Underrated Colleges

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BU (Boston University)

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Xavier (Ohio). Jesuit tradition, strong business and health schools, excellent student services, friendly and supportive campus culture, Big East basketball, strong alumni network.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Deep springs

Iykyk

That's wonderful for the people who know, but why the secrecy? If you believe people don't think as highly of it as it deserves, why not say something about it to give us an idea? What do you you like about it?

there's another thread that was bumped up just on DSC.

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Reed for physics.

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Bucknell for amazing frats and mentorship and for the direct job pipeline to the STREET!

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Anonymous wrote:What are the colleges you believe are underrated and arent in the USNews top 20.

I personally adored the tour DD and I went on through sewanee. It is a truly beautiful campus with a mix of traditional student culture and a fantastic education. DD ended up getting into Princeton, but I still sometimes think about how much she would’ve loved her time at Sewanee.

NP. In general the rankings overvalue schools in the northeast and undervalue schools in the south and west.

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Underrated:

Macalester
Carleton
U Wisconsin at Madison
Denver U
Clark U

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What are the colleges you believe are underrated and arent in the USNews top 20.

I personally adored the tour DD and I went on through sewanee. It is a truly beautiful campus with a mix of traditional student culture and a fantastic education. DD ended up getting into Princeton, but I still sometimes think about how much she would’ve loved her time at Sewanee.

NP. In general the rankings overvalue schools in the northeast and undervalue schools in the south and west.

Agree, there are mid-level schools that are ridiculed here that rank higher than many in northeast that will get recommended.

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Underrated:

Dickinson
Juniata

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Anonymous wrote:Earlham
Wooster
Ohio Wesleyan

Haven't seen a good Quaker school mentioned in quite some time! Love Earlham, along with Guilford.

Wooster is truly wonderful. Both Ron Lieber and College Transitions profiled Wooster extensively. We went to visit and loved it! Haven't checked out Ohio Wesleyan but will do so.

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William & Mary also has a strong school of education.

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George Mason

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Kansas State University.
Arkansas State University.
University of Oklahoma.
South Dakota State University.
North Dakota State University

Seriously some great state colleges with small enough classes, students get enough rigor to last a lifetime.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is Sewanee super southern in terms of culture? And how about school spirit?

I wouldn't call it "super southern," but it attracts a lot of private school kids from the big southern metros, particularly Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, Richmond, Birmingham, Jacksonville, and DFW. Most class years have nearly all 50 states represented, though, plus 15 or more countries. It's more geographically diverse than Rhodes, Furman, or Centre (the southern LACs generally though of as its closest peers).

As for school spirit, it's D3, so the sports scene isn't what you'd find at an SEC school, though the football games are big social events. That said, alumni are insanely loyal to the school and love their alma mater. The alumni giving rate is very high, to the point that it hurt Sewanee in the rankings when USNWR removed it from its formula.

Agree it's a good school but yeah, it is super southern.

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CU Boulder/- great location, expansive educational course list, sends lots of kids to major cities post grad.