Tell me about Elon

[Anonymous]

Fantastic musical theatre program. Many land on Broadway.

Remote.

Nice size.

We turned it down last year due to lack of merit aid.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know that Elon wants to be anyone’s safety, I expect they yield protect.

They have a 75% acceptance rate. Doubt there’s much yield protection going on.

67 percent last year, and goes down every year.

I still don’t buy that there’s yield protection. It’s a great option for lots of kids though, including mine.

My kid goes to Georgetown, got into UVA and Richmond. Was WL at Elon. I know many others who experienced something similar. It's very strange. It keeps their acceptance rate low, but unfortunately, also keeps strong kids who might otherwise go there out as well. I have two close relatives who graduated from Elon and I just don't hear anything other than: it's so nice, pretty, people are nice. Nothing very intellectually deep going on there at all. It seems pretty vocational. Will your kid have a nice time? Sure. Will they come out more highly educated? Maybe, maybe not.

This post sounds like sour grapes.

“I just don’t hear anything other than…” from your limited pool of graduates is nothing to base a decision on. Maybe the Elon grads you know are unmotivated or depressed for all we know.

They are no different than the bottom third of Georgetown.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know that Elon wants to be anyone’s safety, I expect they yield protect.

They have a 75% acceptance rate. Doubt there’s much yield protection going on.

67 percent last year, and goes down every year.

I still don’t buy that there’s yield protection. It’s a great option for lots of kids though, including mine.

My kid goes to Georgetown, got into UVA and Richmond. Was WL at Elon. I know many others who experienced something similar. It's very strange. It keeps their acceptance rate low, but unfortunately, also keeps strong kids who might otherwise go there out as well. I have two close relatives who graduated from Elon and I just don't hear anything other than: it's so nice, pretty, people are nice. Nothing very intellectually deep going on there at all. It seems pretty vocational. Will your kid have a nice time? Sure. Will they come out more highly educated? Maybe, maybe not.

This post sounds like sour grapes.

“I just don’t hear anything other than…” from your limited pool of graduates is nothing to base a decision on. Maybe the Elon grads you know are unmotivated or depressed for all we know.

They are no different than the bottom third of Georgetown.

PS: Georgetown admits a lot of slow people because they are rich or have connections. My friend’s kid busted her butt to get in and was surprised at the dolts among her classmates.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t know that Elon wants to be anyone’s safety, I expect they yield protect.

They have a 75% acceptance rate. Doubt there’s much yield protection going on.

67 percent last year, and goes down every year.

I still don’t buy that there’s yield protection. It’s a great option for lots of kids though, including mine.

My kid goes to Georgetown, got into UVA and Richmond. Was WL at Elon. I know many others who experienced something similar. It's very strange. It keeps their acceptance rate low, but unfortunately, also keeps strong kids who might otherwise go there out as well. I have two close relatives who graduated from Elon and I just don't hear anything other than: it's so nice, pretty, people are nice. Nothing very intellectually deep going on there at all. It seems pretty vocational. Will your kid have a nice time? Sure. Will they come out more highly educated? Maybe, maybe not.

https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/undergraduate-teaching

Elon University - #1 in Best Undergraduate Teaching

[TheSpanishDoctor]

I taught at Elon for a few years (2011-2015) when I was a grad student at UNC. It was a 45-minute drive from my house in Durham. While not huge cities, Durham and Chapel Hill have a lot to offer and are not too far away if anyone's worried about Elon being in the middle of nowhere. Raleigh is closer to an hour away. Elon's only 25 minutes from Greensboro, not a world class city by any stretch, but it somehow tends to get a ton of good concerts at the Greensboro Coliseum. Elon also has a law school in Greensboro.

The students at Elon were about 80% OOS, especially from the Northeast. (At UNC it was about the opposite with some 80% being in-state students.) The OOS students at Elon were especially into their Greek life and would often wear buttons and gear with their Greek letters. I heard that about 1/3 of the school was in Greek life. Things may have changed by now.

