Can you name the Largest Universities in the US? by CGMAN88

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Largest Universities Quiz

by CGMAN88

Created Nov 9, 2009 in Geography
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	TimeAndTide:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 03:52 GMT	6 points
	*** SPOILER ALERT! SPOILER ALERT! *** CGMAN88: This is a good idea for a quiz, but the data reported on the link you provided is either inaccurate or out-of-date. According to the U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. university campuses with the highest overall student enrollment in Fall 2009 (using the 21st-day head-count) are: Arizona State, Ohio State, U. Central Florida, Minnesota, Texas (Austin), Flordia, Texas A&M, Michigan State, U. South Florida, and NYU. Central Florida and South Florida -- which don't even make it on your list's top 30 -- have been in the top 10 for the last two years.

	TimeAndTide:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 03:54 GMT	5 points
	Oh, one more thing: Your title should probably say "Largest Universities in the U.S. by Student Enrollment" ... and it should probably specify single campuses, to avoid the whole U. of Phoenix thing.

	shawnoc:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 04:14 GMT	3 points
	I was very surprised that USF and UCF weren't on the list (until I read the comments above mine).

	Kaleb:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 04:24 GMT	4 points
	yeah, would be cool to have an extra info column with the student enrollment of each university.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 04:44 GMT	0 points
	I think New York should be accepted for NYU and Boston for Boston University, since you accept just the other answers without the University part tagged on.

	pcc813:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 04:54 GMT	2 points
	Wow, I can't believe I didn't even get my own school. No wonder it's the least guessed one.

	Anonymous42:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 05:29 GMT	4 points
	Not enough alternate answers. You should have the full names of the schools display, and accept numerous other alternatives, as opposed to displaying how they're most commonly referred to -- it's just more consistent to include the full names.

	csjoholm:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 06:22 GMT	1 point
	"Brigham Young" and "New York" weren't accepted.

	ifreebasetrivia:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 09:27 GMT	10 points
	"NC State" should be accepted

	kmoy11:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 10:38 GMT	5 points
	I guess I should not have expected much from a quiz that uses "www.plant-biology.com" as a source for university enrollment numbers...

	GeoExpert:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 12:14 GMT	4 points
	How is a quiz about the largest U.S. universities a geography quiz?

	elnok:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 13:21 GMT	2 points
	"Boston" shouldn't be accepted for BU, because Boston College is different. Now, "Boston U," sure. As for "New York," well, where are you from that you call it that?? I like keeping it down to NYU or at least "New York U" to separate it from SUNY and CUNY schools. (And I swore SUNY Buffalo'd be in there... I know they've been in the top 20 for applications for years...)

	Bulletchewer6:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 14:32 GMT	-1 points
	I disagree. "Boston" should be accepted for Boston University and "New York" should for "NYU". More importantly, "Berkeley" should work (it didn't), as should "Texas A and M" (no need for the "&"). Also, you need to define what you mean by "largest".

	rk559:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 15:30 GMT	3 points
	FSU for Florida State! Come on! Also, how can you do this without including the actual numbers??

	thamesx2:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 15:55 GMT	1 point
	I know it is picky but many people in the southeast refer to the University of South Carolina as "USC", maybe some distintion can be added.

	PBRbateman7:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 16:19 GMT	0 points
	Man, the entire time I was thinking geographic area. I kept typing A&M schools. That's just confusing...

	apchilds:	Nov 10th, 2009 at 22:03 GMT	3 points
	The problem here is the source, which only includes schools rated in the top 100 nationally for their Plant Biology programs. This leaves off several of the largest campuses in the country, as others have noted. The US Dept. of Education would be a much better source for a quiz like this.

	debbiedoesnothin:	Nov 11th, 2009 at 03:49 GMT	1 point
	@elnok: The quiz is for universities, therefore Boston would refer to Boston University not Boston College. I agree that NYU should be accepted as an answer, as is BYU, but I think "New York" and "Brigham Young" should also be accepted without having to type out "university" to be consistent with the rest of the answers on the quiz.

	AtomicIce:	Nov 13th, 2009 at 05:18 GMT	1 point
	I agree that New York and Brigham Young should be accepted, that's what the NY in NYU and the BY in BYU stand for.

	sbelkoski:	Nov 13th, 2009 at 15:14 GMT	0 points
	Also, Pennsylvania State should be accepted for Penn State.

	jml1139:	Feb 2nd, 2010 at 18:26 GMT	2 points
	University of Houston and North Texas University both are 36,000-plus. Virginia Tech, the last school on this list, is 30,079. Something doesn't make sense.

	chriskotx:	Dec 29th, 2010 at 03:12 GMT	1 point
	Agreed jml1139, and Florida International has 42k. Half of this list is under 36k. I guess only "big time" schools qualify.