Colorado College vs. Macalester vs. Occidental vs. Whitman?

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Anonymous wrote:Which is the least woke of these schools?

Oxy is ridiculously woke and plagued by weak leadership. During the Biden years, it was sued by the Office of Civil Rights, US Department of Education, DOJ, and for discrimination and failure to protect Jewish students. Oxy settled its case earlier this year. 14 Jewish students have left since Oct 6 out of fear. The situation is so bad that there’s a Facebook page for parents against anti-semitism at Occidental College. The school suffers from a series of weak Presidents with the result that the uber left faculty run the place. And its $92,650 a year. You can do better. It’s also only “moderately selective”. The school was also crushed by $30M in debt during COVID. Many programs, like football, were scrapped. It’s one of the many SLACs that may flounder and shutter in the next decade.

Damn. That's good to know. What about Whitman? Can a conservative survive there?

Don't know about Whitman. But the aboveis correct re Oxy. And it's selectivity is something like 44-47%

+1. Also don’t know about Whitman but I graduated from Oxy. It once was a great SLAC but went down the DEI/woke trail long before it was fashionable and ruined itself. No grads in my class give money.

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Anonymous wrote:Spouse is an enthusiastic alum of Colorado College. Grew up in Boston so it was a real change, loved the hiking, biking, skiing aspects but also really thought the CC block system was a great way to learn.

Was it hard to get a job on the East Coast coming out of Colorado College? My kid likes it a lot but this is a concern. Looking at the jobs the grads get and where didn't look like a great match. Concerned East Coast wouldn't know about it.

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Colorado college has d1 hockey. Go there.

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CC grad here - majority of my friends were from the east coast and all moved back after grad. Lots of alums in NYC, Boston - people on the east coast know it well. It’s highly regarded but I definitely run into people who don’t know it (usually people who aren’t terribly interested in colleges or perceived prestige). Those who know, know.

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Anonymous wrote:Which is the least woke of these schools?

Oxy is ridiculously woke and plagued by weak leadership. During the Biden years, it was sued by the Office of Civil Rights, US Department of Education, DOJ, and for discrimination and failure to protect Jewish students. Oxy settled its case earlier this year. 14 Jewish students have left since Oct 6 out of fear. The situation is so bad that there’s a Facebook page for parents against anti-semitism at Occidental College. The school suffers from a series of weak Presidents with the result that the uber left faculty run the place. And its $92,650 a year. You can do better. It’s also only “moderately selective”. The school was also crushed by $30M in debt during COVID. Many programs, like football, were scrapped. It’s one of the many SLACs that may flounder and shutter in the next decade.

Damn. That's good to know. What about Whitman? Can a conservative survive there?

Imagine being brainwashed so young. Sad. Hopefully they can break away from the cult in college.

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Anonymous wrote:Fun CC fact, the actor who plays "mayhem" in the Allstate commercials is a CC alum.

Fun Oxy fact, former president Barack Obama spent his first 2 years of college at Occidental studying diplomacy/world affairs. They had a partnership with Columbia and he transferred there for his last 2 years.

Another fun Oxy fact, Clueless was filmed there.

It's a lovely campus only 25 minutes from downtown LA next to a suburb called Eagle Rock. It's also only 15-20 minutes from Pasadena and Caltech.

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Anonymous wrote:Aren’t they all second tier? If you’re going to pay that much for college why not aim higher?

What is actually wrong with you?

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I would pay attention to actual transportation logistics.

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why so many Oxy haters on this? it's a lovely school! my DD really liked it.

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A few thoughts about CC: easy travel in/out of Denver or Co Spgs airport; block system is a hardcore academic sprint—semester condensed into 3.5 weeks; lots of kids leave campus for block breaks—skiing, camping, NYC; kids are smart and motivated and work hard; block system allows profs to take classes overseas since all profs teach one class per block and all students take only one class per block.

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Anonymous wrote:All of these colleges are on my DC's list for social sciences. What are some pro's or con's you have experienced or are privy to?

Most folks have only had experience with one. People dying usually go to multiple colleges. It would be super hard to compare.