OU - University of Oklahoma: OU The Best Freshman Experience
OU attracts a LOT of people from Texas, because it's actually the closest BEST university (for people in the Dallas area, specifically). It's a public university experience, with a private university feel. The academics are respected nation and world-wide. OU ranks number one per capita among all public universities in the number of National Merit Scholars enrolled. The University of Oklahoma ranks in the top 10 in the nation in the Freshman Year Experience, according to a national study by the ...

Winthrop: "Oh, is that the school that beat Notre Dame in last year's March Madness?"
Winthrop is a medium-to-small school in Rock Hill, SC. If you are from semi-rural South Carolina, you would most likely fit in and like it here. Most kids here are from SC high schools with graduating classes of about 100, and ended up with a class rank of within the top 50%. Winthrop has a beautiful campus with lots of history, but it's surrounded by shanty houses on one side and Ferris Bueller-like neighborhoods on the other. That said, security is a bit of a problem here, not to the point tha...