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ScottFern

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UIC.......University of Indian and Chinese! NO! University of Illinois at Chicago....


UIC is like either the #1 or #2 most diverse university in the country.
 

NutBucket

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Originally posted by: thomsbrain
Originally posted by: MrManly
Students included:
Weird Al Yankovic
John Madden
Ozzie Smith

Guess!

-MrManly

Cal Poly, SLO
I knew that! Really:p

Cal Poly Pomona;
Engineering, Architecture and Cows!

Honestly, I don't know of any really famous alums.
 
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UChicago - School that paved over the football stadium and put a library on top. First place for a sustained nuclear reaction.
 

ViperVin2

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university of california, san diego .. research, research, and more research. we are also known for the lack of a social life
 

ed21x

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Originally posted by: placebo139
Sadly, William Hung. ;)

<< UC Berkeley

we also got Hippies, Milk and Cereal, that vid of David raping a prostitute in the Dorms (Putnam), and that Biology Teacher that whined alot after his laptop got stolen.

As for the good:
Scince: Los Alamos National Labs, Lawrence Berkeley Labs, L. Livermore Labs, Richmond Field Station Labs, etc...
Engineering: 2nd best in the nation
 

GreenGhost

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They had to bring in the Army to let the first black student come to class... but that was a long time ago...
 

Horus

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McMaster University: The Mac Medical School is one of the premier in the world.

We're also famous for having the best on-campus food EVAR.
 

Dgital

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Originally posted by: theknight571
Originally posted by: venk
U of M

famous for everything ever.

Also famous for our arrogance. :p

Don't forget the Naked Mile :) ( They still do that, don't they? )

They still let it happen, but theres cops everywhere making sure everything is cool

 

PinmasterJay

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Originally posted by: cRazYdood
Wisconsin

Famous for stem cells perhaps
I believe the university also holds some patents for putting vitamin D in milk.
#1 party school too.
I've also heard that more CEOs graduated from Wisconsin than any other school, not sure if it's true.

Yep...wutup Shawn

Playboy's 2006 #1 party school
Also not really known for it but we won
Mens and Womens Hockey National Titles this year
 

Jawo

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Football - Michael Vick
Hokie Pokie (mentioned in SI's ranking of top sports programs)
Engineering
Business