Least stressful Top 30 or so schools

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NYU. Agree. Stern may be more demanding though so if business will be a little more competitive. Avoid Cornell as very competitive (kid there now). Avoid Columbia (other kid graduated from there). Georgetown I hear is pretty competitive. Generally, avoid BU, GW, and Cornell.

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Dartmouth College for economics--if your son likes to celebrate life frequently as Dartmouth has a very social atmosphere.

For math and/or economics with less partying than Dartmouth College, consider Bowdoin College.

University of Virginia for economics.

Vanderbilt University for economics.

Most SLACs offer a less intense environment. Hard to narrow down SLACs without knowing more about your son's likes and dislikes.

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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern, Emory, Vanderbilt

Northwestern is definitely not laid back in the math department. I once got a 94 on a math exam that was curved to a B-.

Wow---a long time ago, it was very different, at least for the introductory 2 years of math. Got a 30% and it was the 2nd highest score and median (in class of 40) was 15. I recall many math courses being like that---major curve to benefit everyone

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Anonymous wrote:NYU. Agree. Stern may be more demanding though so if business will be a little more competitive. Avoid Cornell as very competitive (kid there now). Avoid Columbia (other kid graduated from there). Georgetown I hear is pretty competitive. Generally, avoid BU, GW, and Cornell.

Seems that most highly competitive schools aren't laid back. By definition, "highly competitive" means "not laid back".

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Why does it have to be a top 30?

For math, Saint Olaf is excellent.

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Looking for slowest fast car?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:NYU. Agree. Stern may be more demanding though so if business will be a little more competitive. Avoid Cornell as very competitive (kid there now). Avoid Columbia (other kid graduated from there). Georgetown I hear is pretty competitive. Generally, avoid BU, GW, and Cornell.

Seems that most highly competitive schools aren't laid back. By definition, "highly competitive" means "not laid back".

Not true. Just because people are clamoring to get in does not mean it is competitive or even very difficult once you are there. And conversely, there are a ton of less hard to get in schools that are very difficult to graduate from and even cut throat when you are there.

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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern, Emory, Vanderbilt

Northwestern is definitely not laid back in the math department. I once got a 94 on a math exam that was curved to a B-.

Is it still like this? I thought most schools had done away with forced curves like this.

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Wesleyan

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern, Emory, Vanderbilt

Northwestern is definitely not laid back in the math department. I once got a 94 on a math exam that was curved to a B-.

This is so wrong. The grade should correlate to the work, not the other people in the room. I hate curving. Sorry for your experience.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Northwestern, Emory, Vanderbilt

Northwestern is definitely not laid back in the math department. I once got a 94 on a math exam that was curved to a B-.

This is so wrong. The grade should correlate to the work, not the other people in the room. I hate curving. Sorry for your experience.

If you dislike being graded on a curve, then you should consider the honors colleges / programs at large state public universities.

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Anonymous wrote:Looking for slowest fast car?

Sort of. DP but I've had this question too for colleges a bit further down, about 45-75 range. But assumed most DCUMers would say "if they're in that range, they're laid back."
I have a smart enough kid who doesn't "thrive" on crazy competition.

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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern, Emory, Vanderbilt

Northwestern is definitely not laid back in the math department. I once got a 94 on a math exam that was curved to a B-.

Ugh, crap like this give me chills from my college engineering days. The opposite is just as bad - when the prof returns tests and the average is a 19. But, hey, let's move on.

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Anonymous wrote:Northwestern, Emory, Vanderbilt

Northwestern is definitely not laid back in the math department. I once got a 94 on a math exam that was curved to a B-.

Assuming that the quoted post is true, then any school where a 94 out of 100 equals a B-, seems too easy. I am familiar with college math classes where a score of 40 out of a possible 100 is an A.

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Anonymous wrote:Why does it have to be a top 30?

For math, Saint Olaf is excellent.

Yes, and look at other Midwestern schools.