eliminated X just for a variety of reasons it basically felt like a little worse fit then MU and in a location I wasn't as excited about. Minnesota had a great tour and nice campus until we got to the dorms and other students. Burnt out lights, every door in the place was locked. People would pass by each other and not say anything in the wings. Very unfriendly and unpleasant atmosphere, it seemed like nobody was happy that they were there. Compare that to MU, where even on the tour I was offered a beer and was invited in a bunch of rooms and people were hanging out.
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Ripon College (Applied as a favor to my Mom), Wisconsin
Chose Marquette.
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I was accepted to Minnesota, UW, Marquette, West Point, and I had an appointment to the Naval Academy.
It came down to Marquette, UW, and Navy and after visiting the Naval Academy I realized I wanted to have a life in college and UW had a pre-engineering program whereas Marquette admitted you directly into the School of Engineering so I went to Marquette.
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Depaul, Bradley, Northern ILL, Devry, Bartending College.
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St. Eds in Austin, Texas was the only other school where I applied. Both were sight unseen.
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Depaul, Bradley, Northern ILL, Devry, Bartending College.
Forget to add Cosmotology College and Hamburger U.?
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Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford
I, too, average 22 putts/round.
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Forget to add Cosmotology College?
Your "internship" at the Sugar Shack has paid big dividends for you.
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I'm probably a rare case, but I only filled out one application. Knew all along that MU was the place for me.
had the Madison and LaX aps ready to go, just in case but I never needed em
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Your "internship" at the Sugar Shack has paid big dividends for you.
Let's not be ragging on the 'Shack, alright?
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Let's not be ragging on the 'Shack, alright?
Ragging on the shack? Did you mean that pun?
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Bradley, Deapul, Miami (OH).
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Bradley & Valpo.
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UW-Platteville, only because my parents made me.
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UW-Platteville, only because my parents made me.
Theres nothing wrong with experiencing the booming metropolis that is Platteville, WI.
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BC and UW-Madison
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PC, Loyola (Maryland), St. Joe's, Delaware, Catholic U.
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I had no idea what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go when i was in high school, so I applied to pretty much any place that interested me in the slighest. On top of that, because I'm a faculty kid and there's a chance to go to every Jesuit school for free(except Georgetown) as part of the FACHEX program, my parents made me apply to all of them(even Georgetown).
I got into all the Jesuit schools as well as a ton of other places....Stanford, Boston U, Oberlin, IU, Pepperdine, Arizona State....and a bunch more I can't even remember anymore. In the end though it came down to MU and Boston College...with MU winning out because it was free.
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I transferred to MU but originally was looking at BC, Northwestern, Michigan, Arizona & Arizona State.
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I had a free ride to Illinois but it was so big it intimidated me.Passed on offers to DePaul and Loyola. I wanted to be away form chicago but close enough to go home. I liked the feel of the campus even though it didn't look this nice and i gave up sports for the drinking life
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Notre Dame, St. Johns, Colorado and Hofstra. Thank god I passed on #1.
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De Paul, just because I grew up a block away and to make my grandmother happy. No intention of going there but never told her that of course.
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Ragging on the shack? Did you mean that pun?
No, but it worked out.
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I'm probably a rare case, but I only filled out one application. Knew all along that MU was the place for me.
I was the exact same way. There was not one negative thing I could think of about going to Marquette, so I figured why apply anywhere else?
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I had no idea what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go when i was in high school, so I applied to pretty much any place that interested me in the slighest. On top of that, because I'm a faculty kid and there's a chance to go to every Jesuit school for free(except Georgetown) as part of the FACHEX program, my parents made me apply to all of them(even Georgetown).
I got into all the Jesuit schools as well as a ton of other places....Stanford, Boston U, Oberlin, IU, Pepperdine, Arizona State....and a bunch more I can't even remember anymore. In the end though it came down to MU and Boston College...with MU winning out because it was free.
MU over Stanford? It seems like you couldn't design a better undergrad experience than there (great sports, weather, education). I could maybe understand it if you were looking at 200k in debt from there and none from MU.
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MU was my 1st choice because I have 3 older brothers that went here. I also applied and got accepted to Georgetown, George Mason, George Washington (I really wanted to move to DC/VA), Carroll College, UW-Milwaukee and Whitewater.
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MU over Stanford? It seems like you couldn't design a better undergrad experience than there (great sports, weather, education). I could maybe understand it if you were looking at 200k in debt from there and none from MU.
