tell me about colleges that didn't make your kid's list
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Anonymous
| Maybe in 10 years, when my kid is looking at colleges, William & Mary will have air conditioning in all of their freshman dorms. |
Anonymous
That is their goal 
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Anonymous
Agree. It was really weird. I got a religious vibe to it. Is it actually a Christian school? GORGEOUS dorms though : ) |
Anonymous
United Methodist affiliated institution |
Anonymous
The school has a history of educating Irish Catholic in America. Hence, four friends named Patrick Walsh. From their website, “ Boston College has had a long tradition of engagement with Ireland and its culture. The University was founded, in part, to educate the children of Irish Catholic immigrants in Boston. The Irish Studies program at Boston College began in 1978 and is one of the leading international centers for Irish Studies.” |
Anonymous
DP. That's like saying a poster avoid Syracuse or any other school for "obvious reasons" (or the inability to teach punctuation). Asking what those reasons were was hardly out of line. Get a grip. |
Anonymous
It also has a reputation for really, really pampering students. There's a stereotype why students want to go there--it's like a spa, has laundry service etc. I don't think that serves their graduates the best when going for jobs, grad schools etc. as there's a reputation that they are spoiled. |
Anonymous
No kidding. My STEM kids' impression - "They're not interested in us." |
Anonymous
It’s pretty outrageous because BC has plenty of money. They should be able to attract a more diverse student body. |
Anonymous
| They don't really want to. |
Anonymous
| Amherst. They were sooooo snooty. Kid took it right off the list. |
Anonymous
Totally false. My stem kid went in for aerospace engineering and is now doing grad work at Princeton I. Electrical engineering. Do your research. A lot of kids from rival colleges post nonsense here about UVA |
Anonymous
Not fair. They do admit both Northern Californians AND Southern Californians. |
Anonymous
This is a true story. Years ago the Director of Admissions at Amherst visited my NoVa public when they were looking to diversify their applicant pool. I was among a number of seniors invited to meet with him. He made a presentation about the school and then asked if anyone had questions. No one had questions at first, so he pointed at me and said “I’m sure you must have a question.” On the fly, I asked him if a middle class kid from a NoVa public would feel at home at a college with a lot of private school graduates. For whatever reason, he lost it and started yelling about how misguided the question was and how Amherst had rich and poor students from all over the world, including Harlem. I was totally mortified. Later that day I got called to my guidance counselor’s office. My counselor was also the head football coach and I thought he was going to chew me out for asking an inappropriate question and embarrassing our school. Instead, he said that he’d reviewed the grades and test scores of some of the seniors with the AD and that the AD had committed to admit three of us, including me, to Amherst if we applied. I never found out if he knew I was the same student who had asked the impertinent (although, in hindsight, fairly innocuous) question. I didn’t end up applying there. I did visit Amherst once, on a trip to Massachusetts to see Williams, and wasn’t crazy about the vibe. But one of my classmates did take the AD up on his offer, and went on to be very successful. |
Anonymous
| Things may have changed since you applied. My DC recently visited Amherst and thought the vibe was fairly chill and welcoming. |