Good alternatives to UVA and William and Mary?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So we all agree...Clemson.

(where's the rotflmao emoticon?). Anyway, it has granered many favorable reviews but is usually described as "very Southern," so if that doesn't appeal to you ...
I dunno if a degree from there cuts much ice above the Mason-Dixon line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we all agree...Clemson.

(where's the rotflmao emoticon?). Anyway, it has granered many favorable reviews but is usually described as "very Southern," so if that doesn't appeal to you ...
I dunno if a degree from there cuts much ice above the Mason-Dixon line.

should hve been "garnered."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we all agree...Clemson.

(where's the rotflmao emoticon?). Anyway, it has granered many favorable reviews but is usually described as "very Southern," so if that doesn't appeal to you ...
I dunno if a degree from there cuts much ice above the Mason-Dixon line.

You really must be kidding. I graduated from Auburn and you would be shocked at how many people in this area chat me up about it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we all agree...Clemson.

(where's the rotflmao emoticon?). Anyway, it has granered many favorable reviews but is usually described as "very Southern," so if that doesn't appeal to you ...
I dunno if a degree from there cuts much ice above the Mason-Dixon line.

You really must be kidding. I graduated from Auburn and you would be shocked at how many people in this area chat me up about it!

Is that a good school? I've heard the name but don't know anything about it. Same for Clemson. Both are good sports schools?

- Northerner

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we all agree...Clemson.

(where's the rotflmao emoticon?). Anyway, it has granered many favorable reviews but is usually described as "very Southern," so if that doesn't appeal to you ...
I dunno if a degree from there cuts much ice above the Mason-Dixon line.

You really must be kidding. I graduated from Auburn and you would be shocked at how many people in this area chat me up about it!

chatting you up = alumni support? I dunno, just asking.

[Anonymous]

Another school to consider might be University of Delaware. Lots of majors to choose from - strong engineering and business school. I believe education is good, too. Size is about twice that of UVA but half that of Penn State. Of course you'd be paying out of state tuition, which stinks. It does have a beautiful campus, similar in style to UVA.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:As a college admissions professional I can say that grades and SATs aren't everything, but do mean quite a bit and grades are more important that SATs in the scheme of things. That said I think the most important this is where does yous child WANT to go? I see so many applications that and the ones that stand out are where the student essays really focus on why the student wants to attend my institution. I doesn't make up for poor grades, but if I have an opening and two equal borderline students I usually will lean towards a student with a meaningful desire to attend my school. (Not an essay obviously written be a parent/professional - I'm looking at you DCUMs!)

can you really tell which ones are written by the parents/professional? I don't work in admissions at all, but I think I'd be able to tell - or at least have suspicions.
So what gives it away?

Er...have you seen the way most kids write? Ok, maybe more difficult to tell at that age but you wouldn't believe the number of non-age appropriate perfect papers we see at our private K - 8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So we all agree...Clemson.

(where's the rotflmao emoticon?). Anyway, it has granered many favorable reviews but is usually described as "very Southern," so if that doesn't appeal to you ...
I dunno if a degree from there cuts much ice above the Mason-Dixon line.

You really must be kidding. I graduated from Auburn and you would be shocked at how many people in this area chat me up about it!

Is that a good school? I've heard the name but don't know anything about it. Same for Clemson. Both are good sports schools?

- Northerner

Ha! I was going to ask the same question. West Coaster.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
.... can you really tell which ones are written by the parents/professional? I don't work in admissions at all, but I think I'd be able to tell - or at least have suspicions.
So what gives it away?

Er...have you seen the way most kids write? Ok, maybe more difficult to tell at that age but you wouldn't believe the number of non-age appropriate perfect papers we see at our private K - 8.

Last I looked students in k-8 don't write college admissions essays.
So the question is still out there: can the college admissions people tell when an essay has been written by a parent or professional?
If not, you kid may be at a disadvantage if he or she is writting their own application. Sad, but I suspect this goes on alot.
See then thread on DCUM about spouses taking a year off or quitting to manage thier children's college application process.

[Anonymous]

St. Mary's College of Maryland or Mary Washington.

[Anonymous]

What about VCU now that they've done so well in March Madness?

[Anonymous]

My oldest daughter goes to JMU and we're sending my second daughter as well. It is an absolutely amazing school. Make sure to check it out for your son!

[Anonymous]

I graduated from Mary Washington, then went to grad school at Va Tech. I liked both schools, but think Mary Washington was better for an undergrad. My profs. knew me by name. No way that could happen in the huge freshman classes at Tech.

My husband went to Christopher Newport as an undergrad, back when it was mostly a commuter school. The campus has really grown recently and I hear it's now a much better school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My oldest daughter goes to JMU and we're sending my second daughter as well. It is an absolutely amazing school. Make sure to check it out for your son!

Why is it an amazing school I know lots of kids who don't get into UVA, W&M, or Wash. & Lee do go there, but that just makes it second tier even within Virginia. I don't see how that name on an job application would cut much ice much very far beyond Harrisonburg, VA. Enlighten me please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Umd would be another good choice but almost impossible to get into these days. Clemson, Penn state, wake forest. Have become very popular as well.

this is a wind-up of course, but I'll take the bait. Penn State hs been scratched off our list because of the rampant alcoholism there.
And I don't think UMD/College Park is much better, esp. will all the riots after basketball games, and the grimy inner-city aspect of College Park would be too depressing.

UVA has rampant alcoholism. How quickly you all forget Huguely and the drinking of the team-and that's a coach watched group. Alcohol death at Cornell:

http://cornellsun.com/section/news/content/2011/03/28/six-sae-pledges-leave-campus

Drinking and hazing. Go no frat.