Underrated Colleges

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What are the colleges you believe are underrated and arent in the USNews top 20.

I personally adored the tour DD and I went on through sewanee. It is a truly beautiful campus with a mix of traditional student culture and a fantastic education. DD ended up getting into Princeton, but I still sometimes think about how much she would’ve loved her time at Sewanee.

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U South Carolina. DC seems truly happy there. On track to get a good job too.

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Reed. Bats well above is ranking intellectually.

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St. Olaf
Union College

Also, URichmond; Lehigh; W&M; and URochester.

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St John's College. I LOVED their geeky vibe and their unabashedly classical curriculum. DS, despite reading in Latin and French, wasn't enthused, and went to GW's Elliott School of International Affairs instead.

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Deep springs

Iykyk

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Anonymous wrote:What are the colleges you believe are underrated and arent in the USNews top 20.

I personally adored the tour DD and I went on through sewanee. It is a truly beautiful campus with a mix of traditional student culture and a fantastic education. DD ended up getting into Princeton, but I still sometimes think about how much she would’ve loved her time at Sewanee.

Agree on Sewanee. It's a fantastic place to get an education, and I've never met a graduate who wasn't successful. I think its location, while stunning and beautiful, holds it back due to its remoteness. If it were in the Northeast or even just closer to a real city, it would be ranked much higher than #45 and would have an acceptance rate much lower than 50%.

Also underrated and/or underappreciated:

Rose-Hulman
Texas A&M
St. Joseph's

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Anonymous wrote:Deep springs

Iykyk

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St. John’s Santa Fe. We were just visiting for a vacation, and I asked DS if he wanted to go through and he said sure. It’s such a stunning place to go to college, and students seemed really happy just digging into their work intensely. It was also pretty diverse in terms of non traditional/older students which we found made class discussion really mature and interesting.

I also think Whitman is a under recognized lac.

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SMU

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Anonymous wrote:U South Carolina. DC seems truly happy there. On track to get a good job too.

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+1. See thread in honors colleges.

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Bard - punches above its weight academically
Elon - happy place
Union - small classes, caring profs

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Pitt- never heard of a kid not being happy there and rolling admissions gives everyone peace of mind

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Knox
Gettysburg
Union

[Anonymous]

Good to know re: Sewanee. How would you compare it to Furman?