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Anonymous wrote:CMU - grant $37K, has to apply for annual renewal
URochester - scholarship $14K annually
UNC - scholarship $4.7K annually
UVA
W&M

intended major Biology or Chemistry
Prefers mid size, not into sports or greek

I’d go UNC. But I don’t know what CMU is

Carnegie-Mellon.

Sounds like this poster's kid would like W&M.

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Anonymous wrote:Slight lean to UGA, unless your student plans to stay in Florida after. Athens > Gainesville for college town, plus easy to get to Atlanta. Gainesville a couple hours or more to almost everything.

Having visited both Gainesville and Athens, I disagree. I liked both towns but prefer Gainesville to Athens. Gainesville is 1.5 hrs to Jacksonville & st Augustine, 2 hrs to Orlando and Tampa. It’s a great, central location.

Gainesville is very central, but do students at UF visit these places regularly?

Most college kids rarely leave the campus area, maybe one or two times a semester max.

That is not my experience. Maybe my friends and I are just more adventurous than most but we would leave campus and travel around the area almost every weekend.

Since very few live on campus in Florida that would be a concern for me. It just confirms how decentralized the school is.

Even the kids that live off campus, basically live right across the street (literally walking distance - and in some cases the off campus apartments are closer to campus classes and libraries compared to the actual dorms on campus). Its not like other schools where all off campus dorms require a car or bus.

Is it easy to get these off campus apartments that are within walking distance? I know parking is a huge issue which is pretty much the case with any large college. There are so many moped scooters on campus. I can't see my DC favoring a moped over walking, but it's definitely a thing there!

YES - very easy to get off campus housing walkable to campus (which is another reason why many decide to go on campus - walkable to campus and you get your private space). People do use scooters because the campus can be spread out, but in no one necessary. Parking is an issue on campus (particularly for freshmen), but with an off campus apartment, you get parking. Also, the more senior you get, the easier/better parking you can get. Most freshmen will stay on campus only because it is the easiest way to meet people.

+1 very easy to get around. But yes, your kid will do a lot of walking, even for college. Most apartments are walking distance to at least some (if not most) of the academic buildings. My DS is junior and has not had car but will be taking for senior year. He lived in dorms freshman year, fraternity house sophomore year and apartment junior year (closest location to classes). It’s a positive about UF that once you are admitted it is for all majors (very limited exceptions) but the critical tracking requirements are quite difficult for harder majors and there is a lot of weeding out (which is not a positive). My kid loves UF. School pride is insane at UF but he has a friend at UGA and friend loves it there too.

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Anonymous wrote:Accepted:
Georgetown
Pomona
Boston College
UVA
William & Mary (Monroe scholar)
GW

Waitlist:
Princeton
Brown

Male. Govt/history/politics/IR-related. In-state VA. Doesn't qualify for any aid. Willing to pay if a distinct advantage over other options.

Georgetown followed by either in VA

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Anonymous wrote:CMU - grant $37K, has to apply for annual renewal
URochester - scholarship $14K annually
UNC - scholarship $4.7K annually
UVA
W&M

intended major Biology or Chemistry
Prefers mid size, not into sports or greek

Rochester and W&M seem to fit the type of school environment your child seeks. Great options though! W&M a fantastic in-state option for science majors.

Are you serious? CMU with the $37k grant.

Yes, I’m serious. CMU grant not guaranteed every year (must reapply) and full costs of attendance $87k. If W&M in-state, full cost of attendance $43k. W&M also more mid-size, which poster stated their child preferred. Was taking into account various factors. Obviously they’re still deciding and seeking input!

Why’d you both decide against UNC?

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Anonymous wrote:Davidson
UVA
W&M

Econ, then Econ PhD

Money is not an issue

Whichever of these Has more econometrics courses

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Anonymous wrote:Davidson
UVA
W&M

Econ, then Econ PhD

Money is not an issue

Whichever of these Has more econometrics courses

Use the word "econometrics" and it can evidently stop a 70+ page thread dead in its tracks.

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Anonymous wrote:Davidson
UVA
W&M

Econ, then Econ PhD

Money is not an issue

This is no brainer. UVA. It has a strong Econ program which will give your kid a leg up for graduate school applications.

Signed Ph.D economist.

Davidson and W&M have a higher percentage of graduates that get PhDs in Economics than UVA based on government tracking data.

I'm a different PhD economist. The trouble with looking at data for these small liberal arts colleges is that Davidson sends a couple of kids per year to an econ PhD program. These samples are just too small to conclude much, as different decisions by one or two people swing the data wildly.

