Elon University - is it as good as it "looks"?

[Anonymous]

From Boston and graduated from Elon within the last 10 years. Elon has a great name in New England and was a much better fit than zoomass. In-state at UMass vs Elon at full freight was pretty close (I think Elon's COA has gone up drastically since I graduated.)

For the people bashing Elon - how old are these people who you claim aren't doing anything with their lives? I agree with the PP, nearly everyone is doing something respectable with their lives, if not something really cool - even the ski bums are in interesting places!

[Anonymous]

I grew up in this area and want to second PPs about Burlington. This is a very economically depressed area of NC, especially after the economic downturn, the furniture factories going off shore and lots of mills going through bankruptcy. There just isn't much there, or within an hour or so driving radius. Kids who have grown up in the DC area (including the suburbs and exurbs) are going to have huge culture shock.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But if you had your choice of in-state tuition versus Elon, you would go with the in-state school, right? I think some of these SLACs and LACs and less selective private universities are just priced way too high for the value. What do you think?

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Tend to agree. Can those SLACs be really worth it?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:But if you had your choice of in-state tuition versus Elon, you would go with the in-state school, right? I think some of these SLACs and LACs and less selective private universities are just priced way too high for the value. What do you think?

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Tend to agree. Can those SLACs be really worth it?

I don't even think my own SLAC is worth it anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous.....bitter much ?...I was accepted to 7 awesome Colleges / Universities. The last letter came from Elon. One visit and it was a no brainer. Spectacular Campus & learning environment. I never looked back. No regrets.
Methinks someone is still smarting from not getting accepted. That's what methinks. ( As does everyone reading your miserable posts. )

[Anonymous]

gotten popular lately for sure. Somewhat like JMU. Not much daylight between those two academically. Both pleasant places to attend though, so receive favorable comments by those who attended.

[Anonymous]

I've toured 9 schools with DS over the last 8 months and was more impressed with Elon than some of the more prestigious schools. I walked away thinking DS would get a solid education at Elon.

[Anonymous]

The people I know who went to Elon were wealthy, white, and didn't get into other schools. Definitely visit to get a feel for it if your child is considering it. The people who went are successful career-wise but would have been successful anywhere because of their family wealth/name/connections.

[Anonymous]

I think I might have posted this before, but a friend's son goes there. He is not white BTW (1/2 Asian). He got a very good deal as a communications fellow. He is a talented writer who hopes to become a journalist. He has been there a couple of years now and has done some great internships.

[Anonymous]

Visited the school this summer with DS. Yes the campus was impressive but the academics left us wondering? Is it worth it? DS may not apply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our HS Naviance shows a GPA of 3.8+ and 1250+ SAT scores are required for admission. Not too shabby.

College Data shows: Ave: 3.54 UW and 3.98 W and 1194 SAT.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Visited the school this summer with DS. Yes the campus was impressive but the academics left us wondering? Is it worth it? DS may not apply.

No. Try in-state first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Visited the school this summer with DS. Yes the campus was impressive but the academics left us wondering? Is it worth it? DS may not apply.

Apply and see what you get for financial aid.

[Anonymous]

My daughter got a full scholarship to Elon and American university. She went to Elon and graduates in may. She is going to law school after and American university offered her another scholarship for law school. No my child isn't a drunk white kid. She was raised by me a single mom. She graduated high school with a 4.9 GPA. Has kept nothing best top grades at Elon. So for all you butts saying rich kids go there because they can't get in anywhere else. Well your wrong. Let's face it! All university's has the not so great kids that rich parents paid a big sum to get them in. But for my poor daughter she got in on her own smarts and amazing essay and being a top notch student. So now she has to decide which scholarship to take for law school. Because of course there's more then one. Because my daughter is smart and she has been accepted and respected and loved at Elon from the rich kids. Yes!! There's some poor kids there to like my daughter. But these kids worked their asses off to get the scholarships. So don't lump every young person into mom and dad is rich and paid to get them in because they could not get in anywhere else. Elon is a great university and they expect the best from their students and if you don't give your best and act your best. They will inform the parents we don't need your kid here. I know for a fact it's happened. So talk about what you know or shut the hell up. Elon is number one in my book and has made a dream come to for this very poor single mom who raised her daughter to reach for the stars and hang on. I also have eanothwr daughter in college who is also an academic student. So to you married couples that could not raise your kids as well as this poor parents did alone. I would say your the sorry ones and it landed on your kids. You get out of your kids what you put into them.

[Anonymous]

Furman's nicer, with better academics.