tell me about colleges that didn't make your kid's list

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Anonymous wrote:Pitt: the fairly urban concrete high-rises without air conditioning for Freshmen combined with the church-like buildings they highlighted on the tour did not appeal to my senior at all.

+1

+2. Plus DD was really turned off by the tour “pit stop” at an off-campus pop-up Pitt clothing stand, where the proprietor talked about the bargains he offered. Yes, that was a sanctioned part of the tour. Very weird.

It’s been part of the tour since 1988, LOL!

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University of Connecticut - My son wants nothing to do with the fraternities there

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I've got two straight white boys in NoVA public schools and this is not the case. Kids do debate in class and have differing opinions on things of course. But in my experience, what is more the case is that there are increasing social media accounts that are "grooming" nerdy young white boys to see the world this way (my kids have told me about it and have even shown me sample humor/gaming that drew them in initially and then started introducing more alt-right, white male grievance kind of content). If I were PP I would take a look, bc it can lead to some dark places (unless you're just trying to "stir the grievance pot" too.

This is interesting and scary. Thank you for sharing. I guess it's how those extremist groups recruit - convince these kids that they are being targeted and encourage them to find support in the group? I had no idea gaming was a tool in that.

I'm one of the people who said her son feels that way. I'm very aware of the online grooming and how scary it is. I have looked into it a TON and that's not the issue here. My son is actually quite meek and quiet, and the way he feels doesn't make him angry. It just makes him want to keep his head down and not express strong opinions about things.

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Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech. Declared it "in the middle of nowhere" and "bleak."

+1 This was unfortunately DC's response also.

same here

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Anonymous wrote:Admissions rep.from Mt. Holyoke asked me where we summered. Nope. Not gonna fit in there.

that’s odd, as Mt Holyoke has a big international population, and it’s not all rich kids like some of the colleges courting foreign tuition.

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Syracuse was just a little too far away and on the expensive side

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Don’t give oxygen to the irritating posters hijacking this thread to argue about other stuff

My kid- said no to Pitt because of the area. Plus it felt like all the kids were from suburban DC.

Tufts fell off the list because it also seemed too homogenous - suburban upper middle class kids from the mid Atlantic.

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t give oxygen to the irritating posters hijacking this thread to argue about other stuff

My kid- said no to Pitt because of the area. Plus it felt like all the kids were from suburban DC.

Tufts fell off the list because it also seemed too homogenous - suburban upper middle class kids from the mid Atlantic.

Wake Forest the same but upper crust.

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University of Miami - The campus itself was pretty dead and my nephew had a few bad experiences there with fraternities

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Anonymous wrote:Don’t give oxygen to the irritating posters hijacking this thread to argue about other stuff

My kid- said no to Pitt because of the area. Plus it felt like all the kids were from suburban DC.

Tufts fell off the list because it also seemed too homogenous - suburban upper middle class kids from the mid Atlantic.

Forbes Avenue is one of the great college strips in the country.

And Tufts is much more Mass/NE than Mid-Atlantic.

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My daughter did an overnight with her cousin at Santa Clara and she didn't feel like she'd fit in there

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Anonymous wrote:Admissions rep.from Mt. Holyoke asked me where we summered. Nope. Not gonna fit in there.

that’s odd, as Mt Holyoke has a big international population, and it’s not all rich kids like some of the colleges courting foreign tuition.

Do you think that a lot of poor college students from other countries wind up at one of the original 7 sister colleges? I heard about one who had to be taught how to do laundry because in her home country, this task was handled exclusively by servants. (Though, I understand in many countries that is much more common than here).

But yeah, MHC is not notorious for having privileged kids. I would say Conn and Middlebury are worse for that.

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Anonymous wrote:Admissions rep.from Mt. Holyoke asked me where we summered. Nope. Not gonna fit in there.

that’s odd, as Mt Holyoke has a big international population, and it’s not all rich kids like some of the colleges courting foreign tuition.

Do you think that a lot of poor college students from other countries wind up at one of the original 7 sister colleges? I heard about one who had to be taught how to do laundry because in her home country, this task was handled exclusively by servants. (Though, I understand in many countries that is much more common than here).

But yeah, MHC is not notorious for having privileged kids. I would say Conn and Middlebury are worse for that.

Agreed, though it was an American girl that set the washer on fire when I was there. She put too much in it; had never done laundry before. This was a while ago, and i'd say the privilege level is reduced now. This is all an aside. It's ranked high for best classroom experience.

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Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech. Declared it "in the middle of nowhere" and "bleak."

+1 This was unfortunately DC's response also.

same here

Interesting. I thought the campus (Hokie stone) was wonderful and could really see our DS there. Great food. Super engineering program. DS went to UVA instead but I really liked our tours and visits at VT.

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Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech. Declared it "in the middle of nowhere" and "bleak."

+1 This was unfortunately DC's response also.

same here

Interesting. I thought the campus (Hokie stone) was wonderful and could really see our DS there. Great food. Super engineering program. DS went to UVA instead but I really liked our tours and visits at VT.

But did your kid? I thought it seemed great too, but kid was a solid no. As an aside, everyone talked up the food but when we ate at the dining hall it seemed pretty typical cafeteria fare. What did we miss??