I attended a top 10 PhD program. About 1/3 of people came from medium sized private universities like Yale and MIT, about 1/3 from large public universities, and 1/3 from foreign universities. Th few who came from SLACS struggled, as they hadn't been very well prepared for the math required. They had no PhD programs at their schools, and their faculty members, probably excellent teachers, had been to grad school too long before to understand what was needed.

That, of course, was back in the early 16th century, and some schools have beefed up their undergrad requirements. To prep for a PhD program, look for a program that offers intermediate micro and macro with a calculus pre-requisite, that requires a couple of semesters of statistics, and that offers a senior capstone project with supervision by faculty. Make sure to take math through Differential Equations.

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For a Criminal Justice major interested in a government career, overall mediocre but lately much improved student, we have our choices narrowed down to the following:

SUNY Plattsburgh, in-state tuition, very far from home in NYC

SUNY Oswego, in-state tuition, also very far from home in NYC

Hartwick College (tiny SLAC), large merit scholarship bringing the cost down almost to in-state, a little closer to home but still a remote town

[Anonymous]

UCONN
RPI
WPI

Waitlist: VT (we are OOS)

Aerospace Engineering

Net price:
UCONN ~35K after merit (OOS)
RPI ~46K after merit
WPI ~55K after merit


Distance to UCONN/RPI about the same (2+ hours), WPI is ~4, VT 7.5

As an FYI my DC had IEP from 2nd grade through 11th due to mild ASD (Asperger's)--so he presents as somewhat nerdy. Will have minimal accommodations in college.

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Anonymous wrote:Davidson
UVA
W&M

Econ, then Econ PhD

Money is not an issue

This is no brainer. UVA. It has a strong Econ program which will give your kid a leg up for graduate school applications.

Signed Ph.D economist.

Davidson and W&M have a higher percentage of graduates that get PhDs in Economics than UVA based on government tracking data.

I'm a different PhD economist. The trouble with looking at data for these small liberal arts colleges is that Davidson sends a couple of kids per year to an econ PhD program. These samples are just too small to conclude much, as different decisions by one or two people swing the data wildly.

I attended a top 10 PhD program. About 1/3 of people came from medium sized private universities like Yale and MIT, about 1/3 from large public universities, and 1/3 from foreign universities. Th few who came from SLACS struggled, as they hadn't been very well prepared for the math required. They had no PhD programs at their schools, and their faculty members, probably excellent teachers, had been to grad school too long before to understand what was needed.

That, of course, was back in the early 16th century, and some schools have beefed up their undergrad requirements. To prep for a PhD program, look for a program that offers intermediate micro and macro with a calculus pre-requisite, that requires a couple of semesters of statistics, and that offers a senior capstone project with supervision by faculty. Make sure to take math through Differential Equations.

Which is why you look at data over multiple years. If you do that, you will still see that a higher percentage of W&M and Davidson graduates go on to earn PhDs in Economics than UVA.

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Anonymous wrote:Davidson
UVA
W&M

Econ, then Econ PhD

Money is not an issue

This is no brainer. UVA. It has a strong Econ program which will give your kid a leg up for graduate school applications.

Signed Ph.D economist.

Davidson and W&M have a higher percentage of graduates that get PhDs in Economics than UVA based on government tracking data.

I'm a different PhD economist. The trouble with looking at data for these small liberal arts colleges is that Davidson sends a couple of kids per year to an econ PhD program. These samples are just too small to conclude much, as different decisions by one or two people swing the data wildly.

I attended a top 10 PhD program. About 1/3 of people came from medium sized private universities like Yale and MIT, about 1/3 from large public universities, and 1/3 from foreign universities. Th few who came from SLACS struggled, as they hadn't been very well prepared for the math required. They had no PhD programs at their schools, and their faculty members, probably excellent teachers, had been to grad school too long before to understand what was needed.

That, of course, was back in the early 16th century, and some schools have beefed up their undergrad requirements. To prep for a PhD program, look for a program that offers intermediate micro and macro with a calculus pre-requisite, that requires a couple of semesters of statistics, and that offers a senior capstone project with supervision by faculty. Make sure to take math through Differential Equations.

I teach at a top 5 business school. This is just nonsense. We attract kids from all different types of schools but those from top SLACs almost always perform extremely well. I can’t say the same for some from the Ivies. The SLAC students tend to excel vs their peers at team work, class participation and writing; their technical skills are typically very strong.

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Anonymous wrote:Davidson
UVA
W&M

Econ, then Econ PhD

Money is not an issue

This is no brainer. UVA. It has a strong Econ program which will give your kid a leg up for graduate school applications.

Signed Ph.D economist.

