# What High Schools and Colleges Did You Go To? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 7, 2005, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409 "2005-07-07T04:10:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/101 "2005-07-08T18:47:13Z")
Diamond Bar High School, 1983-1987 University of California at Santa Barbara, 1987-1989 Fullerton College, 1989-1993 Mount San Antonio College, 1986, 1998 California Lutheran University, 1999-2003 (finally got that degree, as well). There’s a chance that some time in 2006 I will start taking graduate work at the University of Nevada in Reno. ---
**Author:** ![AsecretK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@AsecretK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AsecretK)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/102 "2005-07-08T19:08:07Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > Bedford High School - Bedford, Ohio, class of 1980 Bedford High Shool - Bedford, Ohio, class of 1987 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/103 "2005-07-08T19:11:59Z")
Sequoia High School - Redwood City, CA UC Santa Barbara (you were just after me, **Sister Coyote)** Kellogg (Northwestern) for grad school… ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/104 "2005-07-08T19:25:31Z")
West Essex High School (North Caldwell, NJ) 1990-94 Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA) 1994-95 (Like most of the students, I dropped out.) ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/105 "2005-07-08T19:27:53Z")
> [@Snickers](#): > > Durand High, Durand, WI (Class of '95) > Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, 1995-1997 > University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, 1997-2000 > Murdoch University, Perth, WA, Australia, 1999 (study abroad). Hiya **Snickers**! Mondovi High School, Class of '89 Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Class of '93 (I even lived in the Twin Cities until just a few years ago) ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/106 "2005-07-08T19:28:50Z")
> [@E. Thorp](#): > > Penn State University, University Park PA ('91 MA) WE ARE! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/107 "2005-07-08T19:34:04Z")
St. John’s, Houston, Tx through my junior year Lamar HS, Houston, Tx for senior year and graduation in 1966 University of Texas, Austin, TX for three semesters Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University - San Marcos), San Marcos, Tx. BBA/MIS, 1977 A couple of courses taken toward the MBA at University of Houston - Clear Lake in 1986. ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/108 "2005-07-08T20:52:42Z")
High school: **Buckingham, Browne and Nichols** , Cambridge MA College: **Boston College** Grad School:\*\* Cambridge College\*\* \*\* Northeastern University\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/109 "2005-07-08T21:50:41Z")
> [@Genghis Bob](#): > > Ernest W. Seaholm High School, 1979 > > Lawrence Institute of Technology (now Lawrence Technological University), 1983 > > Oakland University, 1988 Genghis Bob, we’re the only ones so far who’ll admit being educated in Michigan! 'Course, I was on the other side of the tracks from you. Walled Lake Western HS, 1984-1988 Walled Lake, MI Oakland Community College, May 2002 - December 2003 Farmington Hills/Waterford, MI Wayne State University, January 2004 - Present DEE-troit, MI ---
**Author:** ![Ghanima](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Ghanima](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ghanima)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/110 "2005-07-08T22:19:52Z")
Another Cal Grad here! There really are a lot of us! Miller Jr. High - San Jose, CA Monta Vista High School - Cupertino CA Integrierte Gesamtschule - Neumunster, Deutschland UC Berkeley - Berkeley, CA ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/111 "2005-07-08T22:40:57Z")
Homestead High School, Cupertino CA, class of 1991 Haverford College, Haverford PA, class of 1995 so far, I’m alone in both I think. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/112 "2005-07-08T22:51:39Z")
Saranac Central School (Class of 1979) in Saranac, NY Plus one year at Carmel High School in Carmel, NY Took classes at Clarkson College (in Potsdam, NY), SUNY Plattsburgh (Hi Moto) and SUNY New Paltz. That’s right, three colleges without ever getting a degree. ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/113 "2005-07-08T23:00:17Z")
