So, where are your kids starting college next fall?

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Anonymous wrote:University of Richmond. Very excited for him. (And for me, because the process wore me out.)

Never heard of it. Where is that?

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Anonymous wrote:University of Richmond. Very excited for him. (And for me, because the process wore me out.)

Yay! Richmond is such a great place.

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Villanova

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Anonymous wrote:Most folks don't really know all the schools.

For instance in Mass most folks know Boston University, Northeastern and Harvard which are three of the four largest colleges in Mass.

But surprisingly to me at least UMASS Amherst is the largest college in that state.

I doubt most people even know the difference between Boston University & Boston College. Or UNC-Chapel Hill & NC State or Wesleyan (the highly ranked SLAC in CT) & Ohio Wesleyan. Or....

Most people probably couldn't accurately name all the Ivys either. My cousin from Boston, for instance, recently asked me if Providence was an Ivy League school. And he is highly educated!

So, yeah, just because someone (on or off this board) hasn't heard of a school or know that it is highly ranked doesn't mean that it isn't an excellent school.

Never said it wasn't an excellent school. Just low "brand" recognition.

ok. Brand recognition doesn't matter to most of us. That's not how to pick a school.

That's fine. But don't expect hiring managers to know all of the little, obscure schools.

employers know Davidson just fine, thanks.

No actually they don't.

+1 outside of the southeast it really is a no name school. That may not be fair but that’s the way it is.

Davidson's class of 2018 has 13 Fulbright scholars. Not bad for a tiny, "no name" school!

No one said it was a bad school. Just not well-known.


+1 and who cares about the US News Ranking.

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Washington and Lee. Woo hoo!

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Anonymous wrote:Most folks don't really know all the schools.

For instance in Mass most folks know Boston University, Northeastern and Harvard which are three of the four largest colleges in Mass.

But surprisingly to me at least UMASS Amherst is the largest college in that state.

I doubt most people even know the difference between Boston University & Boston College. Or UNC-Chapel Hill & NC State or Wesleyan (the highly ranked SLAC in CT) & Ohio Wesleyan. Or....

Most people probably couldn't accurately name all the Ivys either. My cousin from Boston, for instance, recently asked me if Providence was an Ivy League school. And he is highly educated!

So, yeah, just because someone (on or off this board) hasn't heard of a school or know that it is highly ranked doesn't mean that it isn't an excellent school.

Never said it wasn't an excellent school. Just low "brand" recognition.

ok. Brand recognition doesn't matter to most of us. That's not how to pick a school.

That's fine. But don't expect hiring managers to know all of the little, obscure schools.

employers know Davidson just fine, thanks.

No actually they don't.

+1 outside of the southeast it really is a no name school. That may not be fair but that’s the way it is.

Davidson's class of 2018 has 13 Fulbright scholars. Not bad for a tiny, "no name" school!

This appears to be fake news. Looks like they had 7 Fulbright scholars.

http://topproducing.fulbrightonline.org/top-producing-institutions-by-year

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Anonymous wrote:University of Richmond. Very excited for him. (And for me, because the process wore me out.)

Yay! Richmond is such a great place.

Seconded. I have one there and he has had a fantastic first year experience. The city itself is such a gem. Congratulations!

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Anonymous wrote:Washington and Lee. Woo hoo!

My junior daughter is all over W&L. Congrats to your DC! Special place.

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Bryn Mawr, which came out of nowhere. We did the tour after Haverford just...because, and she fell hard. Anyone have any insights?

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Anonymous wrote:Lawrence University - turned down Skidmore and Grinnell for it. She just fell in love.

Choosing Lawrence over Grinnell is like choosing JMU over UVA. Makes no sense.

Well, that's exactly what both my kids did - choose JMU over UVA (and W&M, btw). They both had the time of their lives at JMU, got a great education, and are now in excellent grad schools. This sounds like a 'you' problem.

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Anonymous wrote:Most folks don't really know all the schools.

For instance in Mass most folks know Boston University, Northeastern and Harvard which are three of the four largest colleges in Mass.

