Hidden Gems

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Anonymous wrote:Trinity University. Super well resourced school with merit to give. For kids who are open to going South, tempted by Alabama money, but want a SLAC .. here's your school. Intellectually rigorous, no athletic scholarships at all. Great new buildings, fantastic dorms. Engineering, accounting, Chinese (one of the best in the country) .. they deliver the goods. And San Antonio is a gem.

Couldn't talk my dd into looking and I don't blame here, but it's a great option

ON paper, maybe. The reality is that the student body is really, really native Texan and a shockingly high number of students go home on the weekends. To their homes in Houston and Dallas particularly.

I don't understand it, but that is the culture currently.

Strange.

We happened across it on our way to try to go to the zoo (we aborted mission because it cost an arm and a leg) with my MIL who lives north of SA.

Are they driving home? Those aren’t close. And TX isn’t known for public transport options

I am told that they fly, and tickets are cheap enough on SWA if you plan ahead. El Paso was another city where kids go home on the weekend.

Again, I don't know why. But with a relatively small student body, I am to understand it feels very desolate on campus Fri nite - Sunday nite.

Fascinating use of the passive voice.

You are told this by whom, exactly? It doesn’t feel credible. Heading home to Dallas on weekends would be the equivalent of going from the DMV to Raleigh, NC or Brooklyn every weekend.

San Antonio to El Paso would be like DMV to Detroit or Cape Cod.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trinity University. Super well resourced school with merit to give. For kids who are open to going South, tempted by Alabama money, but want a SLAC .. here's your school. Intellectually rigorous, no athletic scholarships at all. Great new buildings, fantastic dorms. Engineering, accounting, Chinese (one of the best in the country) .. they deliver the goods. And San Antonio is a gem.

Couldn't talk my dd into looking and I don't blame here, but it's a great option

ON paper, maybe. The reality is that the student body is really, really native Texan and a shockingly high number of students go home on the weekends. To their homes in Houston and Dallas particularly.

I don't understand it, but that is the culture currently.

Strange.

We happened across it on our way to try to go to the zoo (we aborted mission because it cost an arm and a leg) with my MIL who lives north of SA.

Are they driving home? Those aren’t close. And TX isn’t known for public transport options

I am told that they fly, and tickets are cheap enough on SWA if you plan ahead. El Paso was another city where kids go home on the weekend.

Again, I don't know why. But with a relatively small student body, I am to understand it feels very desolate on campus Fri nite - Sunday nite.

Have 2 kids at TU.

Students mostly Texan, 65%+, best guess without checking.

Not true about kids leaving on the weekends or desolation.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:All UC schools ranked below UCLA and Cal.

Really? UC Santa Barbara, San Diego, and Davis would be a "safety" for an out of state student?

I suppose there’s some self-selection, but 90% of kids who apply to Davis from our east coast high school get in. UCSB and UCSD are somewhat harder, but much easier than Cal/UCLA. I think everyone gets into UCSC. They’re all far away and expensive, as state schools go, and they don’t have football and you don’t get an answer until March. But if you don’t mind all that, they’re highly ranked and the weather is gorgeous.

SD and Davis do---Div. 1 FCS

UC Davis has football but UC San Diego does not.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Trinity University. Super well resourced school with merit to give. For kids who are open to going South, tempted by Alabama money, but want a SLAC .. here's your school. Intellectually rigorous, no athletic scholarships at all. Great new buildings, fantastic dorms. Engineering, accounting, Chinese (one of the best in the country) .. they deliver the goods. And San Antonio is a gem.

Couldn't talk my dd into looking and I don't blame here, but it's a great option

ON paper, maybe. The reality is that the student body is really, really native Texan and a shockingly high number of students go home on the weekends. To their homes in Houston and Dallas particularly.

I don't understand it, but that is the culture currently.

DP. Where are you getting this information? It is not my understanding at all. Friend's kid attended. I agree with the PPs that it's too far to drive home for weekends and college kids do not commute weekends by plane.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Can confirm, Scranton, St. Joe's, Dayton, all Jesuit (or maybe Catholic) schools that have happy kids and very solid academics. My kids go to Catholic school and these are popular picks. So is Fairfield, but that is a little more selective.

Dayton is Marianist, not Jesuit.
But I can confirm it's a gem.

Just a +1 for Dayton. I grew up in Dayton in the University is a treasured part of the city. The business community backs the teams and games are well-attended and fun. Great school, plenty of fun “college scene” but not too much!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Trinity University. Super well resourced school with merit to give. For kids who are open to going South, tempted by Alabama money, but want a SLAC .. here's your school. Intellectually rigorous, no athletic scholarships at all. Great new buildings, fantastic dorms. Engineering, accounting, Chinese (one of the best in the country) .. they deliver the goods. And San Antonio is a gem.