My basic goal was that I wasn't going to leave school with debt when I could go to a bunch of places for free. If they'd offered me scholarships they would have been the choice, but what they offered was tiny, and MU was free.
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My basic goal was that I wasn't going to leave school with debt when I could go to a bunch of places for free. If they'd offered me scholarships they would have been the choice, but what they offered was tiny, and MU was free.
Well, I'm glad you chose Marquette. I very much appreciate your recruiting updates on this board.
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MU was actually my third choice behind University of Washington and Saint Mary's (CA). Also got into Gonzaga and Santa Clara (Tons of stuck up rich kids). After I got my financial aid package MU was way cheaper than anywhere else including Washington and I was in state.
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Washington University, DePaul, Marquette.
WU was my first choice. In 1987, MU was $10k, and WU was $18k. My dad said to me .. "Son, I love you .. but not that much."
So I went to Marquette. Two of my sisters had gone, so I'd been on campus a bunch of times and basically was a scared little kid and wanted to pick the safest choice. In honesty, in hindsight, and had I been a different kid, I would have chosen a different school.
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Creighton, Minnesota, St. Thomas (MN)
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Marquette and UW-Madison (even had a dorm room assignment in madison before picking MU).
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MU, UW-Madison, Gustavus Adolphus & Luther. I knew MU was going to be my choice before I mailed any of them in.
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Notre Dame and Holy Cross. Decided 4 more years of "all boys" education was not for me - though I confess that in those days the girls at MU were less than stellar.
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Madison, Minnesota, Michigan, Iowa, James Madison, USC, Arizona State all D2 schools to which I applied.
I decided to apply all over the country but eventually stayed in state. Didn't want to be a Badger, however. I think it's because of all the idiots from high school that got in that I really had no respect for and hated. No one from my H.S. was going to MU, and I really liked that appeal.
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Carroll, Carthage, Loyola-Chi, Xavier. My safety school was Northern Michigan. For years anytime I told anyone I went to Marquette they assumed I was going to NMU.
I didnt get into Georgetown. I think I was waitlisted.
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Also when I took my tour of MU my senior year of HS the tourguide was really cute and when she went to show us the Joan of Arc chapel the door basically came off in her hand. Was pretty memorable.
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Xavier, St. Thomas, Dayton, and Carroll (now) University. It was really down to Marquette and Xavier, and I didn't know anybody else going to Xavier so I chose Marquette.
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Theres nothing wrong with experiencing the booming metropolis that is Platteville, WI.
where the women like women and the men like sheep.
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Mrs. Fryboy got into both UW madison and ND and picked MU. so proud of her.
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Loyola Chicago and Minnesota. Only sent in those because it would not have been acceptable for me to only apply to MU per my parents. But really, I knew I was headed for Marquette since about this time of my Jr year in HS.
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where the women like women and the men like sheep.
Where men are men and sheep are nervous.
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UC San Diego (top 50 school now, but not back then)
UC Irvine (top 50 school now, but not back then)
Marquette
Declined by Notre Dame
Offered acceptance to several DII and DIII schools to play soccer (non scholarship) if I wished to attend. Chose not to apply, was hanging up the cleats.
Grad school was a different story.
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Tulsa, Kansas, Alabama, Michigan St.,Stanford, Missouri, Washington
I chose MU because its a basketball school...
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New York University
Boston University (for PT)
UC San Diego
Marquette was my #1.
Physical Therapy was the reason.
But I'm not a PT... ;)
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Texas A&M, Ole Miss and Purdue
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UW-Madison, UW-Eau Claire, Columbia, San Diego U, SDSU, Minnesota, Northern Michigan. I went to the first name on that list for a semester, applied to MU and UWM and went to MU the next semester. I remember my high school guidance counselor bothering me for weeks when UWEC sent him sme letter/certificate that pretty much offered me a full ride and I never even seriously considered it. Also an interesting weekend at home freshman year telling your typical rural Wisconsin public school loving Badger fan parents who think UW-Madison is the greatest school ever that there is no way you're going back for the next semester and they can either have you live at home and spend time at community college, send you to lowly UWM, or send you to a private school that could cost at least three times as much. Now you'll catch my father walking around town with his blue and gold cap and/or one of his gaudy MU jackets and taking opportunity to rip on the Badgers and my mother knows more about the latest MU news than I do.
