Connecticut College

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Anonymous wrote:Small, bisected campus, lowest of the NESCAC schools, highest acceptance rate, lowest prestige, lowest bar to being a recruited athlete, 48% of freshmen class drawn from early decision, of which there was a 41% admission rate.

This is a college that's in for some tough sledding when the demographic cliff kicks in.

Location and being in the NESCAC will shield Conn. They distinguish Conn from other schools in the 25-50 ranks. Being in New England is more desirable than PA or upstate NY or the Midwest, and the NESCAC is the most competitive conference in D3. There will always be kids who want to compete at that level but may not have quite the stats for the tippy top schools.

People aren’t interested in the nescac colleges because of their affiliation with nescac

Athletes, who make up about 40 percent of the population of most of the schools, absolutely are.

What? No they aren’t. You go to Williams because its got good teams, not because you’re playing against bates. This may be the dumbest assumption I’ve ever heard.

You go to Williams because you’ll be playing Middlebury, Amherst, and Tufts. All NESCAC and all at the top of D3 sports. Yours is “the dumbest assumption I’ve ever heard”.

DD is an athlete at Williams. Couldn't care less about middlebury, Amherst or tufts.

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Add to that pathetic yield of 15% even though half the class is drawn from early decision.

SAT
25% is 1160
50% 1280

Absolute trash statistics.

That's pretty close to the JMU 25th and 50th (1180 and 1240).

Not many people on DCUM think JMU is trash these days. But the question is why you'd pay more for Connecticut versus JMU in-state (or one of the other in-state universities with similar SAT percentiles).

When you are comparing (rightfully so) JMU versus Conn College, why in the world would any one pay $90k a year for Conn College? This isn't a knock on JMU or Conn College just that being peers there is a huge value proposition for JMU that can't be overcome.

For some of us, JMU is not in-state, so it would be $50K for JMU versus $55K for Conn with a $30K merit award. Why is Conn worth more to us? The ability for our kid to continue his sport, and the more individualized attention you get at a small, undergraduate-focused liberal arts school.

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Add to that pathetic yield of 15% even though half the class is drawn from early decision.

SAT
25% is 1160
50% 1280

Absolute trash statistics.

That's pretty close to the JMU 25th and 50th (1180 and 1240).

Not many people on DCUM think JMU is trash these days. But the question is why you'd pay more for Connecticut versus JMU in-state (or one of the other in-state universities with similar SAT percentiles).

When you are comparing (rightfully so) JMU versus Conn College, why in the world would any one pay $90k a year for Conn College? This isn't a knock on JMU or Conn College just that being peers there is a huge value proposition for JMU that can't be overcome.

For some of us, JMU is not in-state, so it would be $50K for JMU versus $55K for Conn with a $30K merit award. Why is Conn worth more to us? The ability for our kid to continue his sport, and the more individualized attention you get at a small, undergraduate-focused liberal arts school.

I world pick Conn over JMU, but there are lots of SLACs I would pick over Conn. It's a school with serious problems that will only get worse. And as a couple of PPs have said, there is no innovation or change at Conn. There are only so many kids looking to be dance majors.

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Other than the soccer fields on the lower end of the quad (love soccer and Conn College has an excellent team, but the placement of the practice fields was odd), Conn College has an attractive, though slightly dated, campus. After visiting all of the NESCAC schools except Colby and Trinity, Conn’s buildings were consistent with what one would expect from a small LAC with a comparatively modest endowment. That said, the students we met on our visit, including prospective teammates and kids in the dining commons and coffee house, were engaging and enthusiastic, the professors were eager to talk with our kid about his interests, the coach seemed deeply committed to his athletes, and the arboretum was beautiful. New London is definitely a little rough, but we found a couple of fun restaurants downtown. Our kid ended up at another NESCAC school, but he and I both liked Conn College a lot more than we expected to. It’s also about the only LAC with a stand-alone botany department if your kid is interested in that. If your kid is especially focused on athletics, the fit with the coaches and teammates takes on added importance.

