Hobart William Smith

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Literally no one cares about this school. It's not even remotely prestigious in any sense of the word, so it's comical seeing the one booster repeatedly try to claim it is. Lol.

Where are you from? I think you may not be familiar with a certain set that definitely knows HWS. Much like most people don’t really know Gettysburg or Bucknell unless from around here. But both those have somewhat similar demographics (a lot of white, affluent kids, from private schools and lacrosse is emphasized)

You're right, I'm just lowly striver peon/peasant/lower-class bum. Ya got me!

[Anonymous]

To the Hobart defender(s) - still a crap school and yes I bet it will shut down. Sorry not sorry.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suspect it'll close doors in the next 15 years. Lot of underperforming, small liberal arts-type schools in the middle of nowhere have a long, difficult road ahead of them as the higher ed landscape continues to evolve.

You again? You who periodically comes around to make baseless claims that established colleges are going to close down because the “higher ed landscape continues to evolve”? Pray, tell, what about the evolving higher ed landscape will force these poor, little ‘ol schools to “close doors”?

Uh, what? I think you’ve mistaken me for someone else. But to answer your question: fewer and fewer students want to study in a small, remote LAC in an undesirable part of the country; same goes for quality faculty; and a tiny endowment doesn’t bode well for the school’s future.

This x100 - many small colleges without a niche or substantive following will be closing in the next 10-20 years. 74% of all schools were found to have financial issues - a 10 second search found that article on CNBC. For example, Ithaca is having money problems. Hampshire will likely shut down. Plenty of other named schools are in the same boat. I wouldn't touch HWS with $10 of my money - why bet on a school that probably has a 50% shot of surviving the next decade? There are 500+ schools in better financial shape.

+1. My own school is 30 million in the red. And parents are really reassessing whether these schools are worth $81k+ a year.

[Anonymous]

Hobart & William Smith is certainly going to close any minute now...while my underachieving kids' degree mills will be open forever! Freakin' clowns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Literally no one cares about this school. It's not even remotely prestigious in any sense of the word, so it's comical seeing the one booster repeatedly try to claim it is. Lol.

Where are you from? I think you may not be familiar with a certain set that definitely knows HWS. Much like most people don’t really know Gettysburg or Bucknell unless from around here. But both those have somewhat similar demographics (a lot of white, affluent kids, from private schools and lacrosse is emphasized)

You're right, I'm just lowly striver peon/peasant/lower-class bum. Ya got me!

True dat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the Hobart defender(s) - still a crap school and yes I bet it will shut down. Sorry not sorry.

Lol, dude give it up. I get it you are trolling pretty well here but honestly that and some saltines still leaves you with no soup.

[Anonymous]

Listen it’s a school for a certain set. If you’re not familiar, there’s no convincing you, and it’ll probably piss you off

Kids are from NE affluent suburbs mostly private or boarding
Dads are Wall Street types
They weren’t superstars on high school but they did fine, partied, well liked, probably played a sport
They summer on Block Island, Vineyard etc
They know what scotch their dad likes best and will but it got a visit
Preppy with a NE bent (Patagonia, Birks)
Liberal

What will piss yiu iff is they will put in some effort and have done great teachers, graduate, and end up living pretty much their parents’ life in Rye, or Wellesley, or similar.

Reason: affluent , connected background, strong soft skills, play the right sports, smart enough, etc. you can hate it but this is still the reality for a certain population

[Anonymous]

Sorry PP here, a lot of typos but hope still clear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Listen it’s a school for a certain set. If you’re not familiar, there’s no convincing you, and it’ll probably piss you off

Kids are from NE affluent suburbs mostly private or boarding
Dads are Wall Street types
They weren’t superstars on high school but they did fine, partied, well liked, probably played a sport
They summer on Block Island, Vineyard etc
They know what scotch their dad likes best and will but it got a visit
Preppy with a NE bent (Patagonia, Birks)
Liberal

What will piss yiu iff is they will put in some effort and have done great teachers, graduate, and end up living pretty much their parents’ life in Rye, or Wellesley, or similar.

