What are your favorite CTCLs (and similar) and why?

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We, the shoeless. Yeah, not my thing either. Can’t blame the kid. The mind wanders, wondering where those feet have been.

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Please. Not CTCL schools again. Please let this thread die. CTCLs are second tier no name overpriced schools for kids and parents desperate to think their schools are special. They’re not.

[Anonymous]

Mine because he didn’t like the fact that the road leading up to the main entrance had a pothole.

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Anonymous wrote:St Mary’s college is in a financial crisis.

1) Which one, CA (a CTCL) or the one in MD?

2) How do you know?

in Maryland. They are cutting departments and majors. Know because it seems obvious and from people who are in higher Ed.

Did you know they’re also adding a neuroscience and a marine science major?

Yes I did.

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Anonymous wrote:My DD on Swarthmore: The dining hall looks like just like a camp dining all. Forget it.
Kids are hilarious. DS, c/o 2023, didn't like UVA during a casual walk through because it was "too dirty"??!! Still don't know WTH the means.

I still laugh at the post on DCUM from a parent whose child ruled out a school because people were "too tall."

My child crossed Bates off the list because the tour guide wasn't wearing shoes. (Toured in summer )

PP with the UVA kid...no shoes? I think I have to agree with your DC!

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Anonymous wrote:Please. Not CTCL schools again. Please let this thread die. CTCLs are second tier no name overpriced schools for kids and parents desperate to think their schools are special. They’re not.

You’re not a kind person. And why do you care? You seem insecure.

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Anonymous wrote:Please. Not CTCL schools again. Please let this thread die. CTCLs are second tier no name overpriced schools for kids and parents desperate to think their schools are special. They’re not.

One thing I liked about the half dozen or so CTCL schools I visited is that they had very few students like this person. Go Buccaneers!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St Mary’s college is in a financial crisis.

1) Which one, CA (a CTCL) or the one in MD?

2) How do you know?

in Maryland. They are cutting departments and majors. Know because it seems obvious and from people who are in higher Ed.

Did you know they’re also adding a neuroscience and a marine science major?

Yes I did.

They added programs in a desperate attempt to save the school which has had declining enrollment for the last 15 years or so. Not a good choice for a humanities focused student as they have cut art history and religious studies and are considering philosophy next.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please. Not CTCL schools again. Please let this thread die. CTCLs are second tier no name overpriced schools for kids and parents desperate to think their schools are special. They’re not.

One thing I liked about the half dozen or so CTCL schools I visited is that they had very few students like this person. Go Buccaneers!

So do many, many other schools. They just don't cost as much as most CTCL schools, are just as good, and people have actually heard of them.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please. Not CTCL schools again. Please let this thread die. CTCLs are second tier no name overpriced schools for kids and parents desperate to think their schools are special. They’re not.

One thing I liked about the half dozen or so CTCL schools I visited is that they had very few students like this person. Go Buccaneers!

So do many, many other schools. They just don't cost as much as most CTCL schools, are just as good, and people have actually heard of them.

I thought the appeal of these schools is that they cost half the price of a top 20 liberal arts college. Most of them give merit which brings the COA down to 40k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please. Not CTCL schools again. Please let this thread die. CTCLs are second tier no name overpriced schools for kids and parents desperate to think their schools are special. They’re not.

One thing I liked about the half dozen or so CTCL schools I visited is that they had very few students like this person. Go Buccaneers!

So do many, many other schools. They just don't cost as much as most CTCL schools, are just as good, and people have actually heard of them.

Which schools? Recommendations of schools would be helpful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Please. Not CTCL schools again. Please let this thread die. CTCLs are second tier no name overpriced schools for kids and parents desperate to think their schools are special. They’re not.

One thing I liked about the half dozen or so CTCL schools I visited is that they had very few students like this person. Go Buccaneers!

So do many, many other schools. They just don't cost as much as most CTCL schools, are just as good, and people have actually heard of them.

I thought the appeal of these schools is that they cost half the price of a top 20 liberal arts college. Most of them give merit which brings the COA down to 40k.

Only if you’re good enough for top 20, in which case you go to the top 20. You’ll hear a lot of parents claim their kid turned down a top 20 for a CTCL school, but it’s rarely true.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please. Not CTCL schools again. Please let this thread die. CTCLs are second tier no name overpriced schools for kids and parents desperate to think their schools are special. They’re not.

One thing I liked about the half dozen or so CTCL schools I visited is that they had very few students like this person. Go Buccaneers!

So do many, many other schools. They just don't cost as much as most CTCL schools, are just as good, and people have actually heard of them.

I thought the appeal of these schools is that they cost half the price of a top 20 liberal arts college. Most of them give merit which brings the COA down to 40k.

They all aim to make the cost of attendance roughly equal to the cost of attending your instate flagship.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Please. Not CTCL schools again. Please let this thread die. CTCLs are second tier no name overpriced schools for kids and parents desperate to think their schools are special. They’re not.

One thing I liked about the half dozen or so CTCL schools I visited is that they had very few students like this person. Go Buccaneers!

So do many, many other schools. They just don't cost as much as most CTCL schools, are just as good, and people have actually heard of them.

I thought the appeal of these schools is that they cost half the price of a top 20 liberal arts college. Most of them give merit which brings the COA down to 40k.

Only if you’re good enough for top 20, in which case you go to the top 20. You’ll hear a lot of parents claim their kid turned down a top 20 for a CTCL school, but it’s rarely true.

Ok but they aren’t expensive as PP claimed

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St Mary’s college is in a financial crisis.

1) Which one, CA (a CTCL) or the one in MD?

2) How do you know?

in Maryland. They are cutting departments and majors. Know because it seems obvious and from people who are in higher Ed.

Did you know they’re also adding a neuroscience and a marine science major?

Yes I did.

They added programs in a desperate attempt to save the school which has had declining enrollment for the last 15 years or so. Not a good choice for a humanities focused student as they have cut art history and religious studies and are considering philosophy next.

And yet they keep going up in the USN&WR rankings (among others). Imagine that.