Reputation of University of Wisconsin Campuses (Milwaukee, Madison: crime rate, vacation home, dorms)

[JfromReston]

Originally Posted by yo vanilla

The saying goes "when in doubt, go to Stout"

I always thought it was "take the easy way out - go to Stout"

I graduated from Stout in 1982.

[Wisco_#1]

UWLax-Very fine school for those who want a smaller atmosphere
UW-Mad-Obviously a great school but slightly overrated
UW-Mil-"Lets all laugh and point at those who have stooped so low" school
UWEC-Great Academics...equally great drinking problems
UW-O-Dirty hick school
UWW-Fine business school with great athletic program
UWRF-Often forgotten, but good school with great agriculture program and nice distance from the TC
UW-Platteville-Everyone who goes there thinks they are at some amazing school....the rest of us know its really just an average school below a lot of the UW campuses in terms of academics

[NicePolishBoy]

I'm not sure how Oshkosh is a "hick school" when there are probably as man or more students from the sticks going to Lacrosse, Eau Claire, River Falls, and Platteville.

[Ron Burgundy]

That's because the students going to La Crosse and Eau Claire are smarter and/or better educated.

[jjacobeclark]

La Crosse, Eau Claire, and River Falls attract lots of students from the Twin Cities. Platteville attracts a lot of people from rural western Wisconsin, but also from Dubuque. Oshkosh pretty much only attracts hicks and rednecks from the UP and Northwoods. I grew up in Menasha and I barely know anyone who went to UWO, despite it being the closest state university to the Fox Cities. Most of my friends from high school went to college in Madison, Milwaukee, or Minneapolis.

[geekduo]

Originally Posted by NicePolishBoy

I'm not sure how Oshkosh is a "hick school" when there are probably as man or more students from the sticks going to Lacrosse, Eau Claire, River Falls, and Platteville.

Hey, I resemble that remark.
I was from the sticks in western WI and went to RF. We had many people from the Twin Cities as well as from all around WI.

[Wingfoot]

Get real only REAL UW is Madison,period.

[Badger]

Originally Posted by Ron Burgundy

This is the most ridiculous thing you've ever posted here.

that's covering aloooooot of territory for him.

[Jay F]

I went to UW-Oshkosh for one year in the 80s. I didn't like it. It's ironic that it's a college because most of the students were so anti-intellectual. I lived in a dorm (Scott Hall). There was so much binge drinking that there was barf everywhere, in the hallways and on every toilet seat. Every night I would hear students yelling and throwing beer bottles out the window. There were lot's of drunken redneck fights. A lot of the guys took steroids (even if they weren't athletes) just so they could get big and beat each other up. Nobody studied or discussed anything intellectual. It was a very uncivilized place.

I know that Wisconsin sends a higher % of it's high school graduates to college compared to most other states. My strong impression is that most of the UW-Zero students wouldn't even go to college at all if they lived in another state. They would just go straight to becoming a marginally employed drunken roughneck. A lot of the people I met fit the profile of meth tweakers, except I went there decades before meth use was widespread. That's my honest opinion of what it was like, I don't know if anything has changed.

[Wingfoot]

Originally Posted by Jay F

I went to UW-Oshkosh for one year in the 80s. I didn't like it. It's ironic that it's a college because most of the students were so anti-intellectual. I lived in a dorm (Scott Hall). There was so much binge drinking that there was barf everywhere, in the hallways and on every toilet seat. Every night I would hear students yelling and throwing beer bottles out the window. There were lot's of drunken redneck fights. A lot of the guys took steroids (even if they weren't athletes) just so they could get big and beat each other up. Nobody studied or discussed anything intellectual. It was a very uncivilized place.

I know that Wisconsin sends a higher % of it's high school graduates to college compared to most other states. My strong impression is that most of the UW-Zero students wouldn't even go to college at all if they lived in another state. They would just go straight to becoming a marginally employed drunken roughneck. A lot of the people I met fit the profile of meth tweakers, except I went there decades before meth use was widespread. That's my honest opinion of what it was like, I don't know if anything has changed.

Rest assurred nothing has changed whatsoever.Your analysis is Spot On !

Ahter I got out the service I innocently enrolled at one of the UW-Zero's
and after 1 semester of see-spot-run level of instruction ran screaming to U of MN.
I had one insructor at the Zero who was English and I asked if I was right
in thinking something was drastically wrong at the Zero-she gave me a long look and said "this place would not be considered a decent secondary school in England" .