Is the name Elon going to hurt the university?

[Anonymous]

This may seem petty but are your rising seniors taking Elon off the list because of the N*z1 named Elon who has helped drive this country off a cliff?

DC is a rising junior and we are starting to look at schools, and I just can't imagine looking there.

[Anonymous]

I just spit out my drink laughing at the growing stupidity of Democrats.

[Anonymous]

I'd be pretty disappointed if I raised that kind of liberal.

[Anonymous]

The people that something like that would bother have very small minds. It's the name of the town the school is in.

[Anonymous]

"In 1889, the local Christian Assembly created an institution of higher learning called the “Graham Normal College”. The founders of Elon College named the school “Elon”, because they understood that to be the Hebrew word for oak, and the area contained many oak trees.[5] The town was called "Elon College" until the college known as Elon College became Elon University. The town then changed its name officially to Elon."

[Anonymous]

Nah.

When discussing college options with my senior students, several of them were considering Elon. None ended up attending, but it had nothing to do with the name and everything to do with finding other schools that better served their needs.

[Anonymous]

The acorn is an important symbol for the college. Maybe learn the history of the area as outlined above.

[Anonymous]

I've had this thought too, and not because of politics. People who are deep in the college search assume everyone has heard of this or that university, but most of the country could only name the top 10 plus a few other schools with big sports teams: they haven't heard of Elon (or a dozen other similar schools). So there's a decent chance they assume it's the kind of very young or for-profit school that would be named after a still-living person.

[Anonymous]

Non-issue. My DF's child is going to Elon, in some kind of honors program and they are super excited about it. It's also a LOT cheaper than other private schools, like really significantly.

[Anonymous]

Kind of funny. My immediate reaction was to scoff, but honestly if I were college-aged, I'd be loath to attend anything named Elon.

[Anonymous]

There was an article that said DOGE college alma maters were getting flooded with apps.

I don't think you understand the mindset of a 18 year old male.

[Anonymous]

I’m hoping this is a joke. Seriously, get a grip.

- progressive Democrat

[Anonymous]

Maybe. Just because people won't want to deal with the association, people making jokes, etc. I don't know why people are ridiculing you when this is a legitimate question to which, I believe, the answer is possibly yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just spit out my drink laughing at the growing stupidity of Democrats.

+100
It really is something to behold, isn’t it?

[Anonymous]

The school isn't great to begin with, so it's kind of a zero times zero is zero situation.