What colleges are falling out of fashion?

[Anonymous]

My kid didn’t want to go to W&M because of the rumors surrounding grade deflation. Got a 4.0 at UVA first term without heavy effort, so I think the choice made was correct.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The William and Mary poster is crazy. Jon Stewart and Jen Psaki have had pretty great careers. I know someone who’s a CEO now who went there undergrad.

I have a high school junior and a lot of kids her age think of William and Mary as quirky in a bad way. Not saying it’s accurate but there isn’t a ton of nteresr in attending.

Same here. I asked why and she said there is a certain type of student who goes there and left it at that. She's not at all interested in applying.

And it never occurred to you to educate your daughter about getting beyond her prejudices and snap judgements and gossip of her friends? Parent fail

[Anonymous]

Antioch, Hopkins, Grinnell, Kenyon, Bates

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dd wouldn’t consider applying to UVA and ended up at W&M (her other options were Slacs.) I’d say she’s brainy but repulsed by the heavy frat and party scene. She is fairly sophisticated in her tastes so that might be part of it.
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Or Moronic. You do know that all frats are off-campus at UVA and that less than 30% participate? Too bad she’s so sophisticated-she might have enjoyed meeting my UVA DS who never ventured into a frat house, graduated UVA with highest honors, attended Oxford and now is at a T3 law school …. But then she’s “too sophisticated” for him. Lololol. Oh and he’s in the Green Book.

[Anonymous]

Bennington, Bard

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid didn’t want to go to W&M because of the rumors surrounding grade deflation. Got a 4.0 at UVA first term without heavy effort, so I think the choice made was correct.

Neither school has grade deflation. Both have grade inflation, which is almost universal in colleges.

https://gradeinflation.com/Virginia.html
https://gradeinflation.com/Williamandmary.html

[Anonymous]

Wesleyan, Wellesley, Williams

[Anonymous]

Sarah Lawrence, Skidmore, Swarthmore, Bucknell

[Anonymous]

The person who keeps listing SLACs is out of touch.

[Anonymous]

My boy got into Amherst

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wesleyan, Wellesley, Williams

+1

[Anonymous]

Yale

[Anonymous]

U Miami - started to rise under Shalala. Reverting back. The U isnt for serious students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:U Miami - started to rise under Shalala. Reverting back. The U isnt for serious students.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Syracuse
Their science and technology department needs an upgrade fast and the journalism school isn't as prestigious as it used to be