Hidden Gems

[Anonymous]

What's your favorite safety or low target?

A place you think is underrated, or an easier admit from here because of geography. A place with new and exciting growth, or an old reliable that doesn't get the ink. A school that blew you away during a tour, or you think will be impossible to get into in 10 years.

[Anonymous]

High Point-the covid years have robbed kids of executive function. This is a school that teaches kids how to actually execute a job. This is not a bad thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High Point-the covid years have robbed kids of executive function. This is a school that teaches kids how to actually execute a job. This is not a bad thing.

for the last 2 years High Point has had accreditation issues.
It is not a hidden gem.

[Anonymous]

Any school with a nice environment. Most degrees don’t need to be prestigious. Go where you can’t fall through the cracks or can at least enjoy a nice lifestyle. College of Charleston, Arizona, Flagler, Sewanee, Colorado.

[Anonymous]

for SLACs
St Olaf
Earlham

[Anonymous]

Gonzaga for engineering. Small class sizes, caring profs, ABET accredited. Small city. Pretty state. School spirit (D1 basketball). Merit $ is typical.

[Anonymous]

Safety that was seriously considered: Hobart

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Minnesota, UDenver

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

All UC schools ranked below UCLA and Cal.

[Anonymous]

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

+1. Family friends have a kid who attended with low test scores, before TO. Had a great outcome, now happily employed in a big tech company in the Northwest. Parent can't speak highly enough about this school.

[Anonymous]

We were looking at LACs. Loved Whitman, and was really happily surprised with Puget Sound.

[Anonymous]

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

YES, this is a great one

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gonzaga for engineering. Small class sizes, caring profs, ABET accredited. Small city. Pretty state. School spirit (D1 basketball). Merit $ is typical.

I'd say most Jesuit colleges are hidden gems and I'm surprised they aren't more popular (outside of the couple super popular ones). Hits the sweet spot for a lot of kids with mid-size + city locations. My friend's DD is very happy at University of Scranton.

[Anonymous]

At the risk of raising the hater... we looked at a LOT of LACs for DD who was set on environmental science. She liked Juniata best. It's really a gem for environmental science.