But surprisingly to me at least UMASS Amherst is the largest college in that state.

I doubt most people even know the difference between Boston University & Boston College. Or UNC-Chapel Hill & NC State or Wesleyan (the highly ranked SLAC in CT) & Ohio Wesleyan. Or....

Most people probably couldn't accurately name all the Ivys either. My cousin from Boston, for instance, recently asked me if Providence was an Ivy League school. And he is highly educated!

So, yeah, just because someone (on or off this board) hasn't heard of a school or know that it is highly ranked doesn't mean that it isn't an excellent school.

Never said it wasn't an excellent school. Just low "brand" recognition.

ok. Brand recognition doesn't matter to most of us. That's not how to pick a school.

That's fine. But don't expect hiring managers to know all of the little, obscure schools.

employers know Davidson just fine, thanks.

No actually they don't.

+1 outside of the southeast it really is a no name school. That may not be fair but that’s the way it is.

Davidson's class of 2018 has 13 Fulbright scholars. Not bad for a tiny, "no name" school!

Anyone who's "in the know" knows Davidson. This includes grad schools familiar with its rigor. Not too worried about lack of name recognition by the general public. Anyone who reads the USNWR best liberal arts colleges list knows the name.

That made me LOL.

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Why? Not PP, but they're not wrong...

https://www.davidson.edu/offices/career-development/career-outcomes-2016-x16240

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Anonymous wrote:Lawrence University - turned down Skidmore and Grinnell for it. She just fell in love.

Choosing Lawrence over Grinnell is like choosing JMU over UVA. Makes no sense.

Well, that's exactly what both my kids did - choose JMU over UVA (and W&M, btw). They both had the time of their lives at JMU, got a great education, and are now in excellent grad schools. This sounds like a 'you' problem.

NP. But they might have had betters times at UVA and would be in better grad schools. That's still not a smart decision no matter how you want to defend it.

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Anonymous wrote:Lawrence University - turned down Skidmore and Grinnell for it. She just fell in love.

Choosing Lawrence over Grinnell is like choosing JMU over UVA. Makes no sense.

Well, that's exactly what both my kids did - choose JMU over UVA (and W&M, btw). They both had the time of their lives at JMU, got a great education, and are now in excellent grad schools. This sounds like a 'you' problem.

NP. But they might have had betters times at UVA and would be in better grad schools. That's still not a smart decision no matter how you want to defend it.

I call BS. No way both kids turned down W&M and UVA for JMU.

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Anonymous wrote:Most folks don't really know all the schools.

For instance in Mass most folks know Boston University, Northeastern and Harvard which are three of the four largest colleges in Mass.

But surprisingly to me at least UMASS Amherst is the largest college in that state.

I doubt most people even know the difference between Boston University & Boston College. Or UNC-Chapel Hill & NC State or Wesleyan (the highly ranked SLAC in CT) & Ohio Wesleyan. Or....

Most people probably couldn't accurately name all the Ivys either. My cousin from Boston, for instance, recently asked me if Providence was an Ivy League school. And he is highly educated!

So, yeah, just because someone (on or off this board) hasn't heard of a school or know that it is highly ranked doesn't mean that it isn't an excellent school.

Never said it wasn't an excellent school. Just low "brand" recognition.

ok. Brand recognition doesn't matter to most of us. That's not how to pick a school.

That's fine. But don't expect hiring managers to know all of the little, obscure schools.

employers know Davidson just fine, thanks.

No actually they don't.

+1 outside of the southeast it really is a no name school. That may not be fair but that’s the way it is.

Davidson's class of 2018 has 13 Fulbright scholars. Not bad for a tiny, "no name" school!

This appears to be fake news. Looks like they had 7 Fulbright scholars.

http://topproducing.fulbrightonline.org/top-producing-institutions-by-year

7 would be high enough for a small LAC, but they had 13: https://www.davidson.edu/news/news-stories/180518-record-number-of-fulbright-grants-awarded