How many people use the College/University Discussion forum?

[Anonymous]

13, mostly reading.

[Anonymous]

This thread is hilarious. But seriously I do come to this thread a few times a day because I like to be a be a voyeur and have never posted until now. Going through the application process for the first time (and almost done!) and I’m mostly feeling bad about it because my daughter has a couple of C’s and a 3.3 and only a 1270. And TBH I thought a 1270 was great (88 percentile is good, right?) until getting caught up in this DCUM forum a couple of weeks ago. I also thought B’s were good but apparently they aren’t.

[Anonymous]

I use it. Oldest DC is a Jr. I read most everything but don't post often b/c I don't have much to add yet.

[Anonymous]

I guess I’m 61. Big fan of SLACs, but not the huge SLAC booster. I was here for about 18 month with my oldest. Returned after May 1 last for my younger kid. and occasionally boost Oberlin. Crossing my fingers that kid 2 has good ED news, so I can put DCUM education forums behind me for good.

But, I’m mostly an Oberlin booster because I’m writing tuition checks there right now, and because #62, who hasn’t shown up here, really hates Oberlin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:51.

I majored in philosophy and have answered questions about my career. Others do too, though.

Hi, I’ve enjoyed your posts, Philosophy Major (my spouse also majored in philosophy)!

[Anonymous]

I’ll confess to being #62 but I harbor only positive feelings for Oberlin. I am a frequent visitor as I have a college junior and freshman and recently went through two very different admissions processes. My modest contribution here is to help people navigate the UK admissions process as I have a “lackluster” (DCUM you never disappoint) child that attends Cambridge.

[Anonymous]

37

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:51.

I majored in philosophy and have answered questions about my career. Others do too, though.

Hi, I’ve enjoyed your posts, Philosophy Major (my spouse also majored in philosophy)!

Thanks!! Is he a lawyer?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I guess I’m 61. Big fan of SLACs, but not the huge SLAC booster. I was here for about 18 month with my oldest. Returned after May 1 last for my younger kid. and occasionally boost Oberlin. Crossing my fingers that kid 2 has good ED news, so I can put DCUM education forums behind me for good.

But, I’m mostly an Oberlin booster because I’m writing tuition checks there right now, and because #62, who hasn’t shown up here, really hates Oberlin.

Wait, I'm totally confused...I thought I was number #62 but I have no issues with Oberlin. Maybe I'm #63? Or maybe I really do hate Oberlin and don't realize it? Not sure...no, I'm certain I don't hate Oberlin. I'm from Ohio for goddsake and if only there were 100 more Oberlins maybe the damn state would go back to being purple.

So, I guess I'm #63 and I have no bones to pick with any SLAC. Except for Swarthmore.

[Anonymous]

There is the person(s) who is obsessed with...

Harvard's extension school and degree mills
Yale's lack of STEM programs and weak business school
Princeton's "low" international rankings and lack of professional schools
Stanford's having too many athletes
Columbia's "low" endowment
Penn's insecurity vis-a-vis other ivies and Wharton vs. other divisions
UChicago's "high" crime rate and low ROI
Northwestern for I don't even know, being Northwestern?
JHU for being too academic/nerdy
Caltech for being too hard and driving students away to MIT
WashU's rise in endowment and how it will poach all those star professors from the ivies
Duke and Brown's #5 and #6 rankings on WSJ
Cornell for being dead last in the ivy league
Berkeley's #1 ranking and UCSD's #15 ranking on Forbes
Georgetown not being in the T20
UVA

This pretty much sums up the state of DCUM. Feel free to add more

[Anonymous]

For what it’s worth, 1,469 people have read this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For what it’s worth, 1,469 people have read this.

It's not 1,469 people, it's 1,469 views, which is different. A single person can result in numerous views. Every time you click the thread, it counts as a view.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For what it’s worth, 1,469 people have read this.

It's not 1,469 people, it's 1,469 views, which is different. A single person can result in numerous views. Every time you click the thread, it counts as a view.

Yes, I know that. But 61 people are not individually clicking on it 15 times.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is the person(s) who is obsessed with...

Harvard's extension school and degree mills
Yale's lack of STEM programs and weak business school
Princeton's "low" international rankings and lack of professional schools
Stanford's having too many athletes
Columbia's "low" endowment
Penn's insecurity vis-a-vis other ivies and Wharton vs. other divisions
UChicago's "high" crime rate and low ROI
Northwestern for I don't even know, being Northwestern?
JHU for being too academic/nerdy
Caltech for being too hard and driving students away to MIT
WashU's rise in endowment and how it will poach all those star professors from the ivies
Duke and Brown's #5 and #6 rankings on WSJ
Cornell for being dead last in the ivy league
Berkeley's #1 ranking and UCSD's #15 ranking on Forbes
Georgetown not being in the T20
UVA

This pretty much sums up the state of DCUM. Feel free to add more

Thread winner.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For what it’s worth, 1,469 people have read this.

It's not 1,469 people, it's 1,469 views, which is different. A single person can result in numerous views. Every time you click the thread, it counts as a view.

Yes, I know that. But 61 people are not individually clicking on it 15 times.

I wouldn’t be so sure of that.