SMU?

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Anonymous wrote:RD decisions out tonight and DS accepted. Anyone with a current or very recent student there who can comment on culture, academic opportunities and outcomes? Like it or not, Texas is one state that is absolutely booming. It seems like that alone could offer attractive options.

Like what? Staying in Texas? You'd want that for your kid?

Are you from the DMV?

Stop stereotyping.

Texas is vast -- it is not all MAGA and mega churches.

I never said it was. My question was more fundamental: does OP want to send a kid that far away and have them stay there?

OP here. Of course my preference is that all of my kids end up living on the same block, right next door to me, in sort of a family compound.

But failing that- I can think of a lot of worse places than Texas to end up, although it probably wouldn’t be my first choice. I was thinking more about internships and first jobs.

I sure can't.

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Anonymous wrote:According to College Factual, in a recent year there were only 3 kids at SMU from DC. So that poster must be seeing double.

Now that’s funny. Nothing like a troll getting caught with their pants down.

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Anonymous wrote:The only people I know from NW DC who have kids at SMU are MAGA losers and really fake/unfriendly.

NP. Laughable. I’ve lived in NW DC for 16 years and I’ve yet to meet one person- let alone “people” - who have kids at SMU. So your troll comment needs some work.

You don't know many people or at least college aged people. I know a half dozen NW DC kids who are at SMU.

Different poster. No, you don't.

Do i need to link Instagram accounts? If you are in private school circles you know SMU kids. I honestly probably know more like 8 because they're spread over 4 years.

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Anonymous wrote:RD decisions out tonight and DS accepted. Anyone with a current or very recent student there who can comment on culture, academic opportunities and outcomes? Like it or not, Texas is one state that is absolutely booming. It seems like that alone could offer attractive options.

Like what? Staying in Texas? You'd want that for your kid?

Are you from the DMV?

Stop stereotyping.

Texas is vast -- it is not all MAGA and mega churches.

I never said it was. My question was more fundamental: does OP want to send a kid that far away and have them stay there?

OP here. Of course my preference is that all of my kids end up living on the same block, right next door to me, in sort of a family compound.

But failing that- I can think of a lot of worse places than Texas to end up, although it probably wouldn’t be my first choice. I was thinking more about internships and first jobs.

I sure can't.

Then your world is very small.

[Anonymous]

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St Albans has 10 graduates at SMU from the past 5 admission years. These college stats include the class of 2025. Most are from DC proper.

This is ONE school.

https://www.stalbansschool.org/about/meet-st-albans

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Anonymous wrote:The only people I know from NW DC who have kids at SMU are MAGA losers and really fake/unfriendly.

NP. Laughable. I’ve lived in NW DC for 16 years and I’ve yet to meet one person- let alone “people” - who have kids at SMU. So your troll comment needs some work.

You don't know many people or at least college aged people. I know a half dozen NW DC kids who are at SMU.

Different poster. No, you don't.

Do i need to link Instagram accounts? If you are in private school circles you know SMU kids. I honestly probably know more like 8 because they're spread over 4 years.

Yes. Link the Instagram accounts. You know what? I could do that too, for any random school, and claim I "know" them.

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St Albans grads from the classes of 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

University of Chicago (35)
Boston College (16)
University of Virginia (14)
Dartmouth College (13)
Yale University (12)
Princeton University (12)
Georgetown University (11)
Southern Methodist University (10)
Cornell University (9)
Harvard University (8)
Bowdoin College (8)
Duke University (7)
Tulane University (7)
Morehouse College (7)
Colgate University (6)
University of North Carolina (6)
Emory University (6)
Amherst College (6)
University of St. Andrews (6)
Columbia University (6)
University of Wisconsin (6)
Wesleyan University (6)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here.
St Albans has 10 graduates at SMU from the past 5 admission years. These college stats include the class of 2025. Most are from DC proper.

This is ONE school.

https://www.stalbansschool.org/about/meet-st-albans

Do you know them all? You said you "know" at least six.

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Anonymous wrote:RD decisions out tonight and DS accepted. Anyone with a current or very recent student there who can comment on culture, academic opportunities and outcomes? Like it or not, Texas is one state that is absolutely booming. It seems like that alone could offer attractive options.

We know a few there. It is very wealth and appearance centric, greeks rule, at least for females. The classes are extremely easy compared to the DMV top private.

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Anonymous wrote:The only people I know from NW DC who have kids at SMU are MAGA losers and really fake/unfriendly.

NP. Laughable. I’ve lived in NW DC for 16 years and I’ve yet to meet one person- let alone “people” - who have kids at SMU. So your troll comment needs some work.

You don't know many people or at least college aged people. I know a half dozen NW DC kids who are at SMU.

Different poster. No, you don't.

Do i need to link Instagram accounts? If you are in private school circles you know SMU kids. I honestly probably know more like 8 because they're spread over 4 years.

Yes. Link the Instagram accounts. You know what? I could do that too, for any random school, and claim I "know" them.

And PP not only knows them, she also knows how they voted.

[Anonymous]

Actually, that's a very helpful link because it feeds right into the SMU stereotype. Rich kids from conservative families who can't get into the top privates end up there.

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Anonymous wrote:Actually, that's a very helpful link because it feeds right into the SMU stereotype. Rich kids from conservative families who can't get into the top privates end up there.

Yes, that's pretty much illustrated very clearly in that list.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to College Factual, in a recent year there were only 3 kids at SMU from DC. So that poster must be seeing double.

To be fair, College Factual shows number of students from each state in a single incoming class, not in the whole undergrad population. Just add up the numbers from all 50 states plus DC, and you'll get roughly a quarter of the undergrad population.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:St Albans grads from the classes of 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

University of Chicago (35)
Boston College (16)
University of Virginia (14)
Dartmouth College (13)
Yale University (12)
Princeton University (12)
Georgetown University (11)
Southern Methodist University (10)
Cornell University (9)
Harvard University (8)
Bowdoin College (8)
Duke University (7)
Tulane University (7)
Morehouse College (7)
Colgate University (6)
University of North Carolina (6)
Emory University (6)
Amherst College (6)
University of St. Andrews (6)
Columbia University (6)
University of Wisconsin (6)
Wesleyan University (6)

What's even more interesting is how all of the STA kids got rejected at the #1 school on this list during the 25-26 admissions cycle

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Anonymous wrote:St Albans grads from the classes of 21, 22, 23, 24, 25

University of Chicago (35)
Boston College (16)
University of Virginia (14)
Dartmouth College (13)
Yale University (12)
Princeton University (12)
Georgetown University (11)
Southern Methodist University (10)
Cornell University (9)
Harvard University (8)
Bowdoin College (8)
Duke University (7)
Tulane University (7)
Morehouse College (7)
Colgate University (6)
University of North Carolina (6)
Emory University (6)
Amherst College (6)
University of St. Andrews (6)
Columbia University (6)
University of Wisconsin (6)
Wesleyan University (6)

What's even more interesting is how all of the STA kids got rejected at the #1 school on this list during the 25-26 admissions cycle

Well, I don't want to side track this thread, but if I spent all that money for STA and my kid had to go to SMU or Tulane I'd be sorely disappointed.