Is Hillsdale the new Harvard?

[Anonymous]

I dont know. Had an old landlord that would blast WMAL. Used to hear Rush Limbaugh do ads for Hillsdale. Sorry but kind of freaked me out on the legitimacy. Figured it was a small Liberty.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s the perfect school for proper old WASPs turned Christo-fascist. It will never be Harvard. And I hate Harvard too.

I'd actually bet on Hillsdale becoming a new Harvard over any other college. It has really strong name rec (for its size), it has a lot of influential alums (pound for pound), it already has a $1 billion endowment, and their K-12 charters are feeders. Imagine if more mega rich keep sending them a boatload. Imagine if a mega rich donor or family gives a Bloomberg-sized $1 billion donation in the near future. The more they grow the endowment, they can give sharp Conservative kids full ride scholarships like Regis High School in Manhattan. Hillsdale can become a factory pumping out genius Conservative kids groomed for law, politics and media. Land is cheap in that region of Michigan, there is no limit to their expansion.

You're never going to "fix" the Ivies. They are too full of entrenched wackos.

The ivies upset me because they pretend to be bastions of deep though and equality but they primarily cater to wealthy and connected people. They’ve educated and unleashed some of the worst of humankind on our country because of it (looking at you DeSantis, Cruz, and what’s his face that cheered on the insurrectionists- just ti name a few)

Hillsdale is no different except that they don’t even pretend to care about equality.

F all these places giving spots to people whose resumes clearly show their extremism and sociopathic tendencies.

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Anonymous wrote:So Hillsdale has just under 1,600 students. That means each class has, what, 400 in the cohort.

It has a 21% acceptance rate. So, that's what, a total of around 2,000 applicants? Well, with a 62% yield rate (suggesting the self-selecting population), maybe call it more like 3,000?

Hillsdale recently boasted about a 53% increase in applications in the last DECADE. There are schools getting those sorts of numbers YoY.

Few people are clamoring to get into Hillsdale. It appeals to people desperate to remain in a right-wing bubble. That's all.

It's allegedly such an irrelevant college that you are reading and spamming this thread and googling random facts about it during a work day? lol

I am a Harvard graduate and independently wealthy. So I don’t work. I just thought it would be useful to piss on your ridiculous hype.

A school with 3,000 applicants a year isn’t making any leaps and bounds. It appeals to a niche audience. That’s fine. But comparisons to Harvard or real universities? Naw.

You don’t have an elementary level grasp of English grammar. State school degree mill, if you even have a BA.

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Anonymous wrote:Given all of the controversies circling Harvard, are students going to opt for more tradition educations at traditional schools such as Hillsdale College?

Not unless they or their parents already have a right-wing Authoritarian mindset. The Hillsdale 1776 curriculum aims to destroy the humanity of its students. All in the name of Jesus.


https://www.salon.com/2022/03/16/coming-to-a-school-near-you-stealth-religion-and-a-trumped-up-version-of-american-history/

Coming to a school near you: Stealth religion and a Trumped-up version of American history

Exclusive: Hillsdale College's charter school network pushes "patriotic education." Critics say it's propaganda.

This is the second in a three-part investigative series on Hillsdale College, its charter school network and its connection to the national struggle over education. Read Part 1 here.

In recent years, Hillsdale College, a small private Christian school in Michigan, has quietly become a driving force in America's ongoing fights around education. A "feeder school" for the Trump administration, Hillsdale led President Trump's controversial 1776 Commission and serves as a testing ground for the right's most ambitious ideas: For instance, that diversity erodes national unity, that Vladimir Putin is a populist hero and that conservatives should lure so many children out of public schools that the entire system collapses.

Hillsdale has inconspicuously been building a network of "classical education" charter schools, which use public tax dollars to teach that the U.S. was founded on "Judeo-Christian" principles and that progressivism is fundamentally anti-American. In January, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee announced plans to partner with Hillsdale to launch as many as 50 such schools, which public education advocates fear could be a tipping point in the privatization battle.

In this three-part series, Salon looks at Hillsdale's multifaceted and far-reaching role in shaping and disseminating the ideas and strategies that power the right. In our first installment, we met Hillsdale president Larry Arnn, a Winston Churchill scholar who led Trump's short-lived 1776 Commission and has used his connections to right-wing thought leaders like Ginni Thomas and Betsy DeVos to turn his school into a political powerhouse. He has described education as a "weapon" in the conservative war to reclaim America....

What’s wrong with Jesus? Yet you mind that Zionism is the religion of the Ivies and their donor class? Interesting.

[Anonymous]

OP and other Hillsdale Promoters here ~ you do Hillsdale NO favors by posting. This is a horrible approach for developing good press or good will towards the university. This approach just looks ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP and other Hillsdale Promoters here ~ you do Hillsdale NO favors by posting. This is a horrible approach for developing good press or good will towards the university. This approach just looks ignorant.

Get a life.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in Michigan. This was a school for rich kids who couldn't get in anywhere else.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Hillsdale has just under 1,600 students. That means each class has, what, 400 in the cohort.

It has a 21% acceptance rate. So, that's what, a total of around 2,000 applicants? Well, with a 62% yield rate (suggesting the self-selecting population), maybe call it more like 3,000?

Hillsdale recently boasted about a 53% increase in applications in the last DECADE. There are schools getting those sorts of numbers YoY.

Few people are clamoring to get into Hillsdale. It appeals to people desperate to remain in a right-wing bubble. That's all.

It's allegedly such an irrelevant college that you are reading and spamming this thread and googling random facts about it during a work day? lol

I am a Harvard graduate and independently wealthy. So I don’t work. I just thought it would be useful to piss on your ridiculous hype.