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Anonymous wrote:Small, bisected campus, lowest of the NESCAC schools, highest acceptance rate, lowest prestige, lowest bar to being a recruited athlete, 48% of freshmen class drawn from early decision, of which there was a 41% admission rate.

This is a college that's in for some tough sledding when the demographic cliff kicks in.

Location and being in the NESCAC will shield Conn. They distinguish Conn from other schools in the 25-50 ranks. Being in New England is more desirable than PA or upstate NY or the Midwest, and the NESCAC is the most competitive conference in D3. There will always be kids who want to compete at that level but may not have quite the stats for the tippy top schools.

People aren’t interested in the nescac colleges because of their affiliation with nescac

Athletes, who make up about 40 percent of the population of most of the schools, absolutely are.

What? No they aren’t. You go to Williams because its got good teams, not because you’re playing against bates. This may be the dumbest assumption I’ve ever heard.

You go to Williams because you’ll be playing Middlebury, Amherst, and Tufts. All NESCAC and all at the top of D3 sports. Yours is “the dumbest assumption I’ve ever heard”.

DD is an athlete at Williams. Couldn't care less about middlebury, Amherst or tufts.

Then they aren’t really an athlete because those are the teams that they’re competing against.

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Anonymous wrote:Small, bisected campus, lowest of the NESCAC schools, highest acceptance rate, lowest prestige, lowest bar to being a recruited athlete, 48% of freshmen class drawn from early decision, of which there was a 41% admission rate.

This is a college that's in for some tough sledding when the demographic cliff kicks in.

Location and being in the NESCAC will shield Conn. They distinguish Conn from other schools in the 25-50 ranks. Being in New England is more desirable than PA or upstate NY or the Midwest, and the NESCAC is the most competitive conference in D3. There will always be kids who want to compete at that level but may not have quite the stats for the tippy top schools.

People aren’t interested in the nescac colleges because of their affiliation with nescac

Athletes, who make up about 40 percent of the population of most of the schools, absolutely are.

What? No they aren’t. You go to Williams because its got good teams, not because you’re playing against bates. This may be the dumbest assumption I’ve ever heard.

You go to Williams because you’ll be playing Middlebury, Amherst, and Tufts. All NESCAC and all at the top of D3 sports. Yours is “the dumbest assumption I’ve ever heard”.

DD is an athlete at Williams. Couldn't care less about middlebury, Amherst or tufts.

Then they aren’t really an athlete because those are the teams that they’re competing against.

They liked tutorials and the bucolic setting. You do know athletes are also students, right?

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Anonymous wrote:Other than the soccer fields on the lower end of the quad (love soccer and Conn College has an excellent team, but the placement of the practice fields was odd), Conn College has an attractive, though slightly dated, campus. After visiting all of the NESCAC schools except Colby and Trinity, Conn’s buildings were consistent with what one would expect from a small LAC with a comparatively modest endowment. That said, the students we met on our visit, including prospective teammates and kids in the dining commons and coffee house, were engaging and enthusiastic, the professors were eager to talk with our kid about his interests, the coach seemed deeply committed to his athletes, and the arboretum was beautiful. New London is definitely a little rough, but we found a couple of fun restaurants downtown. Our kid ended up at another NESCAC school, but he and I both liked Conn College a lot more than we expected to. It’s also about the only LAC with a stand-alone botany department if your kid is interested in that. If your kid is especially focused on athletics, the fit with the coaches and teammates takes on added importance.

Thanks. We'll add Botany to Dance as Conn's two good majors!

