Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?

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Anonymous wrote:Bucknell?

What a useless suggestion.

Bucknell is near the Pennsylvania Wilds region which is full of hiking and biking trails, rock climbing, kayaking, etc.

It's an outdoorsman's paradise. It's also an incredible school that fights way above its weight. If USNWR got rid of useless metrics like Pell Grants and ranked schools based on outcomes people care about like starting and mid-career salaries and Wall Street connections, it would be much higher than #31. In fact it would easily be top 10 among LACs.

Bucknell is a mediocre school. Get a grip, Bucknell booster. You are truly doing more harm than good — everyone knows that you are a paid shill trying to hype a crap product.

Unlikely a paid shill, though it does read like that. Connecting the dots between posts here and elsewhere, I’m pretty sure it’s a young alum for whom Bucknell wasn’t even a first choice. Once committed, though, they set out to aggressively shift the narrative, even if it meant bending the truth. If I’m wrong, then there are two of them using the same language and tactics.

For the record I think Bucknell is a fine school. It wouldn’t interest my own kid, mostly because they are drawn to a very different vibe. But I have nothing against Bucknell, and have known some kids (athletic, practical, motivated enough) who attended and had good experiences. Agree wholeheartedly, though, that this poster is doing more harm than good to the school’s reputation. There are Bucknell parents on this board who are quite reasoned and thoughtful, and I’d much rather hear from them.

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Anonymous wrote:Warren Wilson college in NC

Warren Wilson is a very niche school. I went to a hippie college, and we considered WWC to be militant hippies. It's a place that appeals to a very select group.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bucknell?

What a useless suggestion.

Bucknell is near the Pennsylvania Wilds region which is full of hiking and biking trails, rock climbing, kayaking, etc.

It's an outdoorsman's paradise. It's also an incredible school that fights way above its weight. If USNWR got rid of useless metrics like Pell Grants and ranked schools based on outcomes people care about like starting and mid-career salaries and Wall Street connections, it would be much higher than #31. In fact it would easily be top 10 among LACs.

Bucknell is a mediocre school. Get a grip, Bucknell booster. You are truly doing more harm than good — everyone knows that you are a paid shill trying to hype a crap product.

Bucknell is ranked #31, also it ranks #5 in Engineering Programs. Bucknell is way better than Davidson, Carleton, Grinnell, W&L, Bowdoin, Haverford etc

You get some life

Way better? It’s not anywhere close to the same league as any of the schools mentioned. I don’t want to insult other schools by comparing them to Bucknell, but anyone interested should look at admit rates, yield rates and grad outcomes to see just how poorly (in comparison) Bucknell does. These are objective measures, not a bunch of unsubstantiated crap from the Bucknell booster.

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Anonymous wrote:Warren Wilson college in NC

Warren Wilson is a very niche school. I went to a hippie college, and we considered WWC to be militant hippies. It's a place that appeals to a very select group.

According to Niche, Warren Wilson graduates earn an average of $25k six years after graduation. That's concerning. It also earns a C- overall.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Warren Wilson college in NC

Warren Wilson is a very niche school. I went to a hippie college, and we considered WWC to be militant hippies. It's a place that appeals to a very select group.

According to Niche, Warren Wilson graduates earn an average of $25k six years after graduation. That's concerning. It also earns a C- overall.

Yeah, it's not a place you go to if you're concerned about making money or working in a field DCUM would consider acceptable. WWC grads tend to either have a nice trust fund so they can live out their barefoot hippie dreams or they just completely reject capitalism and move to Celo to live in the communal settlement. it's an.....interesting....place.