Furman

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:second Gettysburg- know about a dozen grads and all very successful - client facing roles or sales - school takes good fun kids who are mediocre students and develops and cultivates life skills

Kids who get into Gettysburg might not be Ivy or WASP material, but they're not "mediocre." Christ!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:second Gettysburg- know about a dozen grads and all very successful - client facing roles or sales - school takes good fun kids who are mediocre students and develops and cultivates life skills

Kids who get into Gettysburg might not be Ivy or WASP material, but they're not "mediocre." Christ!

yeah, but I guess most people don't include the dropouts and failures when they're comparing their kid. Given the upper middle class life that they want their child to have then yes that's very average/target. They're not denigrating their child.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How's the financial status of some of those colleges listed ^^^? Still offering merit aid?

Maybe struggling small schools give tuition discounts, but charge for lots of miscellaneous things. Maybe struggling schools cut back on campus facilities, course offerings, & class sizes. Or maybe they overcharge in order to be able to give a discount to all disguised as a merit scholarship.

I look at college openings to see if they are hitting enrollment targets: https://www.nacacnet.org/college-openings-update/

Some of these schools may have trouble because of international students.