That would have been the more responsive answer. |
The anti-CTCL made us take a closer look and like the book more. Secure people don’t feel compelled to disrespect others. |
+1, especially as the quality of education is similar. One of my best friends is a math professor and says kids at different colleges and universities generally follow a similar curriculum, use the same books, and have very similar opportunities to learn. One of my kids took a geology class at community college in high school, while her friend took geology at U Penn. They used the same textbook and covered the same material. My DC had more field trips and learned a great deal through an open-ended independent project she had to do (she spent a lot of time on it, had an absolute blast, and did some very deep learning). When they talked about what they had learned, my kid was much more knowledgeable. Geology was a major interest for her while her friend was ticking a box, so this explains some of it, but if you want to learn, you will be able to learn abundantly and thoroughly virtually wherever you go. |
It’s pretty clear that the PP you are responding to had very little professional or life experience whatsoever, let alone with any specific schools. |
I answered the question. You just don’t like the answer. So you get all snippy and nasty. Not a good look. |
Those are great stats. In terms of average SAT, your kid is way above the average for any school in the nation, including Harvard and Caltech. Smart kid made a smart choice. Denison Rocks and many of the CTCLs are similarly good schools for bright kids who want merit aid and perhaps a slightly more comfortable, down-to-earth environment than one might find at a more prestigious-conscious school. I think there are schools not on the CTCL list that really could be. Maybe St. Lawrence, Gustavus Adolphus, Muhlenburg, Lewis & Clark, and Hobart & William Smith. |
You write in the past tense. So your kids are no longer in school? Perhaps were in college in a completely different era? Were full pay so merit wasn't part of the equation? |
For god's sake . . . just send your snowflake to school and let them figure out their beliefs once there and exposed to different view points. So sick of conservatives acting like thy're some sort of oppressed minority when, in reality, they just don't seem to mix well with others. Maybe Liberty is more to your liking. |
Why is any of that relevant? |
Sure, why don't I send her to Reed or Oberlin so the purple-haired they/them crowd can turn her into a social pariah the first time she respectfully offers an opinion that isn't far left wing, such as that she's fully pro choice for the first trimester but believes 15 weeks is a reasonable limit on abortion. |
I don't think it's helpful to create these rigid categories. These three are, of course, wonderful schools and very highly regarded, and yes, of course, they are more selective, but have you seen the stats of some of the kids going to CTCL schools? The average will be lower, but some top students choose them and do very well. Some students at CTCLs (not most but some) will be smarter, better served by their schools, and ultimately more successful than some students who choose more prestigious schools. This is not a dig at the schools you mention. They are great choices. It's just a reminder that who you are matters more than where you go to school, and one really needs to look at a multitude of factors when picking a school. |
Because a lot has changed in the admissions world. This person may not grasp that simply because a student's stats may have them in the 75% percentile for a school doesn't change that they are still holding a lottery ticket. |
If she wants to argue for the new GOP standard, then she has to be prepared to defend it. That's how life works. I go into my office with a proposal of changing precedent at our work, my boss expects me to rigorously defend it. And he doesn't have purple hair. |
Things have not changed that much. Then and now and generally speaking the top students don’t end up at CTCL schools. |
Whoa Nelly. So all the top kids who cannot afford full pay are no longer top students as they are at a CTCL? |