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Anonymous wrote:Other than the soccer fields on the lower end of the quad (love soccer and Conn College has an excellent team, but the placement of the practice fields was odd), Conn College has an attractive, though slightly dated, campus. After visiting all of the NESCAC schools except Colby and Trinity, Conn’s buildings were consistent with what one would expect from a small LAC with a comparatively modest endowment. That said, the students we met on our visit, including prospective teammates and kids in the dining commons and coffee house, were engaging and enthusiastic, the professors were eager to talk with our kid about his interests, the coach seemed deeply committed to his athletes, and the arboretum was beautiful. New London is definitely a little rough, but we found a couple of fun restaurants downtown. Our kid ended up at another NESCAC school, but he and I both liked Conn College a lot more than we expected to. It’s also about the only LAC with a stand-alone botany department if your kid is interested in that. If your kid is especially focused on athletics, the fit with the coaches and teammates takes on added importance.

Thanks. We'll add Botany to Dance as Conn's two good majors!

Sorry your kid didn't get in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Add to that pathetic yield of 15% even though half the class is drawn from early decision.

SAT
25% is 1160
50% 1280

Absolute trash statistics.

That's pretty close to the JMU 25th and 50th (1180 and 1240).

Not many people on DCUM think JMU is trash these days. But the question is why you'd pay more for Connecticut versus JMU in-state (or one of the other in-state universities with similar SAT percentiles).

When you are comparing (rightfully so) JMU versus Conn College, why in the world would any one pay $90k a year for Conn College? This isn't a knock on JMU or Conn College just that being peers there is a huge value proposition for JMU that can't be overcome.

For some of us, JMU is not in-state

OK so what are the equivalent options in your state? Or are you going to argue that there are no affordable, mediocre colleges in your state?

"Why is Conn worth more to us? The ability for our kid to continue his sport"

If you are willing to pay $220k for your kid to play a sport versus $130k for an in-state equivalent then you do you I guess.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Small, bisected campus, lowest of the NESCAC schools, highest acceptance rate, lowest prestige, lowest bar to being a recruited athlete, 48% of freshmen class drawn from early decision, of which there was a 41% admission rate.

This is a college that's in for some tough sledding when the demographic cliff kicks in.

Location and being in the NESCAC will shield Conn. They distinguish Conn from other schools in the 25-50 ranks. Being in New England is more desirable than PA or upstate NY or the Midwest, and the NESCAC is the most competitive conference in D3. There will always be kids who want to compete at that level but may not have quite the stats for the tippy top schools.

People aren’t interested in the nescac colleges because of their affiliation with nescac

Athletes, who make up about 40 percent of the population of most of the schools, absolutely are.

What? No they aren’t. You go to Williams because its got good teams, not because you’re playing against bates. This may be the dumbest assumption I’ve ever heard.

You go to Williams because you’ll be playing Middlebury, Amherst, and Tufts. All NESCAC and all at the top of D3 sports. Yours is “the dumbest assumption I’ve ever heard”.

DD is an athlete at Williams. Couldn't care less about Middlebury, Amherst or Tufts.

Why are you chirping?

Then they aren’t really an athlete because those are the teams that they’re competing against.

They liked tutorials and the bucolic setting. You do know athletes are also students, right?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Small, bisected campus, lowest of the NESCAC schools, highest acceptance rate, lowest prestige, lowest bar to being a recruited athlete, 48% of freshmen class drawn from early decision, of which there was a 41% admission rate.

This is a college that's in for some tough sledding when the demographic cliff kicks in.

Location and being in the NESCAC will shield Conn. They distinguish Conn from other schools in the 25-50 ranks. Being in New England is more desirable than PA or upstate NY or the Midwest, and the NESCAC is the most competitive conference in D3. There will always be kids who want to compete at that level but may not have quite the stats for the tippy top schools.

People aren’t interested in the nescac colleges because of their affiliation with nescac

Athletes, who make up about 40 percent of the population of most of the schools, absolutely are.

What? No they aren’t. You go to Williams because its got good teams, not because you’re playing against bates. This may be the dumbest assumption I’ve ever heard.

You go to Williams because you’ll be playing Middlebury, Amherst, and Tufts. All NESCAC and all at the top of D3 sports. Yours is “the dumbest assumption I’ve ever heard”.

DD is an athlete at Williams. Couldn't care less about Middlebury, Amherst or Tufts.