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Accepted at Notre Dame, Creighton, St. Thomas, UW-LaCrosse... all the schools I applied to.
Visited ND and didn't like the snobbery I felt nor the city of South Bend. It came down to Marquette and Creighton and MU won out based on reputation, the superior city of Milwaukee (nothing against Omaha, but MKE is better) and an attractive, smart female tour guide at MU vs. a dumb, hungover male guide at Creighton.
Best choice I've ever made aside from marrying my wife.
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University of Lawsonomy
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Accepted at Notre Dame, Creighton, St. Thomas, UW-LaCrosse... all the schools I applied to.
Visited ND and didn't like the snobbery I felt or the city of South Bend. It came down to Marquette nd Creighton and MU won out based on reputation, the superior city of Milwaukee (nothing against Omaha, but MKE is better) and an attractive, smart female tour guide at MU vs. a dumb, hungover male guide at Creighton.
Best choice I've ever made, aside from marrying my wife.
But what if it was a dumb hot hungover female that toured you around Creighton? Gamechanger perhaps? 8-)
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Indiana
Purdue
Loyola (Chicago)
Lake Forest College
Lawrence College
I was well on my way to Indiana, Indiana when my best friend, with whom I had been planning to room with there since 9th grade, changed his mind last minute (or had his parents do it for him) and enrolled at Illinois. So I opted for MU.
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But what if it was a dumb hot hungover female that toured you around Creighton? Gamechanger perhaps? 8-)
Wish I could definitively say no, but I'm not sure I can. ;D
In all seriousness, the tour guide thing was just icing. I started leaning toward MU the first time I visited...
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Boston college, BC, Notre Dame, Madison, Creighton and St. Thomas. Chose MU because of the scholarship I received and the program I got into as an undergrad. Best decision I ever made next to choosing my bride.
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SLU (stay in town) and Loyola-Chicago
Why I chose Marquette:
- Real Answer: they gave me the most money and because I heard about its drinking habit.
- What I say when on job interviews: I loved to city when I visited. Late Spring/early Summer is a great time to visit Milwaukee. Also, because, I knew I wanted to go into business, Marquette's proximity to downtown and the business schools relationship with the surrounding businesses was a major plus.
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Madison, Illinois, Illinios-Chicago, Penn State, and MU....got into all of them but chose MU over Penn State(father's Alma Mater) because the next largest population to State College is the federal penitentiary 50 minutes down the road and I had a chance to play soccer at MU but not PSU. Also liked the fact that class size was much smaller at MU engineering than PSU.
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Accepted to:
Air Force Academy-bad eyes so couldn't fly
ND-hated the tour guide (asked everyone on the tour if they really think they are ND material)
Indiana-home state school
Wake Forest- father's high school BB teammate was a star there, so I took a tour with him
Denied
Madison----just kidding
Yale
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Illinois, Purdue, Arkansas (parents alma mater). Originally, MU was fourth on my list and I only applied because the application could be filled out during a study hall. But through a set of coincidences and laziness, it ended up being the only school I visited. The clincher was the Engineering Co-op program and the size of the school in comparison to PU/UI.
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Applied to and was accepted at UW-Madison, Marquette, and Carleton. Picked Marquette because it wasn't too big (Madison) or too small (Carleton). It ended up being the cheapest option as well.
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Just out of curiosity, do we have many posters on here that did not attend MU?
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My basic goal was that I wasn't going to leave school with debt when I could go to a bunch of places for free. If they'd offered me scholarships they would have been the choice, but what they offered was tiny, and MU was free.
MSOE offered me a full ride, Bradley offered me a decent amount, and Marquette offered me nothing.
I'll be paying for it for awhile but I'm glad I chose MU.
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Illinois, OSU, ND, Northwestern, MU. Money talks.
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SLU (stay in town) and Loyola-Chicago
Why I chose Marquette:
- Real Answer: they gave me the most money and because I heard about its drinking habit.
- What I say when on job interviews: I loved to city when I visited. Late Spring/early Summer is a great time to visit Milwaukee. Also, because, I knew I wanted to go into business, Marquette's proximity to downtown and the business schools relationship with the surrounding businesses was a major plus.
Why would you lie about the money issue? I'd rather hear that answer than something that's obvious BS.
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Funny enough, the only other school I applied to was It's Indiana, It's Indiana. No intention of going, relieved now that I got into MU.
