Davidson College?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live and work in Charlotte, and know many Davidson grads. Their alumni network is TIGHT. I'm jealous of how they all seem to know each other and are always quick to recommend a fellow Davidson grad for positions. My boss is not only a Davidson grad, but worked there for 10 years. Seems like there's at least one person he crossed paths with at Davidson at every organization in this city--which means people pick up the phone when he calls, which is handy.

Students are smart, a bit intense, and self-selecting because they wanted that smaller liberal arts environment.

My org hires a couple of Davidson Impact Fellows each year. It's a program that places new Davidson graduates (so the fellows we have now started in June and graduated in May) with non-profits around the country. There's an internal process at Davidson they go through before they can apply to the outside orgs, so they're always really exceptional candidates. We've been really pleased with all the fellows we've hosted, and all have gone on to full-time employment elsewhere after a year or to grad school. It's an outstanding program.

Nice if you want to live in Charlotte, but who does?

Poster you're responding to. Not me, actually. Trailing spouse and was actively job searching back in DC when the pandemic hit. But lots of people love it here. I question their sanity, but they think it's just great. I suppose if you love suburbia, segregation, and racism, it's wonderful.

And all that said, I'd still tell you Davidson is at least worth looking at. It's an top notch LAC.

[Anonymous]

We did see a confederate flag on a pick up truck when we were there! (not on campus, but it gives you a sense of the environs!)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We did see a confederate flag on a pick up truck when we were there! (not on campus, but it gives you a sense of the environs!)

I saw a pick up truck in Maryland with the same flag while visiting Johns Hopkins ... so I guess we should all rule out Maryland schools too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We did see a confederate flag on a pick up truck when we were there! (not on campus, but it gives you a sense of the environs!)

I saw a pick up truck in Maryland with the same flag while visiting Johns Hopkins ... so I guess we should all rule out Maryland schools too.

LOL. PP is such an idiot. But “the environs”!

[Anonymous]

No one said to rule out the school or the state.

Sorry you are so sensitive to this.

North Carolina is different from Maryland culturally, but again, this family has a right to hear from people who have visited the campus. My post was constructive, yours was defensive.

[Anonymous]

Nascar Hall of Fame is in Charlotte (nearby).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rIznMfSHGg

It is a very far cry from Baltimore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one said to rule out the school or the state.

Sorry you are so sensitive to this.

North Carolina is different from Maryland culturally, but again, this family has a right to hear from people who have visited the campus. My post was constructive, yours was defensive.

You cannot be serious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one said to rule out the school or the state.

Sorry you are so sensitive to this.

North Carolina is different from Maryland culturally, but again, this family has a right to hear from people who have visited the campus. My post was constructive, yours was defensive.

You cannot be serious.

+1. PP's observation about a truck/flag near Davidson is no more constructive than the one about a similar truck/flag in Baltimore. Hopefully PP who visited Davidson has something better to offer the OP.

[Anonymous]

I am the poster who first shared a long list of positives about the school. When another poster raised the issue of racism, I remembered seeing the Confederate flag in the town (which I have never seen in Baltimore, despite going to school there for 5 years). Both positive and negative FACTS can help someone deciding whether their kid will feel comfortable somewhere.

That is why both the good and bad information is valuable. It is about balance/truth, not a pep rally.

[Anonymous]

How come no one attacked the poster who said it's wonderful "if you love racism."

But everyone is down on the person who reported what they witnessed on their visit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a difficult school to get into but unfortunately that does not help with prestige. It’s a Southern school, not nationally known much.

Which becomes important if you base your decisions on impressing other people.

It offers an excellent education/undergrad experience.

Also important in, you know, actually getting a job

Especially if you don’t want to live in the South as an adult.

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New poster. To the OP: Please ignore the poster who seems to believe no one has heard of Davidson outside of the South. Or that getting a degree there would mean your child could never be employable outside the South. That's pure nonsense and there are posters on the college forum who say this stuff about any school that isn't one THEY have heard of or know anything about. (They also seem to love to bash both the entire South and the entire Midwest as if any college in those regions is going to condemn the student to never working more than certain radius from the college....)

If Davidson fits with your kid academically and also socially and in terms of its culture, then it's the right school. As someone else posted, people who know other liberal arts colleges in other parts of the country DO know Davidson. I'm not an alum but had several friends who went there and it worked well for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live and work in Charlotte, and know many Davidson grads. Their alumni network is TIGHT. I'm jealous of how they all seem to know each other and are always quick to recommend a fellow Davidson grad for positions. My boss is not only a Davidson grad, but worked there for 10 years. Seems like there's at least one person he crossed paths with at Davidson at every organization in this city--which means people pick up the phone when he calls, which is handy.

Students are smart, a bit intense, and self-selecting because they wanted that smaller liberal arts environment.

My org hires a couple of Davidson Impact Fellows each year. It's a program that places new Davidson graduates (so the fellows we have now started in June and graduated in May) with non-profits around the country. There's an internal process at Davidson they go through before they can apply to the outside orgs, so they're always really exceptional candidates. We've been really pleased with all the fellows we've hosted, and all have gone on to full-time employment elsewhere after a year or to grad school. It's an outstanding program.

Nice if you want to live in Charlotte, but who does?

872k people clearly want to live in Charlotte! DC isn’t the pinnacle of the universe.

Poster you're responding to. Not me, actually. Trailing spouse and was actively job searching back in DC when the pandemic hit. But lots of people love it here. I question their sanity, but they think it's just great. I suppose if you love suburbia, segregation, and racism, it's wonderful.

And all that said, I'd still tell you Davidson is at least worth looking at. It's an top notch LAC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am the poster who first shared a long list of positives about the school. When another poster raised the issue of racism, I remembered seeing the Confederate flag in the town (which I have never seen in Baltimore, despite going to school there for 5 years). Both positive and negative FACTS can help someone deciding whether their kid will feel comfortable somewhere.

That is why both the good and bad information is valuable. It is about balance/truth, not a pep rally.

I've never seen a heroin addict nodding off in Davidson, but you don't have to go far from Johns Hopkins to see that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am the poster who first shared a long list of positives about the school. When another poster raised the issue of racism, I remembered seeing the Confederate flag in the town (which I have never seen in Baltimore, despite going to school there for 5 years). Both positive and negative FACTS can help someone deciding whether their kid will feel comfortable somewhere.

That is why both the good and bad information is valuable. It is about balance/truth, not a pep rally.

I've never seen a heroin addict nodding off in Davidson, but you don't have to go far from Johns Hopkins to see that.

~crickets~

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I live and work in Charlotte, and know many Davidson grads. Their alumni network is TIGHT. I'm jealous of how they all seem to know each other and are always quick to recommend a fellow Davidson grad for positions. My boss is not only a Davidson grad, but worked there for 10 years. Seems like there's at least one person he crossed paths with at Davidson at every organization in this city--which means people pick up the phone when he calls, which is handy.

Students are smart, a bit intense, and self-selecting because they wanted that smaller liberal arts environment.

My org hires a couple of Davidson Impact Fellows each year. It's a program that places new Davidson graduates (so the fellows we have now started in June and graduated in May) with non-profits around the country. There's an internal process at Davidson they go through before they can apply to the outside orgs, so they're always really exceptional candidates. We've been really pleased with all the fellows we've hosted, and all have gone on to full-time employment elsewhere after a year or to grad school. It's an outstanding program.

Nice if you want to live in Charlotte, but who does?

It's not in Charlotte. Charlotte is about 25 minutes away. It feels like a quaint college town.