**Notre Dame High School for Boys** Niles, Illinois ‘91-93’ **Loyola Academy** Wilmette, Illinois '93-'95 (diploma) **Oakton Community College** Des Plaines, Illinois '95-'98 **Milwaukee School of Engineering** Milw, Wisconsin '98-'05 (on again, off again…BS-EET finally) Also… **Maine South HS** Park Ridge, IL (summer school) **Maine East HS** PR, IL (summer school) **Marillac HS for Girls** Glenview or Northbrook, IL (summer school) **Resurrection HS for Girls** Chicago, IL (musicals…they needed boys for the male roles :)) ---
**Author:** ![Yamirskoonir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/c0e974/32.png) [@Yamirskoonir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yamirskoonir)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/114 "2005-07-08T23:08:08Z")
**Monrovia High School** , Monrovia, CA '99 **California State Polytechnic University, Pomona** , AKA Cal Poly Pomona, '05 _GO COWS!!!_ In the Winter '06 it will be **San Jose State University SLIS extension @ California State University, Fullerton**. Yeah, we’re not full-fledged librarians 'til we obtain that pesky master’s degree; eight years experience be _damned_! ---
**Author:** ![Kingspades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecae2f/32.png) [@Kingspades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kingspades)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2005, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/115 "2005-07-08T23:24:06Z")
**Dobyns-Bennett High School** , Kingsport, TN, Class of 1993. Roll Tribe! **Oglethorpe University** , Atlanta, GA, Class of 1997. Go Petrels! ---
**Author:** ![Hippy\_Hollow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hippy_hollow/32/4841_2.png) [@Hippy\_Hollow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hippy_Hollow)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/116 "2005-07-09T00:17:46Z")
I could probably make this longer than anyone on this board. Comes with the territory of being an Air Force brat. I can list twelve schools _before_ ninth grade! Starting with high school: **Croughton American High School** , Croughton, Northamptonshire, UK **Del Valle High School** , Austin, TX **Travis High School** , Austin, TX **Reagan High School** , Austin, TX **Johnston High School** , Austin, TX, class of '90 (go Rams!) College: **University of Texas at Austin, BA '95** (hook 'em Horns!) Postgrad (my teacher certification work) **University of St. Thomas** , Houston, TX **Cal State-Dominguez Hills** Grad **Harvard University** , Ed.M. '98 Currently toiling away on an Ed.D. at Harvard, hopefully done in '07… ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/117 "2005-07-09T00:25:07Z")
**University of Cincinnati** , 1986 - 1992 B.S., Electrical Engineering I’m now attending the **University of Dayton** to get my M.S. in Electrical Engineering… ---
**Author:** ![CapnPitt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/edb3f5/32.png) [@CapnPitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CapnPitt)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/118 "2005-07-09T00:59:43Z")
> [@Mr. Moto](#): > > Ding ding ding! > > Pitt. Sept 1988 - April 1993. I then entered the Navy, and wound up taking my last three classes needed to graduate at other schools. I finished my degree (BA, Political Science) in 2000. And another Blue and Gold Panther in the house University of Pittsburgh 1989-1993 Psych University of Maine 1993-1996 U.S. History University of Pittsburgh 2000-2001 MLIS **Mr. Moto** I’m a Mon Valley Guy too. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/119 "2005-07-09T03:15:09Z")
> [@Portia](#): > > Genghis Bob, we’re the only ones so far who’ll admit being educated in Michigan! 'Course, I was on the other side of the tracks from you. > > Walled Lake Western HS, 1984-1988 Walled Lake, MI > > Oakland Community College, May 2002 - December 2003 Farmington Hills/Waterford, MI > > Wayne State University, January 2004 - Present DEE-troit, MI What am I, chopped liver? See post #2. ---
**Author:** ![MissGypsy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8491ac/32.png) [@MissGypsy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissGypsy)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409/120 "2005-07-09T03:43:03Z")
> [@AskNott](#): > > Anderson High School, Anderson, Indiana, class of 1967 > University of Evansville (Indiana,) one year and one quarter, 1968-70 Anderson High School, Anderson, IN, class of '89. Can’t match the Evansville part, though. (Hi, **AskNott**! 🙂 ) As for college: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, class of ‘93 Plus a few summer classes at: Ball State University, Muncie, IN, 1983 and 1988 Manchester College, North Manchester, IN, 1985 Purdue University, Lafayette, IN, 1986-1987 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-high-schools-and-colleges-did-you-go-to/311409.md?page=7)