Davidson and W&M have a higher percentage of graduates that get PhDs in Economics than UVA based on government tracking data.

I'm a different PhD economist. The trouble with looking at data for these small liberal arts colleges is that Davidson sends a couple of kids per year to an econ PhD program. These samples are just too small to conclude much, as different decisions by one or two people swing the data wildly.

I attended a top 10 PhD program. About 1/3 of people came from medium sized private universities like Yale and MIT, about 1/3 from large public universities, and 1/3 from foreign universities. Th few who came from SLACS struggled, as they hadn't been very well prepared for the math required. They had no PhD programs at their schools, and their faculty members, probably excellent teachers, had been to grad school too long before to understand what was needed.

That, of course, was back in the early 16th century, and some schools have beefed up their undergrad requirements. To prep for a PhD program, look for a program that offers intermediate micro and macro with a calculus pre-requisite, that requires a couple of semesters of statistics, and that offers a senior capstone project with supervision by faculty. Make sure to take math through Differential Equations.

I teach at a top 5 business school. This is just nonsense. We attract kids from all different types of schools but those from top SLACs almost always perform extremely well. I can’t say the same for some from the Ivies. The SLAC students tend to excel vs their peers at team work, class participation and writing; their technical skills are typically very strong.

I don’t think you are getting that an MBA is easy.

[Anonymous]

Pitt vs UNC Chapel Hill

Direct admit to Speech Pathology masters program with specified gpa

UNC Chapel Hill. Prerequisites offered only. No direct admit.

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Anonymous wrote:Davidson
UVA
W&M

Econ, then Econ PhD

Money is not an issue

This is no brainer. UVA. It has a strong Econ program which will give your kid a leg up for graduate school applications.

Signed Ph.D economist.

Davidson and W&M have a higher percentage of graduates that get PhDs in Economics than UVA based on government tracking data.

I'm a different PhD economist. The trouble with looking at data for these small liberal arts colleges is that Davidson sends a couple of kids per year to an econ PhD program. These samples are just too small to conclude much, as different decisions by one or two people swing the data wildly.

I attended a top 10 PhD program. About 1/3 of people came from medium sized private universities like Yale and MIT, about 1/3 from large public universities, and 1/3 from foreign universities. Th few who came from SLACS struggled, as they hadn't been very well prepared for the math required. They had no PhD programs at their schools, and their faculty members, probably excellent teachers, had been to grad school too long before to understand what was needed.

That, of course, was back in the early 16th century, and some schools have beefed up their undergrad requirements. To prep for a PhD program, look for a program that offers intermediate micro and macro with a calculus pre-requisite, that requires a couple of semesters of statistics, and that offers a senior capstone project with supervision by faculty. Make sure to take math through Differential Equations.

Which is why you look at data over multiple years. If you do that, you will still see that a higher percentage of W&M and Davidson graduates go on to earn PhDs in Economics than UVA.

Over 5 years, the raw number for Davidson is 12 kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Davidson
UVA
W&M

Econ, then Econ PhD

Money is not an issue

This is no brainer. UVA. It has a strong Econ program which will give your kid a leg up for graduate school applications.

Signed Ph.D economist.

Davidson and W&M have a higher percentage of graduates that get PhDs in Economics than UVA based on government tracking data.

I'm a different PhD economist. The trouble with looking at data for these small liberal arts colleges is that Davidson sends a couple of kids per year to an econ PhD program. These samples are just too small to conclude much, as different decisions by one or two people swing the data wildly.

I attended a top 10 PhD program. About 1/3 of people came from medium sized private universities like Yale and MIT, about 1/3 from large public universities, and 1/3 from foreign universities. Th few who came from SLACS struggled, as they hadn't been very well prepared for the math required. They had no PhD programs at their schools, and their faculty members, probably excellent teachers, had been to grad school too long before to understand what was needed.

That, of course, was back in the early 16th century, and some schools have beefed up their undergrad requirements. To prep for a PhD program, look for a program that offers intermediate micro and macro with a calculus pre-requisite, that requires a couple of semesters of statistics, and that offers a senior capstone project with supervision by faculty. Make sure to take math through Differential Equations.

I teach at a top 5 business school. This is just nonsense. We attract kids from all different types of schools but those from top SLACs almost always perform extremely well. I can’t say the same for some from the Ivies. The SLAC students tend to excel vs their peers at team work, class participation and writing; their technical skills are typically very strong.

An MBA program is not comparable to a PhD in Econ. In the latter, no one cares about class participation or team work. You aren't reading a case study about what some car company did when their door locks didn't work. You have to step through the door ready to do a Lagrangian on day 1.