Big or small school for academic "Chad"

[Anonymous]

I have a rising senior DS with high stats who is, to borrow a term I've seen on this forum and heard his generation use, a "Chad": athletic, handsome, square-jawed, confident, magnetic, good with girls. He's working on his college list and torn between big rah-rah schools and smaller, more intimate residential colleges. We've been going back and forth on the pros and cons of each. At a big school he'd almost certainly join, to use another term that was heretofore unfamiliar to me, a "touse" fraternity and have an active social and dating life, but in day to day life, walking between classes, and so forth, he'd ultimately be just another face in a sea of thousands, which would be a major culture shock for him. At a smaller school he'd likely rise to the top of the social ladder fast and become a "BMOC," but what are the chances he'll outgrow it or that a more a limited environment will constrain someone with his kind of personality?

He's looking to study econ or finance. Some of the schools on his list right now:

UVA
UNC-CH
UF
W&L
Davidson
Richmond
Wake

I like Wake as a bigger small school, and I know Elon fits that category too, though I'm not sure he'd be challenged academically at the latter. He doesn't want to go north or deal with anything colder than the DMV, which rules out places like Bucknell/Lafayette/Lehigh/Colgate.

What does everyone think for a kid like mine? Small school or big? Any other mid-sized options worth considering, like maybe Tulane or UMiami? Thanks in advance, and please keep any nasty comments to yourselves.

[Anonymous]

Apply to a range and see what fits.

Also your description of him is very cringy and boy mom coded but whatever.

[Anonymous]

This is hilarious.

[Anonymous]

I would avoid that word — Chad. It’s a pejorative invented by the incel community.

[Anonymous]

UMiami and Tulane are definitely good adds. USC could work, but he'll have to be a giga-Chad to reach the upper echelons of the social hierarchy there. SMU if you have cheddar and are OK with slightly less rigorous academics than the other schools on your list.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like he could use a bigger school to find out that he really isn't all that special.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like he could use a bigger school to find out that he really isn't all that special.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a rising senior DS with high stats who is, to borrow a term I've seen on this forum and heard his generation use, a "Chad": athletic, handsome, square-jawed, confident, magnetic, good with girls. He's working on his college list and torn between big rah-rah schools and smaller, more intimate residential colleges. We've been going back and forth on the pros and cons of each. At a big school he'd almost certainly join, to use another term that was heretofore unfamiliar to me, a "touse" fraternity and have an active social and dating life, but in day to day life, walking between classes, and so forth, he'd ultimately be just another face in a sea of thousands, which would be a major culture shock for him. At a smaller school he'd likely rise to the top of the social ladder fast and become a "BMOC," but what are the chances he'll outgrow it or that a more a limited environment will constrain someone with his kind of personality?

He's looking to study econ or finance. Some of the schools on his list right now:

UVA
UNC-CH
UF
W&L
Davidson
Richmond
Wake

I like Wake as a bigger small school, and I know Elon fits that category too, though I'm not sure he'd be challenged academically at the latter. He doesn't want to go north or deal with anything colder than the DMV, which rules out places like Bucknell/Lafayette/Lehigh/Colgate.

What does everyone think for a kid like mine? Small school or big? Any other mid-sized options worth considering, like maybe Tulane or UMiami? Thanks in advance, and please keep any nasty comments to yourselves.

Jesus Christ, who do you think your kid is, John Wayne? He's not going to be too awesome for Davidson or W&L, I promise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like he could use a bigger school to find out that he really isn't all that special.

+1 I remember seeing the formerly popular, confident kids from my high school walking around UVA and being surprised at how completely unremarkable they seemed in a new environment.

[Anonymous]

Sorry high stats is good but I don't see a handsome kid with a square jaw thriving at those schools. Try George Mason, Furman, or Elon.

[Anonymous]

No way a parent would describe her kid in such obviously cringy terms - total troll post. And that's coming from someone who thinks that social skills and extroverted energy is very important for long term life success so a kid who is smart and socially adept would be an awesome combination if not raised to be a jackass.

[Anonymous]

This is so horrifyingly gross. On the off chance it isn't trolling, please step back and stop trying to manage your son's dating life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a rising senior DS with high stats who is, to borrow a term I've seen on this forum and heard his generation use, a "Chad": athletic, handsome, square-jawed, confident, magnetic, good with girls. He's working on his college list and torn between big rah-rah schools and smaller, more intimate residential colleges. We've been going back and forth on the pros and cons of each. At a big school he'd almost certainly join, to use another term that was heretofore unfamiliar to me, a "touse" fraternity and have an active social and dating life, but in day to day life, walking between classes, and so forth, he'd ultimately be just another face in a sea of thousands, which would be a major culture shock for him. At a smaller school he'd likely rise to the top of the social ladder fast and become a "BMOC," but what are the chances he'll outgrow it or that a more a limited environment will constrain someone with his kind of personality?

He's looking to study econ or finance. Some of the schools on his list right now:

UVA
UNC-CH
UF
W&L
Davidson
Richmond
Wake

I like Wake as a bigger small school, and I know Elon fits that category too, though I'm not sure he'd be challenged academically at the latter. He doesn't want to go north or deal with anything colder than the DMV, which rules out places like Bucknell/Lafayette/Lehigh/Colgate.

What does everyone think for a kid like mine? Small school or big? Any other mid-sized options worth considering, like maybe Tulane or UMiami? Thanks in advance, and please keep any nasty comments to yourselves.

Troll post. This one isn’t even good fiction.

[Anonymous]

News flash, lots of popular kids go to college. So, your son may not be popular in college.

And going to a small school your DS is already behind since he isn't on a sports team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is hilarious.

I laughed out loud several times.

Gold. Probably fake but total gold.