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Marquette and UW-Madison (even had a dorm room assignment in madison before picking MU).
Vander?!?
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I got into Wisco, ND, and Minn other than MU. Had visited Madison and hated it but applied because its what every other in state, likely-to-get-in public high school senior does. Visited the second and was turned off by how insulated it was. Going to MU and seeing all of the students that sadly still kiss the rings of those two schools definitely helped feed the hate.
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Why would you lie about the money issue? I'd rather hear that answer than something that's obvious BS.
I do throw the money part in after the BS.
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University of Lawsonomy
How could you turn down an opportunity like that? Instead of Real Chili, you could have had Apple Holler.
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How could you turn down an opportunity like that? Instead of Real Chili, you could have had Apple Holler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSOyOEbdQDI&feature=related
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Wisconsin, Ripon, Cal, Sac State
It came down to Cal and MU. I visited both campuses and I hated Cal (seriously, it's an awful place)
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSOyOEbdQDI&feature=related
"It really is a beautiful campus."
Is that guy serious? It looked like an rural, semi-desolate farm.
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just go to the wikipedia page.
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BC, SLU, Loyola-Chicago, Madison, Gonzaga
Denied by ND and Northwestern.
MU gave me the most money. It came down to MU and BC, could not be happier with the choice.
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Michigan State, Loyola (IL), Stanford, Marquette and NYU
Basically came down to Marquette and Stanford and choose Marquette due to financial constraints... would've been around $60K/year at Stanford + travel expenses... couldn't justify the cost.
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Wisconsin, Ripon, Cal, Sac State
It came down to Cal and MU. I visited both campuses and I hated Cal (seriously, it's an awful place)
Yes. The surrounding area is a crap hole.
If I ever had a daughter, I'd offer more money or a car or something for her to go elsewhere.
unnatural carnal knowledge the prestige...it's knowing that a bum waiting to grope you and drag you into an alley or bush won't be around my future kid is what will make me sleep better.
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originally was going to play baseball so was looking at places like Butler and Valpo...once that had run it's course MU was the SURE choice.
I still wonder what it would have been like to go to a school with a football program...
However, it was fun just to get hammered and cheer for (or against, haha) all of our buddies' favorite teams
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frack the prestige...it's knowing that a bum waiting to grope you and drag you into an alley or bush won't be around my future kid is what will make me sleep better.
Uhhhh head explode? You went to Marquette, didn't you?
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Uhhhh head explode? You went to Marquette, didn't you?
He said "bum," not "thug."
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Pitt, Ohio State, Ohio University, Xavier... Marquette was pretty clear leader the entire time, though Pitt challenged it for a bit... sure happy I made the right call!!! ;D
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Marquette was only place applied. I knew once I got my ACT scores back I was in and by Thanksgiving I was already accepted.
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Marquette, Syracuse and Colorado ... A&M and Texas were fall-back options but I was determined to go to college far away from home and/or extended family. I chose MU after visiting Colorado and having a miserable visit. Previously I'd ruled out the 'Cuse after deciding the tuition premium there was not worth it. MU turned out to be the best decision I've ever made.
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Uhhhh head explode? You went to Marquette, didn't you?
MU isn't in the best neighborhood, but generally all you have to worry about is bums pestering you. DPS and MPD have really cracked down around campus, I think it's because they know if a pretty, rich white girl gets kidnapped then they have a PR nightmare.
Cal is in Berkeley, which is in the East Bay, next to Oakland and across the highway from Richmond. Did you ever see Coach Carter? That movie was based in Richmond. And if anything, they were too kind to the Richmond natives. Seriously, assault is a distinct possibility in the East Bay. I have friends that go to Cal and they never leave their room after nightfall
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Boston College and some random WI schools
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MU isn't in the best neighborhood, but generally all you have to worry about is bums pestering you. DPS and MPD have really cracked down around campus, I think it's because they know if a pretty, rich white girl gets kidnapped then they have a PR nightmare.
Cal is in Berkeley, which is in the East Bay, next to Oakland and across the highway from Richmond. Did you ever see Coach Carter? That movie was based in Richmond. And if anything, they were too kind to the Richmond natives. Seriously, assault is a distinct possibility in the East Bay. I have friends that go to Cal and they never leave their room after nightfall
My friends got mugged at gun point and knife point between 17th and 18th in 03. A kid got shot at a party in 2005.
