Rhodes v Sewanee
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Anonymous
| Which would you pick and why? |
Anonymous
| Would need to know more about your student's priorities, stats, goals, and dreams to advise. They are in the same state, and both LACs, but regarding programs, may be quite different, plus there's the urban/remote difference, too. |
Anonymous
| Sewanee has a 13k acre campus and has a dynamic president who is focused on doing at Sewanee what he did as president for Middlebury. I visited Rhodes with my kid but he ended up not applying. He loves Sewanee as do most kids who go there. |
Anonymous
| Sewanee also has a great writing program |
Anonymous
| What are your child's interests? The schools are similar in terms of size and obviously they are both liberal arts schools, but they have different strengths. I attended Sewanee and loved it, but I don't know that I would have been as happy at Rhodes. Sewanee had (and I'm sure still has) excellent English & History departments, and many students attend to major in Natural Resources (forestry, geology). The campus is on a plateau w/ large forest areas so it's great for those majors. Lots of outdoorsy activities, beautiful campus (we felt like we went to school at camp). But would your child be happy in a remote location or does he/she need to be in an urban environment? In that case Rhodes may be a better fit. |
Anonymous
Are you a southerner? How did northerners fit in? |
Anonymous
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Are you a southerner? How did northerners fit in? Yes, I grew up in the south. The student body was mostly southern of course but I don't know what the percentages were. I don't remember there being any issue with kids from outside the south not fitting in. (I never heard anyone described as "northern" or distinguished on that basis, if that helps). My best friends there grew up on the West Coast, actually. There were a few New Yorkers (also Connecticut), some from NJ, and a number from the DC area. They appeared to be as involved and as happy as everyone else. I'm sure the school can tell you how many students have enrolled recently from each state but when I was there it seemed that the geographic areas that were most heavily represented were the Carolinas (Charlotte / Charleston), Nashville TN, and Kentucky. Also a fair number from New Orleans and Houston, TX. Honestly I would not be overly concerned with the northern/southern thing (but of course since I was from the south I may have been less tuned into that than kids from other areas). It is a factor but in my view less important than academic interests & the location issue (remote vs urban). In my experience the students there were generally friendly and a happy group. Like many situations in life, people gravitated toward one another & made friends based on interests/activities (and to some degree random freshman roommate placement!) rather than geographic origin. |
Anonymous
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Sorry, meant to say "as involved in student life and as happy"
And I'll add that personally I see value in going to a different area of the country for college. It's a chance to see something new for a few years with no long term commitment. Nothing wrong with getting out of your comfort zone a bit! |
Anonymous
| Several kids from this area go to Sewanee. People love it. If you are thinking Rhodes v. Sewanee. You need to visit. We love Sewanee though |