So, where are your kids starting college next fall?

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Anonymous wrote:Surprised to see anyone going South given all the liberals here and the hatred of anything outside of the NE.

It's amazing the places people will consider once the Ivies and their own state publics have turned them down.

Duke, Rice, Vanderbilt, Davidson - yeah, it's an academic wasteland south of the Mason=dixon line

Those aren't the schools, I meant --- UGA, UF, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina -- decent schools, but not the caliber that usually impresses posters here.

Who cares what impresses random people on DCUM?

good point! I have been humbled myself by DC's results this year. Not so judgmental anymore.

Turning down U of Chicago for UVA for financial reasons.

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UChicago over Carnegie Mellon and Duke.

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That says more about you than it does about Davidson

It says: I’m not from the south and I don’t know all of the little regional colleges down there.

That "little regional college" is ranked 10th liberal arts college in the country, ahead of Smith, Vassar, Wesleyan, Oberlin (have you heard of those?).

Not the PP, but the colleges you mention are much better known than Davidson, which is virtually unknown to most.

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Nvcc

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That says more about you than it does about Davidson

It says: I’m not from the south and I don’t know all of the little regional colleges down there.

That "little regional college" is ranked 10th liberal arts college in the country, ahead of Smith, Vassar, Wesleyan, Oberlin (have you heard of those?).

Not the PP, but the colleges you mention are much better known than Davidson, which is virtually unknown to most.

Most of the people who matter (ie hiring managers, grad school admissions officers) have heard of it -- & hold its graduates in high regard.

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That says more about you than it does about Davidson

It says: I’m not from the south and I don’t know all of the little regional colleges down there.

That "little regional college" is ranked 10th liberal arts college in the country, ahead of Smith, Vassar, Wesleyan, Oberlin (have you heard of those?).

Not the PP, but the colleges you mention are much better known than Davidson, which is virtually unknown to most.

Most of the people who matter (ie hiring managers, grad school admissions officers) have heard of it -- & hold its graduates in high regard.

Depends on the field. I’m a STEM hiring manager and never heard of it. But I am not very familiar with the SLACs. Mostly the ones in the NE.

Sounds like a good school but based on demographics it’s more of a “Southern” school.

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION (BASED ON HIGH SCHOOL)
Mid-Atlantic 12.8%
Midwest 7.4%
Northeast 21.3%
South 43.6%
West 7.0%
International 7.8%

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What school isn't regional? 40% of Harvard students are from New England. Stanford is 35% from California alone, probably 40% if you add in the West Coast states. Regionalism is a feature at every school out there.

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Anonymous wrote:What school isn't regional? 40% of Harvard students are from New England. Stanford is 35% from California alone, probably 40% if you add in the West Coast states. Regionalism is a feature at every school out there.

Yes, that’s true. Guess it comes down to numbers. These very small schools that only offer a limited number of undergraduate programs don’t churn out all that many kids per year (which can be a good thing). So just based on numbers you are less likely to meet an applicant/student/alumnus *outside* of that region compared to the larger schools.

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Anonymous wrote:What school isn't regional? 40% of Harvard students are from New England. Stanford is 35% from California alone, probably 40% if you add in the West Coast states. Regionalism is a feature at every school out there.

This. DH is a VP of Marketing and Sales Strategy for a national education technology company and has worked in university administration. He has told me many times that ALL schools are ultimately regional, even the top ones. He has said that the number one predictor for where a kid will apply is where that kid lives. Doesn't matter if it's Harvard or a community college. That even applies to online programs, weirdly enough.

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Blackboard?

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That says more about you than it does about Davidson

It says: I’m not from the south and I don’t know all of the little regional colleges down there.

That "little regional college" is ranked 10th liberal arts college in the country, ahead of Smith, Vassar, Wesleyan, Oberlin (have you heard of those?).

Not the PP, but the colleges you mention are much better known than Davidson, which is virtually unknown to most.

Most of the people who matter (ie hiring managers, grad school admissions officers) have heard of it -- & hold its graduates in high regard.

Not really.

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Most folks don't really know all the schools.

For instance in Mass most folks know Boston University, Northeastern and Harvard which are three of the four largest colleges in Mass.

But surprisingly to me at least UMASS Amherst is the largest college in that state.

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Anonymous wrote:Most folks don't really know all the schools.

For instance in Mass most folks know Boston University, Northeastern and Harvard which are three of the four largest colleges in Mass.

But surprisingly to me at least UMASS Amherst is the largest college in that state.

I doubt most people even know the difference between Boston University & Boston College. Or UNC-Chapel Hill & NC State or Wesleyan (the highly ranked SLAC in CT) & Ohio Wesleyan. Or....

Most people probably couldn't accurately name all the Ivys either. My cousin from Boston, for instance, recently asked me if Providence was an Ivy League school. And he is highly educated!

So, yeah, just because someone (on or off this board) hasn't heard of a school or know that it is highly ranked doesn't mean that it isn't an excellent school.

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Anonymous wrote:Most folks don't really know all the schools.

For instance in Mass most folks know Boston University, Northeastern and Harvard which are three of the four largest colleges in Mass.

But surprisingly to me at least UMASS Amherst is the largest college in that state.

I doubt most people even know the difference between Boston University & Boston College. Or UNC-Chapel Hill & NC State or Wesleyan (the highly ranked SLAC in CT) & Ohio Wesleyan. Or....

Most people probably couldn't accurately name all the Ivys either. My cousin from Boston, for instance, recently asked me if Providence was an Ivy League school. And he is highly educated!

So, yeah, just because someone (on or off this board) hasn't heard of a school or know that it is highly ranked doesn't mean that it isn't an excellent school.

I live 15 miles from Pomona College and always thought it was in Pomona, CA. It's in next city over from Pomona. Who would have thought.

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Anonymous wrote:Most folks don't really know all the schools.

For instance in Mass most folks know Boston University, Northeastern and Harvard which are three of the four largest colleges in Mass.

But surprisingly to me at least UMASS Amherst is the largest college in that state.

I doubt most people even know the difference between Boston University & Boston College. Or UNC-Chapel Hill & NC State or Wesleyan (the highly ranked SLAC in CT) & Ohio Wesleyan. Or....

Most people probably couldn't accurately name all the Ivys either. My cousin from Boston, for instance, recently asked me if Providence was an Ivy League school. And he is highly educated!

So, yeah, just because someone (on or off this board) hasn't heard of a school or know that it is highly ranked doesn't mean that it isn't an excellent school.

Never said it wasn't an excellent school. Just low "brand" recognition.