Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?

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Anonymous wrote:Great experience at UVA, though I know people here will revolt that I said that.

+1. My kid had a wonderful four years there

+2 Kid is living their best life academically, socially and professionally.

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Anonymous wrote:One kid at Notre Dame and one kid at USC. Both very happy. Makes game day rough though🤔

OMG yes! Go Irish!

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Another vote for Notre Dame here. DS is graduating this year. Is very happy there and we are kind of sad to see it end so quickly! Covid threw a wrench into it in 2020-21, but they made the best of it. Especially that infamous Clemson game! Memories to cherish.

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Anonymous wrote:I'll play. My kid and his tight friend group:

Yale - happy
Brown - mixed bag.
Swarthmore - mixed bag but happier than Brown guy.
Vanderbilt - mostly not happy
Georgetown - decidedly unhappy
Deep Springs - deliriously happy

If you’re not happy at Vanderbilt or Georgetown that’s what my grammy would call a “you problem”

Georgetown has rats.

Please be more respectful of politicians

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Anonymous wrote:People don't know the definition of top 30, adding in schools like Northeastern and Oberlin. Those are good schools, but not "elite" ones.

UF ans Wake are elite but Northeastern is not?

Umm, yes, absolutely

Totally Nope.

- Students Quality
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10
Northeastern: T25 based on test scores before the pandemic when everyone submits scores
Wake: Out of range
UF: Out of range

- Retention Rate
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return
Northeastern: #3 with 98%
Wake: 95%
UF: 97%

- Outcome (10 year out by Department of Education)
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
Northeastern: $80K
Wake: $75K
UF: $64K

- Acceptance rate:
Northeastern: very low as you all know
Wake: 25%
UF: 30%

Northeastern wins in every major category.

Pipe down, Short Bus.

Your selective stats are interesting but no one puts Northeastern in category with other two-unless you are alumni or your kid goes there. It is why Florida and Wake are in top 30 US News consistently and Northeastern NEVER is. Just get over it. But for you Florida and Wake folks-no one put you in same category as Vanderbilt. Ever!

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Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest

Is WF top 30? Really? I haven’t looked at USNWR in a long time!

Yes it is.

I guess my alma mater is the GenX of schools - Always forgotten/overlooked

Oh well, I liked it and enjoyed my time there. GO DEACS!

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Anonymous wrote:People don't know the definition of top 30, adding in schools like Northeastern and Oberlin. Those are good schools, but not "elite" ones.

UF ans Wake are elite but Northeastern is not?

Umm, yes, absolutely

Totally Nope.

- Students Quality
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10
Northeastern: T25 based on test scores before the pandemic when everyone submits scores
Wake: Out of range
UF: Out of range

- Retention Rate
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return
Northeastern: #3 with 98%
Wake: 95%
UF: 97%

- Outcome (10 year out by Department of Education)
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
Northeastern: $80K
Wake: $75K
UF: $64K

- Acceptance rate:
Northeastern: very low as you all know
Wake: 25%
UF: 30%

Northeastern wins in every major category.

Pipe down, Short Bus.

Your selective stats are interesting but no one puts Northeastern in category with other two-unless you are alumni or your kid goes there. It is why Florida and Wake are in top 30 US News consistently and Northeastern NEVER is. Just get over it. But for you Florida and Wake folks-no one put you in same category as Vanderbilt. Ever!

It's not just selectivity.
It's every sinlgle major metrics.

As the selectivity and student stats show, no one thinks those schools are better than Northeastern.

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Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest

Is WF top 30? Really? I haven’t looked at USNWR in a long time!

LOL. It is absolutely not. One of the posters above is pulling your leg

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People don't know the definition of top 30, adding in schools like Northeastern and Oberlin. Those are good schools, but not "elite" ones.

UF ans Wake are elite but Northeastern is not?

Umm, yes, absolutely

Totally Nope.

- Students Quality
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10
Northeastern: T25 based on test scores before the pandemic when everyone submits scores
Wake: Out of range
UF: Out of range

- Retention Rate
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return
Northeastern: #3 with 98%
Wake: 95%
UF: 97%

- Outcome (10 year out by Department of Education)
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
Northeastern: $80K
Wake: $75K
UF: $64K

- Acceptance rate:
Northeastern: very low as you all know
Wake: 25%
UF: 30%

Northeastern wins in every major category.

