+1. Too many CS candidates, while positions are dwindling. Consider Cyber Security instead - better pay and far more positions available. |
Not CS. Everyone we know graduating with the Vanderbilt business/HOD degree has a fabulous consulting gig… |
Vanderbilt can be cliquey due to the high number of frats and sororities.
Rice has no frats/sororities and seems to check all the right boxes for what OP is looking for in a college.
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Rice! |
Wellesley is a beautiful and great school and a cute town but it isn’t Vandy or Nashville. |
Op, you need to figure it size range and majors of interest. Has your kid visited any slacs? Kids either love or hate the size. |
DP who has a DD loosely thinking of applying to Wellesley...would you say it has a "fun social energy"...we don't have a great sense of the social situation |
Honestly there is no such thing, especially right now. |
Swarthmore College seems to have all of the things you mentioned. |
Christ no. A kid who loves Vandy would be miserable at Swat. |
We liked WashU for these reasons, esp being able to double major in different schools. It also has a very collaborative approach. Not sure it hits the big social scene although my DC is having plenty of fun. |
Lehigh, not sure on the AC though- used to be needed a medical note for one. Really not bad in that climate though. |
That was definitely not the impression we got. Students seem serious about academics and political activism. Not much hint of a party culture. Sports are D3 and did not seem particularly popular for spectators. Town is nice but not a city -- Boston is 30+ minutes away. By comparison, Vandy students are serious about their studies and their fun. Major sports in one of the two top NCAA D1 conferences. Huge bar/music scene within walking distance. |
A CS grad can still do cyber security. |
Wellesley, Vandy, Rice |