Connecticut College

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Anonymous wrote:Small, bisected campus, lowest of the NESCAC schools, highest acceptance rate, lowest prestige, lowest bar to being a recruited athlete, 48% of freshmen class drawn from early decision, of which there was a 41% admission rate.

This is a college that's in for some tough sledding when the demographic cliff kicks in.

Location and being in the NESCAC will shield Conn. They distinguish Conn from other schools in the 25-50 ranks. Being in New England is more desirable than PA or upstate NY or the Midwest, and the NESCAC is the most competitive conference in D3. There will always be kids who want to compete at that level but may not have quite the stats for the tippy top schools.

But it's not shielding Conn. We toured last fall and felt like we wasted most of a day. The campus is faded and the school has zero energy. The admissions stats are abysmal. They will soon be hitting 50% admissions rate. And its endowment is small. There may be other schools under more serious threat, but Conn has a dim future, and doesn't seem to be doing anything to up its game.

I’m sorry that was your impression. We visited Colby on a recent trip, and I got a super-grim vibe, but I’m imaginative enough to see that it might have been the weather or the particular time I was there. Every time I’ve been to Conn, it’s been lively. Unlike many schools I’ve seen, kids actually greet and engage with each other when they pass.

We were at Conn on a beautiful fall weekday. And it was dead.

Okay, if you say so. Again, not my experience unless they’re on break or something.

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Anonymous wrote:DCUM has a strange obsession with liberal arts colleges dying when it just…isn’t happening for a majority of these colleges. Sure some remote school that no one ever hears of will die, but Conn Coll, really?

The problem with Conn is it's checked out. There's no energy or innovation there. No new majors,etc. When a school's best area of study is the dance department, the grim reaper is coming.

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Anonymous wrote:Small, bisected campus, lowest of the NESCAC schools, highest acceptance rate, lowest prestige, lowest bar to being a recruited athlete, 48% of freshmen class drawn from early decision, of which there was a 41% admission rate.

This is a college that's in for some tough sledding when the demographic cliff kicks in.

Location and being in the NESCAC will shield Conn. They distinguish Conn from other schools in the 25-50 ranks. Being in New England is more desirable than PA or upstate NY or the Midwest, and the NESCAC is the most competitive conference in D3. There will always be kids who want to compete at that level but may not have quite the stats for the tippy top schools.

People aren’t interested in the nescac colleges because of their affiliation with nescac

Athletes, who make up about 40 percent of the population of most of the schools, absolutely are.

What? No they aren’t. You go to Williams because its got good teams, not because you’re playing against bates. This may be the dumbest assumption I’ve ever heard.

I agree. I've had two kids get recruited for two different sports, including by several NESCAC colleges. Never heard a coach tout the chance to play their opponents as a reason to come.

And in most sports, Conn teams get hammered by the rest of the conference.

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Anonymous wrote:DCUM has a strange obsession with liberal arts colleges dying when it just…isn’t happening for a majority of these colleges. Sure some remote school that no one ever hears of will die, but Conn Coll, really?

The problem with Conn is it's checked out. There's no energy or innovation there. No new majors,etc. When a school's best area of study is the dance department, the grim reaper is coming.

Boohoo. If it’s that bad they’ll go need aware and be no different to colleges like Elon, who rely on rich kids coming for fun.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi, I’m the OP. My daughter is a great student (3.95 weighted) but isn’t overly academic and isn’t looking for anything too competitive. We are conservative which I’m worried about if she goes to a liberal arts college - not bc we don’t love and accept the ideas and beliefs of others - but bc others might not love and accept our ideas.
Honestly my daughter wants to run, make great friends, not party and get a degree but certainly doesn’t need an ivy… maybe we are the minority here, but we are okay with average for college!! We are coming from a small private school so size isn’t a huge issue. I was more looking for campus life, happiness of students, is there any Christian organizations, etc.
and this is my first time posting so if there was a similar post, it was not me. Thanks for any more info. I really appreciate it.

Go to Claremont McKenna college. Better environment for conservatives and has a great student life with amazing outcomes.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi, I’m the OP. My daughter is a great student (3.95 weighted) but isn’t overly academic and isn’t looking for anything too competitive. We are conservative which I’m worried about if she goes to a liberal arts college - not bc we don’t love and accept the ideas and beliefs of others - but bc others might not love and accept our ideas.
Honestly my daughter wants to run, make great friends, not party and get a degree but certainly doesn’t need an ivy… maybe we are the minority here, but we are okay with average for college!! We are coming from a small private school so size isn’t a huge issue. I was more looking for campus life, happiness of students, is there any Christian organizations, etc.
and this is my first time posting so if there was a similar post, it was not me. Thanks for any more info. I really appreciate it.

