College Park - my hometown, so it was like going to Super High School. Lived at home. At that time, UMd was where all the dumb people in the mid-Atlantic who couldn't get into Ivies went. Lots of horrible-looking, loud New Jersey chicks. Ugh. But the school's gotten very good - the Bias era was a major wake-up call to the campus and the chancellor especially from about 1995 to about 2010 did a stellar job of putting Maryland on the academic map, and today it's certainly one of the best public schools on the East Coast (IMO). My own experience was okay I guess considering my staying at home (I ordered my kids to go live on/near campus for their own schooling). But UMd is still I guess close to my heart, like your first "done it" girl. Also very much enjoyed watching Jerry Claiborne's offense, one of the first spread offenses in college football, air it out at half-full, laid back games. Today I'd highly recommend it - it's gotten very good academically and attracts good students (i.e. chicks who are hot and put out).
Ann Arbor - Michigan has a massive inferiority complex about not being an Ivy. They used to sell tees - maybe they still do - saying "Harvard of the Midwest". Lameass. I didn't like the atmosphere there - tweed jacket, we're oh so intellectual. That said, the girls were gorgeous and after study events great. They had a very cool strip of clubs and things like that, and Ann Arbor is insanely pretty. Just so fucking cold that you want to shoot yourself by Feb. The years I was there it went below freezing around Thanksgiving and made it above it for maybe 10 total days before mid-March. We had 90 inches of snow that year, and after the 12th snowstorm, it's not so cute and cozy. You bundle up like you're climbing Everest, slip about 20 times in 9° weather on the way to class, then your mud/ice melts on your boots and gets all over your coat that you've draped over the back of your chair. I loved the town but the academic experience was too stuffy. Still I'd recommend it - just bring your fuckin' duffel bag of Antarctic clothing.
Texas - holy shit it was like being taken from a foster home and being plopped down into a benevolent, rich family who lived in Miami. The first year I was there it was 65 degrees - 65! - during December finals. Yeah the summers were hot but who cares. I also started teaching there. In every way, shape, form Texas was the best place I've gone. Academics were tight (getting tighter) but the school had a relaxed, casual feel. Plus although the women were hot at Michigan, there might be 3 on a good night you'd see, while at Texas there's like 203 every freaking turn. I guess I liked it so much I settled down here. My kid just graduated from UT and it was so life-transforming it's unreal. My experience in Texas was partly driven by my time and age (the 80's were absolutely incredible for everything), but man it was awesome. In later years since I've left it's gotten so freaking huge and built up I barely recognize it. But I had such a good time I still feel pretty good about supporting the school.