Colleges with happy kids

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Yale!

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Auburn

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Bowdoin

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gettysburg

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:wesleyan is miserable - cliques galore, and non-stop sobbing since the election - athletes all targeted as republicans regardless of affiliation - lax bros beware

That does sound miserable. What is with these people?

This is total BS. Our kid is there and loves it. Plays club sports. Acts in plays and films. Tutors. Joined co-ed frat. Double majoring. No sobbing and no misery. Much joy and enthusiasm for studies, profs, friends and the future.

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Tulane

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UGA

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have several kids in college. Out of their extended friend groups of probably 20 kids, the schools where kids are really happy: UVA, UCLA, Wisconsin, Indiana, UMiami, Vanderbilt and Tulane.

Agree with some of this. In our private HS friend group, its:

Duke
Brown
Dartmouth
Vanderbilt
Rice (!!)
Michigan
USC
UCLA
BC
U-Miami
Wisconsin
Wake
Tulane
Santa Clara

CMC
Middlebury
Wesleyan
Davidson

You can report on the happiness of almost 20 kids who aren’t your own? Actually, more than 20 kids bc this supposes you know some kids who aren’t happy, too. I doubt you really know how all these kids feel (although I do hope they are all happy). Pointing this out bc answers to this thread will be even more useless than many.

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Anonymous wrote:Our neighbor has a kid who is miserable at Brown, wants to transfer. A friend of my DS who does not know this kid is very happy at Brown. We know happy Penn and CMU kids, though I am sure there are unhappy ones. We knew a kid miserable at W&L , transferred to Vandy and loved it, and we have known some who hate it.
None of this is the schools, it is the individual plus the element of expectation vs reality of college, especially competitive ones.

This makes sense.

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Anonymous wrote:The schools that rushed the field yesterday after big home football wins: ASU, Oklahoma, Auburn. Didn't see too many unhappy kids in those crowds.

Yes, enough alcohol will make a kid feel and look very happy indeed.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The schools that rushed the field yesterday after big home football wins: ASU, Oklahoma, Auburn. Didn't see too many unhappy kids in those crowds.

Yes, enough alcohol will make a kid feel and look very happy indeed.

I can confirm that, generally, kids at Auburn are legitimately happy and enjoying life. Has nothing to do with alcohol.

Can’t speak to the others.

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My kid is having the time of his life at Case Western. He has made great friends, is loving his classes and professors, and enjoying art and music scenes in Cleveland.

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Anonymous wrote:The kids aren’t alright.

The academic communities shaped by mentally ill progressive white people and helicopter parents suck.

All the joy has been suppressed and social growth obstructed. What a colossal waste of money. Better off commuting or online study.

Feel free to choose that for your kids!

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Northwestern!

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Anonymous wrote:My kid is having the time of his life at Case Western. He has made great friends, is loving his classes and professors, and enjoying art and music scenes in Cleveland.

I’m glad he’s enjoying Case! I’m from Cleveland. Case is a great school.
Cleveland is underrated.