LACs with the WORST locations

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No one said that. And you make the institution look bad with your name calling. Personally, I would not attend the school given the board’s handling of the name issue.

Well then, I guess you would also cross Georgetown, GW, Yale and many others off your list? And don’t visit Leesburg! This level of cancel culture is just ridiculous. You can acknowledge that people had both good and bad qualities and can educate about and learn from both without pretending they never existed.

Lee was a traitor of the worst kind. And as far as I know, there's no requirement to have a college named in one's honor to be remembered in the historical record.

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Conn College is not right in New London, which is admittedly not a great town. The area it's in is nice enough, and the campus (including a 500-acre arboretum) is beautiful.

It is right in New London. A two minute drive from the ferry. Not a thing to do there. Drive to Providence at best. Or hop on the ferry plus the south/north ferries and you’re in the Hamptons.

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Easily St. Lawrence. It's in the absolute middle of nowhere with no transportation options. There's no local retail and a run down local economy. It's freezing and windy--as cold as Montreal and colder than Juneau--but not in with pretty mountains.

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No one said that. And you make the institution look bad with your name calling. Personally, I would not attend the school given the board’s handling of the name issue.

Well then, I guess you would also cross Georgetown, GW, Yale and many others off your list? And don’t visit Leesburg! This level of cancel culture is just ridiculous. You can acknowledge that people had both good and bad qualities and can educate about and learn from both without pretending they never existed.

FYI Leesburg is named after Robert E Lee’s ancestor FYI, who was a hero in the Revolutionary war.

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Conn College is not right in New London, which is admittedly not a great town. The area it's in is nice enough, and the campus (including a 500-acre arboretum) is beautiful.

It is right in New London. A two minute drive from the ferry. Not a thing to do there. Drive to Providence at best. Or hop on the ferry plus the south/north ferries and you’re in the Hamptons.

Each student gets something like four free Uber rides a month. Mystic is less than 15 minutes away.

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Conn College is not right in New London, which is admittedly not a great town. The area it's in is nice enough, and the campus (including a 500-acre arboretum) is beautiful.

It is right in New London. A two minute drive from the ferry. Not a thing to do there. Drive to Providence at best. Or hop on the ferry plus the south/north ferries and you’re in the Hamptons.

A simple check of google maps shows you wrong--it's separated from town by I-95. Yes, it's very close to town, but it doesn't have the same issues some places do because they're right in the middle of a run-down area. Again, though, I agree that it's not a town you'd want to hang out in. That doesn't matter much, though, when you have such a great campus. And as others have pointed out, Mystic is close enough to get to easily.

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Anonymous wrote:Easily St. Lawrence. It's in the absolute middle of nowhere with no transportation options. There's no local retail and a run down local economy. It's freezing and windy--as cold as Montreal and colder than Juneau--but not in with pretty mountains.

To each her own. St. Lawrence offers one of the most collegial, friendly, and welcoming university environments. Students there love to ski, hike, kayak, and generally, spend their time outdoors.Yes, it’s a long winter. But it’s full of fun events and activities. If your dream school is Miami, you won’t like St. Lawrence but for those who love winter sports, it’s ideal.

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Anonymous wrote:Despite having beautiful campuses, Kenyon College, Bates College, Grinnell College, Holy Cross, Trinity College, Rhodes College (dangerous city), Clarkson University, St. Lawrence University, Knox College, are some LACs with undesirable locations.

Worcester isn’t too bad.

What’s good about it?

Near Boston, urban

Niece just graduated from holy cross. Worcester has come a long way -- great food/bar scene, red sox AAA team, more event/music/culture going on than 20 years ago. It's rather vibrant, in fact.

Worcester isn’t so bad. It’s better than Syracuse and Richmond!

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Anonymous wrote:Despite having beautiful campuses, Kenyon College, Bates College, Grinnell College, Holy Cross, Trinity College, Rhodes College (dangerous city), Clarkson University, St. Lawrence University, Knox College, are some LACs with undesirable locations.

Worcester isn’t too bad.

What’s good about it?

Near Boston, urban

Niece just graduated from holy cross. Worcester has come a long way -- great food/bar scene, red sox AAA team, more event/music/culture going on than 20 years ago. It's rather vibrant, in fact.

Worcester isn’t so bad. It’s better than Syracuse and Richmond!

DD looked at SUNY ESF, which is next to Syracuse, and she HATED it. Way too urban for her tastes but a great option for kids interested in enviromental stuff and like urban locations. Most of the others that have a lot of focus on that are in rural areas (not surprisingly)

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Anonymous wrote:Grinnell has become super selective despite what many consider to be a highly undesirable location. Just imagine if it were somewhere else?

I have a child there and while they would prefer that it were closer to home, the location doesn’t bother them at all. The town is cute and close to campus and they are pretty academically focused so are happy with what’s offered on campus.

They did not like the location of Macalester though because they preferred a small town environment. And they wouldn’t even consider Clark. It’s all pretty subjective.

+1. Yes, all subjective. My son won't even look at Grinnell because of its location and he loves both Macalester and Clark. This does not change that they are great schools for the right student.

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No one said that. And you make the institution look bad with your name calling. Personally, I would not attend the school given the board’s handling of the name issue.

Well then, I guess you would also cross Georgetown, GW, Yale and many others off your list? And don’t visit Leesburg! This level of cancel culture is just ridiculous. You can acknowledge that people had both good and bad qualities and can educate about and learn from both without pretending they never existed.

Lee was a traitor of the worst kind. And as far as I know, there's no requirement to have a college named in one's honor to be remembered in the historical record.

He was a General in the civil war. Davidson College is also named after a southern civil war general. He died in the war and was less famous so nobody focuses on the name of Davidson.

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Anonymous wrote:Easily St. Lawrence. It's in the absolute middle of nowhere with no transportation options. There's no local retail and a run down local economy. It's freezing and windy--as cold as Montreal and colder than Juneau--but not in with pretty mountains.

To each her own. St. Lawrence offers one of the most collegial, friendly, and welcoming university environments. Students there love to ski, hike, kayak, and generally, spend their time outdoors.Yes, it’s a long winter. But it’s full of fun events and activities. If your dream school is Miami, you won’t like St. Lawrence but for those who love winter sports, it’s ideal.

A school can have lots of fun events, but still be in a terrible location. Nothing you said refutes its bad location. Kayaking and hiking are possible for about 6 weeks in the fall before the weather turns. Skiing is still a good drive.

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Anonymous wrote:

No one said that. And you make the institution look bad with your name calling. Personally, I would not attend the school given the board’s handling of the name issue.

Well then, I guess you would also cross Georgetown, GW, Yale and many others off your list? And don’t visit Leesburg! This level of cancel culture is just ridiculous. You can acknowledge that people had both good and bad qualities and can educate about and learn from both without pretending they never existed.

Lee was a traitor of the worst kind. And as far as I know, there's no requirement to have a college named in one's honor to be remembered in the historical record.

Lee did nothing that Washington didn't do. They'd better cancel his name from the college too.

Is the subject of this thread "which college has the worst name"? No, and the name of the college is irrelevant to the location.

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No one said that. And you make the institution look bad with your name calling. Personally, I would not attend the school given the board’s handling of the name issue.

Well then, I guess you would also cross Georgetown, GW, Yale and many others off your list? And don’t visit Leesburg! This level of cancel culture is just ridiculous. You can acknowledge that people had both good and bad qualities and can educate about and learn from both without pretending they never existed.

Lee was a traitor of the worst kind. And as far as I know, there's no requirement to have a college named in one's honor to be remembered in the historical record.

Then don't go there. Problem solved.
DP