Pipe down, Short Bus.

Your selective stats are interesting but no one puts Northeastern in category with other two-unless you are alumni or your kid goes there. It is why Florida and Wake are in top 30 US News consistently and Northeastern NEVER is. Just get over it. But for you Florida and Wake folks-no one put you in same category as Vanderbilt. Ever!

My kid got into Northeastern and UF(OOS).
The Cost was similar.

Where do you think my kid attending
It's not even a debate.  
A few steps higher in USN&WR didn't mean much.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People don't know the definition of top 30, adding in schools like Northeastern and Oberlin. Those are good schools, but not "elite" ones.

UF ans Wake are elite but Northeastern is not?

Umm, yes, absolutely

Totally Nope.

- Students Quality
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10
Northeastern: T25 based on test scores before the pandemic when everyone submits scores
Wake: Out of range
UF: Out of range

- Retention Rate
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return
Northeastern: #3 with 98%
Wake: 95%
UF: 97%

- Outcome (10 year out by Department of Education)
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
Northeastern: $80K
Wake: $75K
UF: $64K

- Acceptance rate:
Northeastern: very low as you all know
Wake: 25%
UF: 30%

Northeastern wins in every major category.

Pipe down, Short Bus.

Your selective stats are interesting but no one puts Northeastern in category with other two-unless you are alumni or your kid goes there. It is why Florida and Wake are in top 30 US News consistently and Northeastern NEVER is. Just get over it. But for you Florida and Wake folks-no one put you in same category as Vanderbilt. Ever!

My kid got into Northeastern and UF(OOS).
The Cost was similar.

Where do you think my kid attending
It's not even a debate.  
A few steps higher in USN&WR didn't mean much.

Unless you are Florida In-state, thus much cheaper

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'll play. My kid and his tight friend group:

Yale - happy
Brown - mixed bag.
Swarthmore - mixed bag but happier than Brown guy.
Vanderbilt - mostly not happy
Georgetown - decidedly unhappy
Deep Springs - deliriously happy

Wow, my kid has a VERY similar friend group but I would characterize a bit differently:

Yale - happy, but a relationship would make it even better; hard to find at Yale
Brown - very, very happy but not so initially; took a bit to find his groove; LOVES the people; professors amazing
Swarthmore - mixed bag but getting better; which the school was less intense and more chill
Vanderbilt - mostly not happy but mostly the social stuff isn’t quite right; will stick it out and hope for the best
Georgetown - agree, decidedly unhappy; academics fine; social stuff not good for an introspective quiet type; lots of transactional hook-ups; will transfer I think
Deep Springs - over the moon happy; great choice for this kid, but this school is not for everyone

So it looks like y'all are parents of two kids in the same "friends group." BUT the second poster really gets into these boys' business! Knowing who would be happier with a relationship and who seems turned off by hookups. Pretty funny.

yep it’s creepy - only on DCUM would you find the term “transactional hook-ups”

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest

Is WF top 30? Really? I haven’t looked at USNWR in a long time!

LOL. It is absolutely not. One of the posters above is pulling your leg

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities

Tied at 29 with Florida and UNC

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My first year is happy at Brandeis, and the older at Haverford! They have HS friends happy at (off the too of my
head) Chicago, Tufts, Yale, Middlebury, UMD, and Wash U and many more colleges. Is all perfect - no; do they have complaints time to time- yes; but generally all are having happy and productive college experiences.

That's because they are experiencing the 'good old days', when you are young, mostly healthy, don't have a care in the world, all expenses are taken care of, and don't know what you don't know! Location doesn't matter.

Yes. That is ideally how life sound be when you are 19-22…

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Roll Tide

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Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest

Is WF top 30? Really? I haven’t looked at USNWR in a long time!

LOL. It is absolutely not. One of the posters above is pulling your leg

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities

Tied at 29 with Florida and UNC

NP. I literally had no idea WF was ranked 29. Now I totally get why the middle of the road kids at our private ED rolling to Wake in September. It is the easiest top 30 to get into, right?