Juanita College

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A truly wonderful CTCL

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Anonymous wrote:I come from a rankings-obsessed circle. My kid got into “elite” schools (Williams, etc.), my spouse attended a T5, and I went to a T15. And I will never, ever understand people’s need to denigrate schools like Juniata.

I absolutely love schools like this. They are special. They give a lot of personalized attention to kids who are brimming with potential, helping them discover their path with the full support of a close community. If I were to teach, it would be at a place like this.

I don’t know anyone who attends/attended Juniata, but I’ve enjoyed learning about it, and I appreciate posters who shared their experiences — especially when it was all but guaranteed that some weirdo was would come out of the woodwork and insult them. (Again: why?)

And for the record, if I had to choose between spending my days with the folks who posted helpfully and in good faith, or the person who juuuust can’t help but scratch that itch to insult…well, I know which I’d choose.

Are we supposed to listen to you more because you attended a T15? OMG

I'm glad your spouse deigned to marry you given you attended a school ranked 10 below his.

Me too!

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Anonymous wrote:I've noticed that small, rural LACs with no Greek life tend to be very woke. Is that the case with Juniata?

Every institute of higher learning should, by definition, be woke. I certainly hope that's the case with Juniata.

It is a place that practices (and expects) tolerance.

Including tolerance of right-leaning viewpoints?

Of course not. That train only runs in one direction.

Untrue

Absolutely true.

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What is their financial situation like? The coming decade is going to be rough for small colleges in areas that are losing population.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it gets more attention here than other lowly ranked unknown liberal arts colleges because there are two or three posters who are trying to convince themselves until the cows come home that the school is as good as the higher ranked schools and there’s a lot of sock puppet going on.

Juniata is nothing special even among middling Pennsylvania private schools. It’s an also ran.

Plus you gotta love this double speak on their webpage: “Graduation Rate: 94% of students who graduate do so in four years.” Classic.

What you also seem to miss, snarky poster, is that some of us are not rankings obsessed. We want our kids to end up someplace where they'll thrive, period.

(And no, I have zero connection to Juniata.)

Right. Since you know they don’t even have a chance at being offered the opportunity to “thrive” at a higher ranked college - because if they could you’d send them to one in a heartbeat.

At least be honest about it.

This is a false assumption. Many people, including our family, don’t send their kids to the highest ranked or best known colleges they get accepted to.

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Anonymous wrote:What is their financial situation like? The coming decade is going to be rough for small colleges in areas that are losing population.

Trying my best to ignore the psycho...

they seem to be doing fine. Student body is growing, facilities are being updated, they've added programs and are considering additional programs (nursing is the big one being evaluated), recent fundraising seems to be successful, both generally and for targeted programs.

Really IME the worst thing about the school is a crappy location. But we certainly visited schools that DD rejected for even worse locations. Still, she thinks the location is fine and she turned down what others might think are better options because this felt right to her. I've gotten used to nobody knowing it, unless they are from PA or have kids that play volleyball.

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The small school in New England that is currently my daughter’s first choice sure seems to have a ton of money for merit and talent scholarships.

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Anonymous wrote:The small school in New England that is currently my daughter’s first choice sure seems to have a ton of money for merit and talent scholarships.

How is that relevant to this thread?

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Anonymous wrote:What is their financial situation like? The coming decade is going to be rough for small colleges in areas that are losing population.

Juniata gets an A- in Forbes College Financial Grades

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Anonymous wrote:The small school in New England that is currently my daughter’s first choice sure seems to have a ton of money for merit and talent scholarships.

How is that relevant to this thread?

Someone mentioned financial health of small schools.

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Anonymous wrote:The small school in New England that is currently my daughter’s first choice sure seems to have a ton of money for merit and talent scholarships.

Which school?!

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Anonymous wrote:The small school in New England that is currently my daughter’s first choice sure seems to have a ton of money for merit and talent scholarships.

How is that relevant to this thread?

Someone mentioned financial health of small schools.

But the thread is about Juniata, and you did not name the school.

So you are just saying there is at least one other small school that seems to be in good financial shape.

??

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Anonymous wrote:The small school in New England that is currently my daughter’s first choice sure seems to have a ton of money for merit and talent scholarships.

How is that relevant to this thread?

Someone mentioned financial health of small schools.

But the thread is about Juniata, and you did not name the school.

So you are just saying there is at least one other small school that seems to be in good financial shape.

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I’m saying people can do their homework to find out about the financial health of schools. Being a small school does not automatically make a school a financial risk.

Without naming the small schools (under 1500 students) that my child considered, looking at the Forbes list from above, 1 had an A, 2 had A- and the last had a B (which was the one I mentioned above as her first choice at a very similar size to Juniata)