Colleges growing in popularity

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lot of kids who are very smart, middle or lower middle class and don’t want to go far away to college are choosing GMU. It really appeals to kids who want/need to be near their families in NoVA.

Florida, South Carolina, Clemson, and Alabama have been popular with kids here for years. The next wave of popularity in Southern schools will be Tennessee, Auburn, Florida State, and UCF.

Not Auburn.

Alabama isn't popular from here either. Why anyone would send their kid out of state to Alabama besides football??

Popular is Wisconsin, Indiana, College of Charleston, University of South Carolina, Tennessee. These all became popular in the last ten years. Elon as well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of kids who are very smart, middle or lower middle class and don’t want to go far away to college are choosing GMU. It really appeals to kids who want/need to be near their families in NoVA.

Florida, South Carolina, Clemson, and Alabama have been popular with kids here for years. The next wave of popularity in Southern schools will be Tennessee, Auburn, Florida State, and UCF.

Not Auburn.

Alabama isn't popular from here either. Why anyone would send their kid out of state to Alabama besides football??

Popular is Wisconsin, Indiana, College of Charleston, University of South Carolina, Tennessee. These all became popular in the last ten years. Elon as well.

You don’t know much about this process, do you? Not aware of Alabama’s generous aid to quality students?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of kids who are very smart, middle or lower middle class and don’t want to go far away to college are choosing GMU. It really appeals to kids who want/need to be near their families in NoVA.

Florida, South Carolina, Clemson, and Alabama have been popular with kids here for years. The next wave of popularity in Southern schools will be Tennessee, Auburn, Florida State, and UCF.

Not Auburn.

Alabama isn't popular from here either. Why anyone would send their kid out of state to Alabama besides football??

Popular is Wisconsin, Indiana, College of Charleston, University of South Carolina, Tennessee. These all became popular in the last ten years. Elon as well.

Wisconsin has been popular for the DC area for at least 30 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Florida, georgia, South carolina, elon, wake forest, Clemson

Dayton, providence, denison, holy cross,

Patriot league schools

Elon was a joke a decade ago. Now, I agree, it is becoming a first-choice school. I’ve been surprised at the quality of the kids (nice, bright, hard working kids) going there from our school/neighborhood.

Yes, my colleagues with kids applying to college were talking about it being a popular choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of kids who are very smart, middle or lower middle class and don’t want to go far away to college are choosing GMU. It really appeals to kids who want/need to be near their families in NoVA.

Florida, South Carolina, Clemson, and Alabama have been popular with kids here for years. The next wave of popularity in Southern schools will be Tennessee, Auburn, Florida State, and UCF.

Not Auburn.

Alabama isn't popular from here either. Why anyone would send their kid out of state to Alabama besides football??

Popular is Wisconsin, Indiana, College of Charleston, University of South Carolina, Tennessee. These all became popular in the last ten years. Elon as well.

Wisconsin has been popular for the DC area for at least 30 years.

It has always been popular among DC residents, particularly since it participates in the program that gives a discount to DC residents.

[Anonymous]

High Point reminds me of where Elon was a decade ago. I.E., unknown by the DMV, or if known, seen as a real safety. I predict that will (or is) changing.

[Anonymous]

I have a good one: McGill.

Montreal's location (not that far from the East Coast, fun city), combined with affordability (esp with the weak Canadian dollar).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of kids who are very smart, middle or lower middle class and don’t want to go far away to college are choosing GMU. It really appeals to kids who want/need to be near their families in NoVA.

Florida, South Carolina, Clemson, and Alabama have been popular with kids here for years. The next wave of popularity in Southern schools will be Tennessee, Auburn, Florida State, and UCF.

Not Auburn.

Alabama isn't popular from here either. Why anyone would send their kid out of state to Alabama besides football??

Popular is Wisconsin, Indiana, College of Charleston, University of South Carolina, Tennessee. These all became popular in the last ten years. Elon as well.

Wisconsin has been popular for the DC area for at least 30 years.

It has always been popular among DC residents, particularly since it participates in the program that gives a discount to DC residents.

Wisconsin and Michigan have a long history of popularity among Jewish students in this area and elsewhere. It stems from quotas that Ivy League colleges had on Jewish students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a good one: McGill.

Montreal's location (not that far from the East Coast, fun city), combined with affordability (esp with the weak Canadian dollar).

Is this like many British schools where your standardized test score by itself determines admission?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pennsylvania SLACs like Dickinson, FM, and Ursinus

Definitely Dickinson, F&M, and Gettysburg.
Never heard of Ursinus

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Pennsylvania SLACs like Dickinson, FM, and Ursinus

Definitely Dickinson, F&M, and Gettysburg.
Never heard of Ursinus

Agree. And Lafayette as well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of kids who are very smart, middle or lower middle class and don’t want to go far away to college are choosing GMU. It really appeals to kids who want/need to be near their families in NoVA.

Florida, South Carolina, Clemson, and Alabama have been popular with kids here for years. The nextIt has always been popular among DC residents, particularly since it participates in the program that gives a discount to DC residents.

Wisconsin and Michigan have a long history of popularity among Jewish students in this area and elsewhere. It stems from quotas that Ivy League colleges had on Jewish students.

Michigan didn’t want them in the dorms though, back in the day. Co-ops took the Jews, Japanese-Americans and African Americans.

[Anonymous]

Aren’t places like Lafayette and Gettysburg super pricey?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A lot of kids who are very smart, middle or lower middle class and don’t want to go far away to college are choosing GMU. It really appeals to kids who want/need to be near their families in NoVA.

Florida, South Carolina, Clemson, and Alabama have been popular with kids here for years. The next wave of popularity in Southern schools will be Tennessee, Auburn, Florida State, and UCF.

Not Auburn.

Alabama isn't popular from here either. Why anyone would send their kid out of state to Alabama besides football??

Popular is Wisconsin, Indiana, College of Charleston, University of South Carolina, Tennessee. These all became popular in the last ten years. Elon as well.

Locally I’d say Alabama and Auburn are both more popular OOS options than Tennessee.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The DMV has “discovered” southern football schools - think Clemson, Auburn, Alabama.

The dumb kids, yes.

My DD is NOT dumb and was in fact accepted into quite a few nice Northeastern schools. DD was sick of political correctness being shoved down her throat every single day since she was in kindergarten. She just wants to be around normal kids who aren't so f g tense all the time. I work with their parents, she is correct. DD is a computer science major, not a dumb ass. But you keep spewing your elite crap.

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