any top 30 colleges especially interested in debate kids?

[Anonymous]

my research says Dartmouth, Michigan and Emory. any others? state champ level, nationals always a roll of the dice but possible top 10.

[Anonymous]

Where did last year's champs go?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where did last year's champs go?

Harvard usually takes the champs, but the kids who fall in top 10 do just fine.

[Anonymous]

Why would colleges care about debate more than any other random extracurricular. Why would it be an admissions boost?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would colleges care about debate more than any other random extracurricular. Why would it be an admissions boost?

huh? some schools care about fencers, some car about cellists .. colleges with strong debate programs care about debate. it's really only a boost for the top 20 in the nation. then again, any kid who is top 20 of anything will have a boost

[Anonymous]

I won't respond because I can't satisfactorily support my thesis.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would colleges care about debate more than any other random extracurricular. Why would it be an admissions boost?

huh? some schools care about fencers, some car about cellists .. colleges with strong debate programs care about debate. it's really only a boost for the top 20 in the nation. then again, any kid who is top 20 of anything will have a boost

Why do colleges have debate teams? What is the point? Didn’t realize this went beyond high school.

[Anonymous]

Did the kid go to TOC? How did they do there?

Northwestern should be interested in strong policy debaters - they usually field a strong team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would colleges care about debate more than any other random extracurricular. Why would it be an admissions boost?

huh? some schools care about fencers, some car about cellists .. colleges with strong debate programs care about debate. it's really only a boost for the top 20 in the nation. then again, any kid who is top 20 of anything will have a boost

Why do colleges have debate teams? What is the point? Didn’t realize this went beyond high school.

Policy debate is like a sport in certain schools.

[Anonymous]

Wake Forest currently has the best team.

https://news.wfu.edu/2023/04/05/wake-forest-debate-team-wins-national-championship/

https://www.wfdd.org/story/wake-forest-debate-team-makes-historic-sweep-tournaments

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest currently has the best team.

https://news.wfu.edu/2023/04/05/wake-forest-debate-team-wins-national-championship/

https://www.wfdd.org/story/wake-forest-debate-team-makes-historic-sweep-tournaments

Ironically, in light of the troll engineering thread, Wake beat Michigan in this year’s national championship.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would colleges care about debate more than any other random extracurricular. Why would it be an admissions boost?

huh? some schools care about fencers, some car about cellists .. colleges with strong debate programs care about debate. it's really only a boost for the top 20 in the nation. then again, any kid who is top 20 of anything will have a boost

You’re right. Being number 21 is on par with just listing “sleeping late” as your EC. 🙄🙄🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would colleges care about debate more than any other random extracurricular. Why would it be an admissions boost?

huh? some schools care about fencers, some car about cellists .. colleges with strong debate programs care about debate. it's really only a boost for the top 20 in the nation. then again, any kid who is top 20 of anything will have a boost

Except that the OP asked for the top 30 schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest currently has the best team.

https://news.wfu.edu/2023/04/05/wake-forest-debate-team-wins-national-championship/

https://www.wfdd.org/story/wake-forest-debate-team-makes-historic-sweep-tournaments

Too bad it’s not a top 30 school.

[Anonymous]

I’m curious about this too…say you’ve had strong state performance, national circuit, NSDA Nats etc….my kid loves speech and debate and the community and would be happy to go somewhere that attracts likeminded people