Schools with highest quality of life

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sure hope all that fun doesn’t lead to an accidental pregnancy. At half those schools, the girls would be moms before the academic year ends.

Amazing that you can only talk about one subject and one subject only. The obsession is real.

Seriously. Give it a rest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Princeton Review released its rankings just in time for application season. Here are the schools with the highest QOL.

1. Vanderbilt
2. Emory
3. University of San Diego
4. Kansas State
5. Wheaton College
6. Washington State
7. Texas Christian
8. Auburn University
9. University of Richmond
10. Washington University St.Louis

https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/best-colleges?ceid-hp-banner

Well Richmond is not an option. I guess my kid is going to have a horrible Quality of life in-state (VA) for the next 4 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What does “quality of life” on campus mean?

NP--It's a combination of students' ratings of the dorms, food, administration, local town, etc. I like it, both because it's the users' opinions and because it's factors you don't get elsewhere.

Except that some of these schools may have more students with a far different comparative experiences--what pleases students at Kansas is in part what they are comparing it to. So not all that relevant for your kid unless they happen to match the life experiences of the bulk of the population making the ratings.

Sure, expectations play a minor role, but seeing that one school you're considering has a QoL rating of 90+ vs. another that's at around 80 makes you ask some questions.

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“Except that some of these schools may have more students with a far different comparative experiences--what pleases students at Kansas is in part what they are comparing it to“

I get your point, but I just want to assure the DMV folks that they have had running water & flush toilets in Kansas for at least a decade now. And in most counties they no longer have to climb up the telephone pole to make a call as was depicted on Green Acres.

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https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/g11438356/happiest-college-students/

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*^list of happiest colleges

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“*^list of happiest colleges“

Don’t bother. Somebody from Bethesda will just say that U of Oklahoma made the list because they now have color TV there.

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The common thread is that the schools on that list have a low proportion of DCUM offspring attending, which is precisely why they have a high QoL.

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DCUM makes it seem everyone hates Emory but then....

[Anonymous]

I am a KSU alum. Kansas State is a smallish college (20,000) with lots of TLC from professors and staff, small class sizes - under 20 students total and professors who challenge their students to do their best but understand mental health issues. It's seriously a hidden gem for many young people in the Midwest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a KSU alum. Kansas State is a smallish college (20,000) with lots of TLC from professors and staff, small class sizes - under 20 students total and professors who challenge their students to do their best but understand mental health issues. It's seriously a hidden gem for many young people in the Midwest.

But does it really have a higher quality of life than KU?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a KSU alum. Kansas State is a smallish college (20,000) with lots of TLC from professors and staff, small class sizes - under 20 students total and professors who challenge their students to do their best but understand mental health issues. It's seriously a hidden gem for many young people in the Midwest.

I would not call 20K students "Smallish"

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Anonymous wrote:“Except that some of these schools may have more students with a far different comparative experiences--what pleases students at Kansas is in part what they are comparing it to“

I get your point, but I just want to assure the DMV folks that they have had running water & flush toilets in Kansas for at least a decade now. And in most counties they no longer have to climb up the telephone pole to make a call as was depicted on Green Acres.

And also it is K-State and not Kansas (KU)

[Anonymous]

“in Kansas” = STATE of Kansas (includes KSU & KU)

The point being that East Coasters sometimes wonder if states like Kansas have some pretty basic amenities. Flush toilets is obviously hyperbole, but 8 yrs ago my kid was heading to a flagship in a Great Plains state, & several people asked if they had cell phone service out there.

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Anonymous wrote:Sure hope all that fun doesn’t lead to an accidental pregnancy. At half those schools, the girls would be moms before the academic year ends.

If there is a "most boring poster"award, I would like to nominate you.