I'm just saying, please don't act like Marquette isn't in a somewhat dangerous neighborhood.
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My friends got mugged at gun point and knife point between 17th and 18th in 03. A kid got shot at a party in 2005.
I'm just saying, please don't act like Marquette isn't in a somewhat dangerous neighborhood.
I'm not saying Marquette's in a safe community, and I realize you have to be careful, but 2 years ago a Cal student was stabbed to death at a party. A year before that two non-students were murdered at a sorority house party.
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so they aren't that far apart
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Street crimes are completely random, can happen anywhere at any time, and not even the most extreme measures (e.g. curfews, racial profiling, the National Guard, etc.) come close to eliminating the risk. However, if you are hosting a party in a private home, you can, in theory, eliminate the risk of a shooting -- simply don't invite people who might bring a gun to a party. But even if you do not eliminate the risk, you can certainly control and/or contain a portion of the risk.
I'm not saying MU is any safer than Cal or vice versa, but comparing crimes on the street to crimes in private homes (or apartments) is an apples and oranges comparison. However, all else being equal, the place where crimes are prevalent in [supposedly] controlled settings is the more dangerous locale IMO.
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When I was at MU in the late 80s, I believe there were a couple of students murdered. As I recall, one of them was way off site at a social event of some sort (maybe near the Bayshore Mall???) and the other was at something like 21st and State. Another student was killed in a house fire.
The MU neighborhood is much better now than it was then.
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My take on Cal is much like SacWarriors.
Seeing that we're CA natives who have spent some time in an urban setting (Milwaukee), I must agree with him.
The immediate North Side and surrounding neighborhoods of Marquette are dangerous.
But really, you're not sandwiched in between Emeryville and Oaktown (once the murder capital of the nation) and be a destination for some punks from Hayward, Vallejo, Richmond, and other parts of the Bay.
To boot, Telegraph attracts bums, free-spirits, vagrants, runaways...unsavories...tourists...crazies... I can't think of any street that's lined with some many people that's located next to a college campus.
Marquette doesn't have that...and with a smaller student population and cleaner lines (landscaping), the campus allows for better security. And as SacW mentioned, DPS is pretty much anywhere you want to find them.
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Yes. The surrounding area is a crap hole.
If I ever had a daughter, I'd offer more money or a car or something for her to go elsewhere.
frack the prestige...it's knowing that a bum waiting to grope you and drag you into an alley or bush won't be around my future kid is what will make me sleep better.
I wouldn't send my kids there for far different reasons, starting with the complete brain washing aspect. ;D
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Yes, Chico, we know.
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I'm glad the topic has gotten into something 'controversial' like campus safety ...
Frankly, I'm astonished how safe MU has seemed the past few years compared to UWM. How many homicides have there been at UWM the past 5 years? Three? I realize they were likely all drug related, but still.
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I'm glad the topic has gotten into something 'controversial' like campus safety ...
Frankly, I'm astonished how safe MU has seemed the past few years compared to UWM. How many homicides have there been at UWM the past 5 years? Three? I realize they were likely all drug related, but still.
Don't forget the stick up guys who invaded the wrong apartments and homes looking to rob UWM student drug dealers.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/43234312.html (http://www.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/43234312.html)
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I'm glad the topic has gotten into something 'controversial' like campus safety ...
Frankly, I'm astonished how safe MU has seemed the past few years compared to UWM. How many homicides have there been at UWM the past 5 years? Three? I realize they were likely all drug related, but still.
When mom, dad, grandpa, grandma, you, Uncle Sam, etc. are dropping a pretty penny for your education, you're a little more conscious of your safety and the stupid stuff you probably shouldn't being doing.
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I wouldn't send my kids there for far different reasons, starting with the complete brain washing aspect. ;D
Same reason why I refuse to send my future kids to small, sectarian colleges in the South. ;D
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Florida & USC.
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Same reason why I refuse to send my future kids to small, sectarian colleges in the South. ;D
I wouldn't send my kids to those either.
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When mom, dad, grandpa, grandma, you, Uncle Sam, etc. are dropping a pretty penny for your education, you're a little more conscious of your safety and the stupid stuff you probably shouldn't being doing.
Wow....talk about a loaded statement. UWM students care less about their lives because they're paying less for their education?
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Accepted into NIU, Iowa, Loras, and Illinois State, and was on the waitlist for Marquette. Wrote a letter to Dean of Admissions and in late April received my admissions letter.