Then they aren’t really an athlete because those are the teams that they’re competing against.

They liked tutorials and the bucolic setting. You do know athletes are also students, right?

Why are you chirping?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Add to that pathetic yield of 15% even though half the class is drawn from early decision.

SAT
25% is 1160
50% 1280

Absolute trash statistics.

That's pretty close to the JMU 25th and 50th (1180 and 1240).

Not many people on DCUM think JMU is trash these days. But the question is why you'd pay more for Connecticut versus JMU in-state (or one of the other in-state universities with similar SAT percentiles).

When you are comparing (rightfully so) JMU versus Conn College, why in the world would any one pay $90k a year for Conn College? This isn't a knock on JMU or Conn College just that being peers there is a huge value proposition for JMU that can't be overcome.

For some of us, JMU is not in-state

OK so what are the equivalent options in your state? Or are you going to argue that there are no affordable, mediocre colleges in your state?

"Why is Conn worth more to us? The ability for our kid to continue his sport"

If you are willing to pay $220k for your kid to play a sport versus $130k for an in-state equivalent then you do you I guess.

Ok I will bite... in many states on the east coast where conn attracts students, UMC kids don't really use the state school option that often -- sorry, that is true. For instance, in mass, many kids would pick Conn Coll over Umass Amherst, and definitely would pick it over Umass Lowell, which is a better comparison to JMU. The peer group at Umass Lowell would not be other rich, private school kids... the peer group at Conn would be more of a true peer group.

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Conn college not a worth the money

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Add to that pathetic yield of 15% even though half the class is drawn from early decision.

SAT
25% is 1160
50% 1280

Absolute trash statistics.

That's pretty close to the JMU 25th and 50th (1180 and 1240).

Not many people on DCUM think JMU is trash these days. But the question is why you'd pay more for Connecticut versus JMU in-state (or one of the other in-state universities with similar SAT percentiles).

When you are comparing (rightfully so) JMU versus Conn College, why in the world would any one pay $90k a year for Conn College? This isn't a knock on JMU or Conn College just that being peers there is a huge value proposition for JMU that can't be overcome.

For some of us, JMU is not in-state

OK so what are the equivalent options in your state? Or are you going to argue that there are no affordable, mediocre colleges in your state?

"Why is Conn worth more to us? The ability for our kid to continue his sport"

If you are willing to pay $220k for your kid to play a sport versus $130k for an in-state equivalent then you do you I guess.

Ok I will bite... in many states on the east coast where conn attracts students, UMC kids don't really use the state school option that often -- sorry, that is true. For instance, in mass, many kids would pick Conn Coll over Umass Amherst, and definitely would pick it over Umass Lowell, which is a better comparison to JMU. The peer group at Umass Lowell would not be other rich, private school kids... the peer group at Conn would be more of a true peer group.

In Conn College's own state, UConn has better SAT scores of the lower 25%! The quality of student at UConn from top to bottom is better than the quality of student at Conn College.

UConn $36,000
Conn College $91,000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Add to that pathetic yield of 15% even though half the class is drawn from early decision.

SAT
25% is 1160
50% 1280

Absolute trash statistics.

That's pretty close to the JMU 25th and 50th (1180 and 1240).

Not many people on DCUM think JMU is trash these days. But the question is why you'd pay more for Connecticut versus JMU in-state (or one of the other in-state universities with similar SAT percentiles).

When you are comparing (rightfully so) JMU versus Conn College, why in the world would any one pay $90k a year for Conn College? This isn't a knock on JMU or Conn College just that being peers there is a huge value proposition for JMU that can't be overcome.

For some of us, JMU is not in-state

OK so what are the equivalent options in your state? Or are you going to argue that there are no affordable, mediocre colleges in your state?

"Why is Conn worth more to us? The ability for our kid to continue his sport"

If you are willing to pay $220k for your kid to play a sport versus $130k for an in-state equivalent then you do you I guess.

UDC

I’ll wait.