University of Richmond thoughts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve got no dog in this fight. But Richmond has always struck me as a very strange school. Not well known. Not sure about academics. Suspect they are kind of suspect. Kids seem entitled. No thanks. I will look elsewhere.

Yep

[Anonymous]

Richmond is not a top LAC. I’m sorry. It’s not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve got no dog in this fight. But Richmond has always struck me as a very strange school. Not well known. Not sure about academics. Suspect they are kind of suspect. Kids seem entitled. No thanks. I will look elsewhere.

You find it "strange" that your kid didn't get in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve got no dog in this fight. But Richmond has always struck me as a very strange school. Not well known. Not sure about academics. Suspect they are kind of suspect. Kids seem entitled. No thanks. I will look elsewhere.

You find it "strange" that your kid didn't get in.

Who is this person who keeps posting “sorry your kid didn’t get in.” Seems like Richmond defenders get their jollies thinking that their school is somehow exclusive. Only for the right kind of people. Kind of like a whites only country club.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve got no dog in this fight. But Richmond has always struck me as a very strange school. Not well known. Not sure about academics. Suspect they are kind of suspect. Kids seem entitled. No thanks. I will look elsewhere.

You find it "strange" that your kid didn't get in.

Who is this person who keeps posting “sorry your kid didn’t get in.” Seems like Richmond defenders get their jollies thinking that their school is somehow exclusive. Only for the right kind of people. Kind of like a whites only country club.

Probably someone from the Richmond admissions office.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Richmond is not a top LAC. I’m sorry. It’s not.

According to US News and Niche, it’s top 18-22.

[Anonymous]

Which one of these is NOT like the others … Bowdoin, Bates, Wesleyan, Davidson, W&L, Vassar, Colgate, Carleton, Grinnell, Kenyon, Middlebury, Hamilton ….. UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND. Seems obvious.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which one of these is NOT like the others … Bowdoin, Bates, Wesleyan, Davidson, W&L, Vassar, Colgate, Carleton, Grinnell, Kenyon, Middlebury, Hamilton ….. UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND. Seems obvious.

Agree. Richmond more like a Bucknell. Or a Villanova. Or an Elon. It’s not an elite LAC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Which one of these is NOT like the others … Bowdoin, Bates, Wesleyan, Davidson, W&L, Vassar, Colgate, Carleton, Grinnell, Kenyon, Middlebury, Hamilton ….. UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND. Seems obvious.

Agree. Richmond more like a Bucknell. Or a Villanova. Or an Elon. It’s not an elite LAC.

Being like Bucknell and Villanova isn't a bad thing. Those schools have fantastic Wall Street outcomes. Much better than most of the other schools listed by the PP. And give me a break, Richmond is nothing like Elon, unless you're talking about Elon Musk, as the school produces a ton of MOTUs and BSDs.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like high schoolers have found this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Daughter was accepted with a full ride three years ago. Everyone she asked at the school (and what she saw on her own) said that the white and black kids don't socialize together. That was a problem for my mixed race kid who enjoys a diverse friend group. She went elsewhere.

We had a similar experience. Campus felt very segregated. My son has a lot of white friends and he doesn’t see race as this huge thing. He goes to a school where the black and white kids hang out and party together. Wants a school more like his high school.

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Anonymous wrote:Very Southern feel. If you don’t mind that the it’s ok.

Rich kids from NJ/NY/PA cosplaying as Southern.

Kids aren’t from the south but, gosh, the school feels really southern. I think k this post explains it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know about you but I just can’t get excited about this school. Seems kind of blah. Not worth $400k for 4 years, that’s for sure.

This

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve got no dog in this fight. But Richmond has always struck me as a very strange school. Not well known. Not sure about academics. Suspect they are kind of suspect. Kids seem entitled. No thanks. I will look elsewhere.

You find it "strange" that your kid didn't get in.

Who is this person who keeps posting “sorry your kid didn’t get in.” Seems like Richmond defenders get their jollies thinking that their school is somehow exclusive. Only for the right kind of people. Kind of like a whites only country club.

lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Daughter was accepted with a full ride three years ago. Everyone she asked at the school (and what she saw on her own) said that the white and black kids don't socialize together. That was a problem for my mixed race kid who enjoys a diverse friend group. She went elsewhere.

We had a similar experience. Campus felt very segregated. My son has a lot of white friends and he doesn’t see race as this huge thing. He goes to a school where the black and white kids hang out and party together. Wants a school more like his high school.

UR has always been like this. I don’t see it changing anytime soon.