Connecticut College

[Anonymous]

I don’t really understand the tired and dated comment. Wasn’t the university built in the early 1900s? Aren’t all historic buildings dated? I guess some people prefer more modern architecture, but not me.

[Anonymous]

Never heard of it.

[Anonymous]

I went to CC, and had a wonderful experience there. Congrats to your DD!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Any alums or parents of recent students? DD just added this school to her list. She’s interested in double majoring in biology and dance. This is the only SLAC on her list and she’ll need lots of merit aid to make it work. WGPA 4.7 from MCPS. Strong virtual audition. Test optional. What’s the culture like? She’s nervous about a small school feeling cliquey and isolated.

Yep. Isolated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never heard of it.

The fact that a) you've never heard about it, and b) you felt the need to post that says a lot about you.

[Anonymous]

My friend’s daughter goes to CC and absolutely loves it. Says it’s a warm and welcoming place full of smart nice kids. She’s not a big partier but says there’s enough of a social life to keep her occupied. Her friends don’t go to New London much but love going to Mystic. Her roommate is a dance major and loves it. I’ve never been but hear the campus is lovely.

[Anonymous]

DC fell in love with it. The college rep who visited his high school was knowledgeable and engaging, and the follow-up campus visit was one of the best. The problem is CC doesn’t have EA so he had moved on to another school before he even heard back from CC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC fell in love with it. The college rep who visited his high school was knowledgeable and engaging, and the follow-up campus visit was one of the best. The problem is CC doesn’t have EA so he had moved on to another school before he even heard back from CC.

What did he love about it?

[Anonymous]

The concern about a small school feeling cliquey and isolated is valid but nuanced. I went to a SLAC and felt like a fish out of water. But it was predominantly Greek, male, and conservative. And I was independent, female, and liberal. I still found my people but didn’t connect with the majority and in retrospect, I would have done better socially in a different environment. That said, the relationships I had with my professors and advisors were unparalleled and I got an amazing education. If your daughter has a built in network through dance, and isn’t swimming against stream socially or politically, a small school can be a great place to spend four years.

[Anonymous]

I wanted my dd to apply but she had no interest. I think it's beautiful and seems like a wonderful place.

[Anonymous]

If you're not woke, Trinity is a better option than Conn.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC fell in love with it. The college rep who visited his high school was knowledgeable and engaging, and the follow-up campus visit was one of the best. The problem is CC doesn’t have EA so he had moved on to another school before he even heard back from CC.

What did he love about it?

Small class size, engaging students, and time with professors that he wouldn’t get at some of the other schools he to.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC fell in love with it. The college rep who visited his high school was knowledgeable and engaging, and the follow-up campus visit was one of the best. The problem is CC doesn’t have EA so he had moved on to another school before he even heard back from CC.

What did he love about it?

Small class size, engaging students, and time with professors that he wouldn’t get at some of the other schools he to.

Have a student there who loves it for the same reasons.

[Anonymous]

Son is a first-year and loves it. He has a great relationship with his academic advisor, who taught him in his first-year seminar and is now teaching him in a different course. There are a lot of athletes (like at all NESCACs), but also a lot of artsy kids. And some are both athletes and artsy! It is a friendly place.

Food and dorms are meh, and Conn is not as flush with money as some of the other NESCACs, so not throwing it around to the same degree. But they are doing construction (renovating student center, just resurfaced track and lacrosse field).

Happy to answer questions if folks have.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My friend’s daughter goes to CC and absolutely loves it. Says it’s a warm and welcoming place full of smart nice kids. She’s not a big partier but says there’s enough of a social life to keep her occupied. Her friends don’t go to New London much but love going to Mystic. Her roommate is a dance major and loves it. I’ve never been but hear the campus is lovely.

All these posts not only in this thread should include gender (which yours does), race or ethnicity, geographic location from where student is coming, intended major when applying if required by that college, personality style, extracurricular interests.