Couldn't talk my dd into looking and I don't blame here, but it's a great option

ON paper, maybe. The reality is that the student body is really, really native Texan and a shockingly high number of students go home on the weekends. To their homes in Houston and Dallas particularly.

I don't understand it, but that is the culture currently.

This is NOT true

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Trinity University. Super well resourced school with merit to give. For kids who are open to going South, tempted by Alabama money, but want a SLAC .. here's your school. Intellectually rigorous, no athletic scholarships at all. Great new buildings, fantastic dorms. Engineering, accounting, Chinese (one of the best in the country) .. they deliver the goods. And San Antonio is a gem.

Couldn't talk my dd into looking and I don't blame here, but it's a great option

ON paper, maybe. The reality is that the student body is really, really native Texan and a shockingly high number of students go home on the weekends. To their homes in Houston and Dallas particularly.

I don't understand it, but that is the culture currently.

Strange.

We happened across it on our way to try to go to the zoo (we aborted mission because it cost an arm and a leg) with my MIL who lives north of SA.

Are they driving home? Those aren’t close. And TX isn’t known for public transport options

I am told that they fly, and tickets are cheap enough on SWA if you plan ahead. El Paso was another city where kids go home on the weekend.

Again, I don't know why. But with a relatively small student body, I am to understand it feels very desolate on campus Fri nite - Sunday nite.

NOT true. My daughter is there - we never see her!

[Anonymous]

Besides being annoying, think the expression "Hidden Gem" is losing validity with social media. I mean some posters are plugging 4+ schools as "hidden". Silly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:From your Fox link:

On Thursday, several university employees showed up outside their dorm room to take down the two flags, one of which was the American flag with the Gadsden "Don't Tread on Me" graphic superimposed on it and the other was a "Thin Line" flag - a black and white American flag with blue, green and red stripes, representing police, military and federal agents, and firefighters, respectively.

These are not official American flags and have become MAGA symbols associated with the insurrection.

But keep on with your bs

Covered by the Daily Mail. check the internet next time you slam people here. and cut the political venom or take it to politics. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11391249/amp/Trinity-College-students-slam-CT-university-removing-Blue-Green-Red-Line-Gadsden-flags.html

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:From your Fox link:

On Thursday, several university employees showed up outside their dorm room to take down the two flags, one of which was the American flag with the Gadsden "Don't Tread on Me" graphic superimposed on it and the other was a "Thin Line" flag - a black and white American flag with blue, green and red stripes, representing police, military and federal agents, and firefighters, respectively.

These are not official American flags and have become MAGA symbols associated with the insurrection.

But keep on with your bs

Covered by the Daily Mail. check the internet next time you slam people here. and cut the political venom or take it to politics. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11391249/amp/Trinity-College-students-slam-CT-university-removing-Blue-Green-Red-Line-Gadsden-flags.html

You’re still on about this? How many different ways do people have to explain that Trinity College is not the same place as Trinity University? We are talking about the university.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Besides being annoying, think the expression "Hidden Gem" is losing validity with social media. I mean some posters are plugging 4+ schools as "hidden". Silly.

I just think of it as schools that don’t get a lot of mention here. YMMV

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From your Fox link:

On Thursday, several university employees showed up outside their dorm room to take down the two flags, one of which was the American flag with the Gadsden "Don't Tread on Me" graphic superimposed on it and the other was a "Thin Line" flag - a black and white American flag with blue, green and red stripes, representing police, military and federal agents, and firefighters, respectively.

These are not official American flags and have become MAGA symbols associated with the insurrection.

But keep on with your bs

Covered by the Daily Mail. check the internet next time you slam people here. and cut the political venom or take it to politics. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11391249/amp/Trinity-College-students-slam-CT-university-removing-Blue-Green-Red-Line-Gadsden-flags.html

Oh, Daily Mail? Oh, wow, you really got me /s

You’re still carrying on like fool about #1 the wrong school and #2 the stupidest hill to die on

But, sure, please do continue

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do you have a creative for a kid? Then you MUST take a serious look at Belmont University. The musical talent concentrated in one small school is bananas, particularly the commercial musical talent.

You'll also find the kids who design the merch and design the sets for shows.

I have heard good things about Belmont. My husband’s cousin has a son interested in one of their specialized music programs.

I think they also have a connection to a valley company, iirc

[Anonymous]

Ballet, not valley

wtf, autocorrect

[Anonymous]

It’s been said above but Whitman and U Puget Sound! Whitman would be like a Nescac if it were on the East Coast. I’d also add Lewis & Clark in Portland OR. and they all give merit. Of the three Whitman is the hardest admit but still pretty reasonable