Least stressful Top 30 or so schools

[Anonymous]

Take a look at "Happiest Students" and "Quality of Life" in Princeton Review. They are based on student surveys. At a glance, the candidates would appear to be:

Vanderbilt
Rice
William & Mary
Brown
Emory
Richmond (an LAC)

[Anonymous]

Brown. if you can get it, it is great - grading policy and lack of general distribution requirements lower the stress level.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brown. if you can get it, it is great - grading policy and lack of general distribution requirements lower the stress level.

Grading policy = you get an A

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Brown. if you can get it, it is great - grading policy and lack of general distribution requirements lower the stress level.

Grading policy = you get an A

If that were true, it would still meet OPs criteria. The truth is that of you are smart enough to get into Brown, you are smart enough to do well there. I dont see anything wrong with that. The kids there still work hard due to internal motivation.

[Anonymous]

Dartmouth is a bit like a duck as well and they are actively trying to shore up mental health and wellness services in light of a handful of student suicides with the past 2 years. If you have a socially dominant bright kid, Dartmouth is great.

[Anonymous]

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Dartmouth is a bit like a duck as well and they are actively trying to shore up mental health and wellness services in light of a handful of student suicides with the past 2 years. If you have a socially dominant bright kid, Dartmouth is great.

Gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Dartmouth is a bit like a duck as well and they are actively trying to shore up mental health and wellness services in light of a handful of student suicides with the past 2 years. If you have a socially dominant bright kid, Dartmouth is great.

Gross.

+1. That is such a weird comment. Makes it sound like the middle school of the ivy league.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Take a look at "Happiest Students" and "Quality of Life" in Princeton Review. They are based on student surveys. At a glance, the candidates would appear to be:

Vanderbilt
Rice
William & Mary
Brown
Emory
Richmond (an LAC)

Why are southern schools so good at happy campuses?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Take a look at "Happiest Students" and "Quality of Life" in Princeton Review. They are based on student surveys. At a glance, the candidates would appear to be:

Vanderbilt
Rice
William & Mary
Brown
Emory
Richmond (an LAC)

Tulane

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:UVA, pretty laid back unless you are in pre-med, then it is cut throat and intense. Good balance of work hard, play hard.

UNC also comes to mind.

Vanderbilt, except for pre-med track. I’m an Econ grad.

I think vandy has changed in the last 5 yrs. I’m sitting on the commons as i write this and the vibe is … resolute and dutiful. My sophomore feels duped because he too read all the “happy students” rankings. He says it’s a boring slog and no one wants to socialize because work

Ask him if the southern kids feel the same way

PP you’re quoting and you make a good point. DS suspects there’s truth there and he joined 3 activities that appear to draw membership from southern natives (he is not)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If he truly wants non-stressful, he needs the courage to march to the beat of his own drum. I turned down a top 20 school to go to a warm little school far outside the top ranks. I then ended up in a top 5 for grad school because by then I was ok with the stressed out peers. And yes, the kids who go to top 30 are stressed out and a lot of them are miserable.

What he wants is contradictory. If environment really matters, he needs to go outside the top 30.

I think you're missing the point. Sure, all those schools are stressful/competitive. But of them, which is least.

[Anonymous]

“least stressful” is maybe the wrong question/label. which of the top schools offer serious academics but most students also manage to have a well-rounded social life? georgetown would fit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take a look at "Happiest Students" and "Quality of Life" in Princeton Review. They are based on student surveys. At a glance, the candidates would appear to be:

Vanderbilt
Rice
William & Mary
Brown
Emory
Richmond (an LAC)

Tulane

Yes, I should have included Tulane. They are pretty high on both lists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take a look at "Happiest Students" and "Quality of Life" in Princeton Review. They are based on student surveys. At a glance, the candidates would appear to be:

Vanderbilt
Rice
William & Mary
Brown
Emory
Richmond (an LAC)

Why are southern schools so good at happy campuses?

Weather may have something to do with that. Midwest and NE schools where it's cold/dreary and no sunshine for 4-5 months certainly doesn't help with student's mental state.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Take a look at "Happiest Students" and "Quality of Life" in Princeton Review. They are based on student surveys. At a glance, the candidates would appear to be:

Vanderbilt
Rice
William & Mary
Brown
Emory
Richmond (an LAC)

Why are southern schools so good at happy campuses?

Weather perhaps. But these are also similar sized schools that are more residential in nature.