if it were you, not your kid: what would your school list look like and why
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DP. I love how you speak for everyone. It's really charming. |
Anonymous
This right here. Funny but true |
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My list would be completely different than it was then. I only looked at prestigious pressure cookers in the Northeast and went to one.
Now? I would go to a large southern university with warm weather and more of a real college experience. No one cares where I went to school now and I really missed out on a lot of fun. I didn’t realize until later how much I love warm and sun too. I’m talking about Bama, Texas A&M… all of the places I wouldn’t have considered as a teen. |
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| Maybe I’d consider St. John’s College? I was a weird mix of arrogance and lack of confidence, and I think both played into my not considering it. But the things I’ve most wished to have understood/explored are all things I’d have learned there. |
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ED to NYU |
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| Vanderbilt, Rice, UNC, Stanford |
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I posted earlier. Wrote that my list would contain only National Universities--no LACs as I attended & graduated from an LAC many years ago and did not enjoy the smallness.
However, if required to only list LACs, I would consider schools with nearby outdoor activities such as snow skiing (Middlebury or Colorado College) or those with a moderate to warm climate and a lake or ocean nearby (Davidson College or Flagler College) because the opportunity to escape to incredible outdoor activities might overcome the feeling of isolation & excessive familiarity. Nearby recreational escape combined with study abroad semesters could make a small school tolerable. |
Anonymous
| But, in light of the high cost of attending college today, it would be wise to focus on schools with impressive career placement. |
Anonymous
Davidson! I also have a kid there now that adores his college experience and is not looking forward to having to graduate. Loves his classes and profs and has made many friends. Kiddo and buddies even went water skiing at the Lake Campus in early November on a near 80 degree day! |
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| Knowing what I know now, Dartmouth and Middlebury. Good schools, small towns, down hill and xc skiing nearby, and nice ice rinks. |
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| With the hindsight of adulthood, somewhere with amazing weather and outdoor opportunities. I went college in DC and spent a lot of time interning and working. |
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Why? What was wrong with Duke? |
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Nothing -- I absolutely loved my time there. But, I see what DS is experiencing (amazing!) and know that I would have absolutely thrived in a smaller, more collegial environment. I would always select Duke, or a school of its caliber, for grad school. |
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CU-Boulder
University of Utah Montana State Notre Dame Villanova Boston College Bucknell Lehigh Williams Amherst Swarthmore Dartmouth Cornell |
Anonymous
You sound like a serial killer |