Reason: affluent , connected background, strong soft skills, play the right sports, smart enough, etc. you can hate it but this is still the reality for a certain population

Spot on. I was an outsider at a different school, but similar (I was from the Midwest) it was a cultural experience that really taught me a lot. This is a subset of the population hard to understand unless you experience it en masse. It’s 1%, older money, liberal, NE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To the Hobart defender(s) - still a crap school and yes I bet it will shut down. Sorry not sorry.

Ok so you do not get it. And that’s ok. It’s not your crowd, that’s true for most people. But don’t try to put your metric on a system you just don’t understand

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Listen it’s a school for a certain set. If you’re not familiar, there’s no convincing you, and it’ll probably piss you off

Kids are from NE affluent suburbs mostly private or boarding
Dads are Wall Street types
They weren’t superstars on high school but they did fine, partied, well liked, probably played a sport
They summer on Block Island, Vineyard etc
They know what scotch their dad likes best and will but it got a visit
Preppy with a NE bent (Patagonia, Birks)
Liberal

What will piss yiu iff is they will put in some effort and have done great teachers, graduate, and end up living pretty much their parents’ life in Rye, or Wellesley, or similar.

Reason: affluent , connected background, strong soft skills, play the right sports, smart enough, etc. you can hate it but this is still the reality for a certain population

This is so, so cringe. Lmao.

"Listen guys, everyone who goes to Montana State is a blue-blooded, modelesque WASP from an affluent family. They all own shares in REI or North Face. They are popular, well-liked, and will steal yo girl. Montana State is ELITE, you guys. You just don't get it."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I suspect it'll close doors in the next 15 years. Lot of underperforming, small liberal arts-type schools in the middle of nowhere have a long, difficult road ahead of them as the higher ed landscape continues to evolve.

Doubtful. https://www.hws.edu/news/2022/celebrating-the-largest-fundraising-year-in-hws-history.aspx

[Anonymous]

Upstate NY - beautiful in summer and Fall, BRUTAL in the winter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Listen it’s a school for a certain set. If you’re not familiar, there’s no convincing you, and it’ll probably piss you off

Kids are from NE affluent suburbs mostly private or boarding
Dads are Wall Street types
They weren’t superstars on high school but they did fine, partied, well liked, probably played a sport
They summer on Block Island, Vineyard etc
They know what scotch their dad likes best and will but it got a visit
Preppy with a NE bent (Patagonia, Birks)
Liberal

What will piss yiu iff is they will put in some effort and have done great teachers, graduate, and end up living pretty much their parents’ life in Rye, or Wellesley, or similar.

Reason: affluent , connected background, strong soft skills, play the right sports, smart enough, etc. you can hate it but this is still the reality for a certain population

I only visited but this sounds like what I overheard and observed. One guy mentioned his stock broker dad. Miss Preppy was visiting as a new student. All seemed liberal and rich. Money wasn’t an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Listen it’s a school for a certain set. If you’re not familiar, there’s no convincing you, and it’ll probably piss you off

Kids are from NE affluent suburbs mostly private or boarding
Dads are Wall Street types
They weren’t superstars on high school but they did fine, partied, well liked, probably played a sport
They summer on Block Island, Vineyard etc
They know what scotch their dad likes best and will but it got a visit
Preppy with a NE bent (Patagonia, Birks)
Liberal

What will piss yiu iff is they will put in some effort and have done great teachers, graduate, and end up living pretty much their parents’ life in Rye, or Wellesley, or similar.

Reason: affluent , connected background, strong soft skills, play the right sports, smart enough, etc. you can hate it but this is still the reality for a certain population

This is so, so cringe. Lmao.

"Listen guys, everyone who goes to Montana State is a blue-blooded, modelesque WASP from an affluent family. They all own shares in REI or North Face. They are popular, well-liked, and will steal yo girl. Montana State is ELITE, you guys. You just don't get it."

+1