What colleges are falling out of fashion?

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Anonymous wrote:This is so silly and a true representation of DCUM…what do you meant falling out of favor? Less brag worthy to other parents? Unless you are going to a top 25 or bottom tier diploma mill, it doesn’t matter as much as you think regarding their 25-year career trajectory…but we all believe it does…trust me, I’ve seen all sides of this and have been around a long time watching it all…

Student should go wherever they beleive they can thrive and find themselves…it doesn’t matter as much as you think it does. And don’t get my laughing on the whole private HS thing…too funny…going to put your kid in therapy…

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Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of rural LACs don’t hold as much appeal as they did in my day (1980s)- kids today are more used to going out for sushi, good meals, instagramming photos in front of colorful outdoor murals, etc and less want to be in a town where a drive thru McDonalds is the highlight. The Ohio and PA LACs are taking the first hit but eventually may spread to the NE ones, too. It also shows in rising popularity of colleges like Northeastern, Temple, College of Charleston, etc.

My kid seemed drawn to the pace of such backwaters. She gets her fix of Bethesda when she comes home but chose the bucolic as an ideal setting for learning and living stress free in a closed community of like minded young people I think.

Totally agree. Plenty of kids are drawn to the quintessential small colleges located off the beaten path. Rural LACs still hold plenty of appeal.

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Anonymous wrote:William and Mary - too expensive, no great careers come out of W&M

This poster must be in a parallel universe! Applications at quality state universities are up everywhere, including at W&M. Also, with test optional wrecking havoc with admissions, W&M is becoming a more popular ED choice in the DMV. As for career outcomes, they have to be considered relative to the majors offered. W&M doesn’t have an engineering program, so those high salaries are absent relative to UVA or VTech. If you compare W&M outcomes to other liberal arts colleges, they are equal or better. Yes, W&M is more expensive than some public schools, but the class sizes and teacher attention is similar to a private school. From that perspective, W@M’s $40k is far below a private school’s $80k, especially for those who don’t qualify for financial aid.

The $80k you are referencing for SLACs are schools with 1500-2000 students. William and Mary is 4x as big.

Doesn’t have to be a SLAC. There are lots of medium-sized privates, like Wake Forest, that cost $70-$80k.

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Anonymous wrote:The William and Mary poster is crazy. Jon Stewart and Jen Psaki have had pretty great careers. I know someone who’s a CEO now who went there undergrad.

I have a high school junior and a lot of kids her age think of William and Mary as quirky in a bad way. Not saying it’s accurate but there isn’t a ton of nteresr in attending.

Same here. I asked why and she said there is a certain type of student who goes there and left it at that. She's not at all interested in applying.

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Anonymous wrote:The William and Mary poster is crazy. Jon Stewart and Jen Psaki have had pretty great careers. I know someone who’s a CEO now who went there undergrad.

I have a high school junior and a lot of kids her age think of William and Mary as quirky in a bad way. Not saying it’s accurate but there isn’t a ton of nteresr in attending.

Same here. I asked why and she said there is a certain type of student who goes there and left it at that. She's not at all interested in applying.

The other VA publics draw more of the “hot party girl” /“I post my outfit on TikTok” type. That’s one of the reasons my DD likes W&M. It has more of a “be whoever you are” vibe more like crunchy SLACS.

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Anonymous wrote:Georgetown, although I don't understand why. My kid didn't have the stats but I was really surprised to see that Naviance showed really low application numbers from his MCPS HS for this year - about half of the number that applied last year. Most other schools show the opposite trend, much higher volume this year. All schools have their issues, but I can't understand how Northeastern could be "hot" and Georgetown is somehow not appealing.

Georgetown has a hellish application that requires many supplements and a non-common/coalition app portal. Kids who are just slinging out applications now will apply to almost any other top 30 over Georgetown because of this. I also think the REA hurts Georgetown's application because people like the opportunity to EA. Honestly, popularity is a terrible metric for schools as an easy application will automatically make the school more popular.

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Anonymous wrote:The William and Mary poster is crazy. Jon Stewart and Jen Psaki have had pretty great careers. I know someone who’s a CEO now who went there undergrad.

I have a high school junior and a lot of kids her age think of William and Mary as quirky in a bad way. Not saying it’s accurate but there isn’t a ton of nteresr in attending.

Same here. I asked why and she said there is a certain type of student who goes there and left it at that. She's not at all interested in applying.

The other VA publics draw more of the “hot party girl” /“I post my outfit on TikTok” type. That’s one of the reasons my DD likes W&M. It has more of a “be whoever you are” vibe more like crunchy SLACS.

Meh. I would say the other VA publics appeal to students who enjoy having fun, in addition to getting a good education.

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Expensive private schools. Not worth the money.

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Anonymous wrote:Expensive private schools. Not worth the money.

It all depennds on the majors.
Go to UVA and major in psychology vs go to NYU Stern and major in Business or go to Carnegie Mellon and major in Computer Science.
Let's see what would be more expensive after graduation LOL

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Anonymous wrote:The William and Mary poster is crazy. Jon Stewart and Jen Psaki have had pretty great careers. I know someone who’s a CEO now who went there undergrad.

I have a high school junior and a lot of kids her age think of William and Mary as quirky in a bad way. Not saying it’s accurate but there isn’t a ton of nteresr in attending.

Same here. I asked why and she said there is a certain type of student who goes there and left it at that. She's not at all interested in applying.

The other VA publics draw more of the “hot party girl” /“I post my outfit on TikTok” type. That’s one of the reasons my DD likes W&M. It has more of a “be whoever you are” vibe more like crunchy SLACS.

Wouldn’t say crunchy. Different vibe…yes…SLAC…sure. Not sure about the crunch. It appeared to be unique to us.

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Anonymous wrote:The William and Mary poster is crazy. Jon Stewart and Jen Psaki have had pretty great careers. I know someone who’s a CEO now who went there undergrad.

I have a high school junior and a lot of kids her age think of William and Mary as quirky in a bad way. Not saying it’s accurate but there isn’t a ton of nteresr in attending.

Same here. I asked why and she said there is a certain type of student who goes there and left it at that. She's not at all interested in applying.

The other VA publics draw more of the “hot party girl” /“I post my outfit on TikTok” type. That’s one of the reasons my DD likes W&M. It has more of a “be whoever you are” vibe more like crunchy SLACS.

reddit.com/r/notlikeothergirls

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My dd wouldn’t consider applying to UVA and ended up at W&M (her other options were Slacs.) I’d say she’s brainy but repulsed by the heavy frat and party scene. She is fairly sophisticated in her tastes so that might be part of it.

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Anonymous wrote:I graduated high school in the 90s. From what I recall, hot schools back then were Duke, Wake Forest, Hopkins, Georgetown, Northwestern

I think Duke, Wake Forest, Hopkins, Georgetown have fallen out of favor since then, looking at where my kid and peers have applied.

Wake Forest remans hot with private school kids. Strength of football team this year likely to continue that trend.

Wake forrest acceptance rate is over 30%
It doesn't belong T30

It was 27 percent last year but we aren’t talking about us new rankings anyway. It is a hot school in the private schools and has been for the last 5 to 10 years.

Uh maybe among the dumb private school set. Truly no one dreams of going to Wake Forest. It’s completely irrelevant.

Oh yes. Nobody would want to go to a school that has one of the best combinations of academics and athletics in the country

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Anonymous wrote:Duke

This ^^^ plus any school in Texas (for women)

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Anonymous wrote:Duke

This ^^^ plus any school in Texas (for women)

Texas is out for men or women, Just no.