I enjoyed most of my classes and had a lot of fun teaching there. There was a program there to allow professors and students to have lunch together on or just off campus. I'd take 5 students to lunch each semester, starting with whoever showed up to office hours first. I'd also take struggling students or students that were just really into Spanish.

I once invited my advanced Spanish class to a musical being put on by Cuban performers at UNC. They carpooled to my house for dinner, and we drove the 10 minutes to UNC. Those were good times.

Speaking of good times, College Coffee on Tuesday mornings was always fun. I could catch up with colleagues and students while enjoying coffee and a snack.

During the week, OP's kid will be busy with going to class, studying and socializing. If your kid really wants to explore, I'm sure they'll get to visit RDU, Greensboro and Charlotte at some point while they're at Elon.

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Anonymous wrote:Does Elon give merit to High Stats kids? Does anyone know?

Looks like they give the presidential scholarship ($10K+) to high stats kids that are admitted. Kids also compete for other merit - Honors, Fellows, etc. Even my mid-stats kid got merit aid last week. We are still hesitant at this point because tuition and fees are still expensive (about $37K after $10K merit) and he's gotten into other schools on his list. It also doesn't appear that they have a robust support system for ADHD/EF kids (to my limited knowledge).

What type of robust support are you looking for? My DD has Dyslexia, ADHD and anxiety. They were very generous with accomodations (using her neuropsych report form 7th grade!). She generally doesn’t even use some of the accomodations (because she doesn’t want to stand out). I would speak to the disability office before concluding that they don’t have what you need.

Thanks for sharing this! Our assessment is based on arms length research. We have not formally visited yet, just a drive-by when we were in the area over the summer. Our other kids are at large publics (STEM) and we have no idea of privates. All we know of is US News and other such rankings to go by. DC does not have a formal diagnosis and has had no accommodations in HS so it will all be new to us. He applied because it was one of the few privates he liked and their #1 ranking in teaching.

DC (and our) interest in Elon has waned since he's gotten into several large publics (which he's biased towards thanks to his siblings but likely not a good fit for him) and we may have been focused on drumming up more interest in him if they had offered this merit with the admission notification. I guess a visit is in order. Thanks again!

[Anonymous]

Hello, my daughter attends Elon and absolutely loves her courses, profs, vibe of belonging. As parents we are amazed at how well-run the school is and the quality of services and opportunities it offers. My son is now in the process of choosing between Elon and Richmond, and is leaning Elon (but we are trying to remain neutral!).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Does Elon give merit to High Stats kids? Does anyone know?

Looks like they give the presidential scholarship ($10K+) to high stats kids that are admitted. Kids also compete for other merit - Honors, Fellows, etc. Even my mid-stats kid got merit aid last week. We are still hesitant at this point because tuition and fees are still expensive (about $37K after $10K merit) and he's gotten into other schools on his list. It also doesn't appear that they have a robust support system for ADHD/EF kids (to my limited knowledge).

What type of robust support are you looking for? My DD has Dyslexia, ADHD and anxiety. They were very generous with accomodations (using her neuropsych report form 7th grade!). She generally doesn’t even use some of the accomodations (because she doesn’t want to stand out). I would speak to the disability office before concluding that they don’t have what you need.

Thanks for sharing this! Our assessment is based on arms length research. We have not formally visited yet, just a drive-by when we were in the area over the summer. Our other kids are at large publics (STEM) and we have no idea of privates. All we know of is US News and other such rankings to go by. DC does not have a formal diagnosis and has had no accommodations in HS so it will all be new to us. He applied because it was one of the few privates he liked and their #1 ranking in teaching.

DC (and our) interest in Elon has waned since he's gotten into several large publics (which he's biased towards thanks to his siblings but likely not a good fit for him) and we may have been focused on drumming up more interest in him if they had offered this merit with the admission notification. I guess a visit is in order. Thanks again!

Definitely visit. The profs work closely with the students. I'm most that involved in my DD's day to day work, but she is not overwhelmed and the profs seem to get kids with LDs (and there seem to be several there -- not unintelligent, just learn differently).