Non-grinder well adjusted social T25 school??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Uva

Really? I am curios about it for my rising sophomore

Most UVA students say that UVA is a cake walk, compared to most high schools.

Alas, I don't think UVA is T25, according to most people in the know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Uva

Really? I am curios about it for my rising sophomore

Most UVA students say that UVA is a cake walk, compared to most high schools.

Alas, I don't think UVA is T25, according to most people in the know.

US News says different

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does it exist? A school not full of grinders, though they are smart, and can be nerdy, that are social and well-adjusted??

I keep hearing the following names:
Vanderbilt
Dartmouth
Northwestern
Duke
USC
Rice
UCLA
Michigan

Do you agree? Disagree? What’s missing? What should come off?

USC is not a T25 school.

Wrong. According to USNWR, the University of Southern California is #25.

The list you are referencing is actually top 25 universities only and does not include the top 25 liberal arts schools also being discussed here.

[Anonymous]

I don't get it. If your kid is so well-adjusted and "not a grinder"...why does rank of school matter? Why the arbitrary cutoff at 25?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't get it. If your kid is so well-adjusted and "not a grinder"...why does rank of school matter? Why the arbitrary cutoff at 25?

Because they are "intellectually curious."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The sweet spot for these criteria is slightly below the top 25 or 30. Lehigh, Wake, UMiami, Boston College, Wisconsin, Tulane. No shortage of really smart students at them, without the king-of-the-world egos.

COMPLETELY agree with this take.

Kid's at Vandy and wishes sometimes he was at Wake -- which he liked a lot more during tours. I think it was probably his top choice but he went with the much higher-ranked school. Which, as it turns out, is packed to the rafters with grinders despite what people are saying here

nah - all depends on major. Some Wake majors are chock full of grinders and some Vandy majors are cake city - the broad brush of DCUM generalization strikes again!

[Anonymous]

to say Wake is an easier school than Vandy is ridiculous

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Uva

Really? I am curios about it for my rising sophomore

Most UVA students say that UVA is a cake walk, compared to most high schools.

Alas, I don't think UVA is T25, according to most people in the know.

US News says different

+1. Also no 3 in the nation for public universities. The PP must be old. Not only is UVA now impossible to get into, but the competition is stiff. My kid worked hard for his grades, very hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:T25 for what major?

I'd focus more on the top 25 in your DC's specific area of interest. That should open up the list a bit more.

If you want a good education, you are not hyper focused on a specific major or a track. You want overall experience and ability to pick your major in sophomore year, not before even applying to college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does it exist? A school not full of grinders, though they are smart, and can be nerdy, that are social and well-adjusted??

I keep hearing the following names:
Vanderbilt
Dartmouth
Northwestern
Duke
USC
Rice
UCLA
Michigan

Do you agree? Disagree? What’s missing? What should come off?

Anyone going to any of these schools is going to be a really good student. They're all grinders in the sense that they work hard and put in the time to get results. The mythology of Dartmouth as a bunch of frat boys and Vandy as a bunch of sorority girls is just that - mythology. They were all the valedictorians in high school.

That being said, UCLA and Michigan are too big to say anything meaningful. But all the other schools are generally nerdy, social and well-adjusted.

Well, maybe not USC

[Anonymous]

High school if you’re going to get into a t25 school is a grind more so than a social educational experience. Why would college afterwards be any different.

If you want easy classes go to community college.

[Anonymous]

Emory

[Anonymous]

Claremont Colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:to say Wake is an easier school than Vandy is ridiculous

I believe people are saying it's more fun socially, certainly has a much more successful sports scene.

[Anonymous]

None for dumb and lazy people who think they well adjusted (they not).