A school with 3,000 applicants a year isn’t making any leaps and bounds. It appeals to a niche audience. That’s fine. But comparisons to Harvard or real universities? Naw.

You don’t have an elementary level grasp of English grammar. State school degree mill, if you even have a BA.

Um. No grammar problems in my post, boo. But all this swinging and missing is good for your cardiovascular health anyway.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So Hillsdale has just under 1,600 students. That means each class has, what, 400 in the cohort.

It has a 21% acceptance rate. So, that's what, a total of around 2,000 applicants? Well, with a 62% yield rate (suggesting the self-selecting population), maybe call it more like 3,000?

Hillsdale recently boasted about a 53% increase in applications in the last DECADE. There are schools getting those sorts of numbers YoY.

Few people are clamoring to get into Hillsdale. It appeals to people desperate to remain in a right-wing bubble. That's all.

It's allegedly such an irrelevant college that you are reading and spamming this thread and googling random facts about it during a work day? lol

I am a Harvard graduate and independently wealthy. So I don’t work. I just thought it would be useful to piss on your ridiculous hype.

A school with 3,000 applicants a year isn’t making any leaps and bounds. It appeals to a niche audience. That’s fine. But comparisons to Harvard or real universities? Naw.

Such a waste of your degree. Good job popping the Ivy reputation bubble from the inside!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s the perfect school for proper old WASPs turned Christo-fascist. It will never be Harvard. And I hate Harvard too.

I'd actually bet on Hillsdale becoming a new Harvard over any other college. It has really strong name rec (for its size), it has a lot of influential alums (pound for pound), it already has a $1 billion endowment, and their K-12 charters are feeders. Imagine if more mega rich keep sending them a boatload. Imagine if a mega rich donor or family gives a Bloomberg-sized $1 billion donation in the near future. The more they grow the endowment, they can give sharp Conservative kids full ride scholarships like Regis High School in Manhattan. Hillsdale can become a factory pumping out genius Conservative kids groomed for law, politics and media. Land is cheap in that region of Michigan, there is no limit to their expansion.

You're never going to "fix" the Ivies. They are too full of entrenched wackos.

The ivies upset me because they pretend to be bastions of deep though and equality but they primarily cater to wealthy and connected people. They’ve educated and unleashed some of the worst of humankind on our country because of it (looking at you DeSantis, Cruz, and what’s his face that cheered on the insurrectionists- just ti name a few)

Hillsdale is no different except that they don’t even pretend to care about equality.

F all these places giving spots to people whose resumes clearly show their extremism and sociopathic tendencies.

They can be too things at once. Artists and intellectuals have always had to suck up to wealthy patrons. Would you discard da Vinci and Michelangelo?

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Anonymous wrote:The only requirement to Harvard in the olden days was that the applicant understood Greek or Latin, which allowed them to read old books . Around 20 percent of incoming Hillsdale students understand Greek or Latin. That is higher than almost all universities in America. Compare that to the students entering our best universities. The main requirement now seems to be you are a member of a minority group.

Maybe try St. John's in Annapolis, MD if ancient Greek and Latin are your thing.

So weird how people try to connect the world view of ancient pagans to contemporary Christianity.

It's because the 2000 year old statues have lost their paint, so they are white.

Smoke on your pipe and put that in!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How is diversity at Hillsdale?

Refreshingly, they make a point to NOT ask students about their ethnicity, race, etc. They don’t keep statistics on those things at all.

Not being able to answer that basic question is not "refreshing." Or particularly good marketing.

But the answer is it's not particularly diverse since it's evangelical Lutheran.

You are making an assumption.

Yep. Most of the posters here are just full of ASSumptions, and little else. Lots of chips on shoulders.
DP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is diversity at Hillsdale?

Refreshingly, they make a point to NOT ask students about their ethnicity, race, etc. They don’t keep statistics on those things at all.

+1. Diversity is an astroturfed construct created from thin air and shoved down our throats to sow division and rationalize exclusion.

Amen! Why can't we go back to the good old days, when people were people, and Coloreds were Coloreds. People used to be able to say whatever they wanted, and now everyone gets mad about it!

Nice try, troll. Get a life.

+100
So many nutjob trolls here.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Isn’t Hillsdale so desperate for applicants that it accepts all Bible thumpers? Is it as good as Patrick Henry College?

NP. With an acceptance rate of 21%, I would hardly call Hillsdale "desperate". They are extremely selective.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/hillsdale-college-2272

They have a 21% acceptance rate among students who would consider going to a right-wing Christian college.

That is not the same thing as the admissions rate at Harvard, Michigan, or any other mainstream college.

I'm sorry - could you please cite where you found the bolded? Oh, you made it up, you say? Thought so. The link above is from USNWR. No qualifications necessary. It's got a 21% acceptance rate, period. It's ranked #39, right between Denison and Kenyon. Your personal opinion about the school means zero.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Isn’t Hillsdale so desperate for applicants that it accepts all Bible thumpers? Is it as good as Patrick Henry College?

NP. With an acceptance rate of 21%, I would hardly call Hillsdale "desperate". They are extremely selective.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/hillsdale-college-2272

They have a 21% acceptance rate among students who would consider going to a right-wing Christian college.

That is not the same thing as the admissions rate at Harvard, Michigan, or any other mainstream college.

I'm sorry - could you please cite where you found the bolded? Oh, you made it up, you say? Thought so. The link above is from USNWR. No qualifications necessary. It's got a 21% acceptance rate, period. It's ranked #39, right between Denison and Kenyon. Your personal opinion about the school means zero.

Pretty sure pp just means the miniscule applicant pool self-selects as people willing to attend a right-wing, Christian college. It’s not like this place has widespread appeal or a diverse pool of applicants from which to choose.