I’m the PP with a boy who runs at Conn. The runners are such a nice group, and they really serve as a resource for one other. My son is not conservative, but there are a couple of conservatives on his team and he has some good discussions. I’m not familiar with the Christian organizations, but I’m sure they exist and are active. The school just resurfaced the track, and it is fabulous, and their cross country course is on the Sound and considered one of the most beautiful in the country. Conn is not perfect; the dorms are pretty grim and the school doesn’t have the same money to throw around as Williams, Amherst, or Bowdoin. But I think they do a good job of investing in what’s important: faculty and counseling/advising resources.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi, I’m the OP. My daughter is a great student (3.95 weighted) but isn’t overly academic and isn’t looking for anything too competitive. We are conservative which I’m worried about if she goes to a liberal arts college - not bc we don’t love and accept the ideas and beliefs of others - but bc others might not love and accept our ideas.
Honestly my daughter wants to run, make great friends, not party and get a degree but certainly doesn’t need an ivy… maybe we are the minority here, but we are okay with average for college!! We are coming from a small private school so size isn’t a huge issue. I was more looking for campus life, happiness of students, is there any Christian organizations, etc.
and this is my first time posting so if there was a similar post, it was not me. Thanks for any more info. I really appreciate it.

Please go post on College Confidential, you’ll get far better advice without all the snark you see here. DCUM lacks tact and it’s a lot to wade through to get useful advice.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi, I’m the OP. My daughter is a great student (3.95 weighted) but isn’t overly academic and isn’t looking for anything too competitive. We are conservative which I’m worried about if she goes to a liberal arts college - not bc we don’t love and accept the ideas and beliefs of others - but bc others might not love and accept our ideas.
Honestly my daughter wants to run, make great friends, not party and get a degree but certainly doesn’t need an ivy… maybe we are the minority here, but we are okay with average for college!! We are coming from a small private school so size isn’t a huge issue. I was more looking for campus life, happiness of students, is there any Christian organizations, etc.
and this is my first time posting so if there was a similar post, it was not me. Thanks for any more info. I really appreciate it.

I’m the PP with a boy who runs at Conn. The runners are such a nice group, and they really serve as a resource for one other. My son is not conservative, but there are a couple of conservatives on his team and he has some good discussions. I’m not familiar with the Christian organizations, but I’m sure they exist and are active. The school just resurfaced the track, and it is fabulous, and their cross country course is on the Sound and considered one of the most beautiful in the country. Conn is not perfect; the dorms are pretty grim and the school doesn’t have the same money to throw around as Williams, Amherst, or Bowdoin. But I think they do a good job of investing in what’s important: faculty and counseling/advising resources.

DP but sounds amazing. A lot of these colleges with more $s spend it on everything but faculty and advising.

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Anonymous wrote:DCUM has a strange obsession with liberal arts colleges dying when it just…isn’t happening for a majority of these colleges. Sure some remote school that no one ever hears of will die, but Conn Coll, really?

The problem with Conn is it's checked out. There's no energy or innovation there. No new majors,etc. When a school's best area of study is the dance department, the grim reaper is coming.

Boohoo. If it’s that bad they’ll go need aware and be no different to colleges like Elon, who rely on rich kids coming for fun.

Huh? Conn isn't need blind. They already give a preference to full pay kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi, I’m the OP. My daughter is a great student (3.95 weighted) but isn’t overly academic and isn’t looking for anything too competitive. We are conservative which I’m worried about if she goes to a liberal arts college - not bc we don’t love and accept the ideas and beliefs of others - but bc others might not love and accept our ideas.
Honestly my daughter wants to run, make great friends, not party and get a degree but certainly doesn’t need an ivy… maybe we are the minority here, but we are okay with average for college!! We are coming from a small private school so size isn’t a huge issue. I was more looking for campus life, happiness of students, is there any Christian organizations, etc.
and this is my first time posting so if there was a similar post, it was not me. Thanks for any more info. I really appreciate it.

LMAO. If she doesn't want to drink like a fish (or more accurately, if you don't want her to drink like a fish), then stay away from Conn. Makor drinking school.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi, I’m the OP. My daughter is a great student (3.95 weighted) but isn’t overly academic and isn’t looking for anything too competitive. We are conservative which I’m worried about if she goes to a liberal arts college - not bc we don’t love and accept the ideas and beliefs of others - but bc others might not love and accept our ideas.
Honestly my daughter wants to run, make great friends, not party and get a degree but certainly doesn’t need an ivy… maybe we are the minority here, but we are okay with average for college!! We are coming from a small private school so size isn’t a huge issue. I was more looking for campus life, happiness of students, is there any Christian organizations, etc.
and this is my first time posting so if there was a similar post, it was not me. Thanks for any more info. I really appreciate it.

LMAO. If she doesn't want to drink like a fish (or more accurately, if you don't want her to drink like a fish), then stay away from Conn. Makor drinking school.

As opposed to other Nescac schools? Our tour guide rushed us by a Williams dorm with a table full of Jack Daniels. If you’re in college, you’re going to see alcohol.

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If you would like to read about Connecticut College"s arboretum, a description, as well as national recognition, appears in this site:

https://www.collegerank.net/most-beautiful-college-arboretums/

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Anonymous wrote:Hi, I’m the OP. My daughter is a great student (3.95 weighted) but isn’t overly academic and isn’t looking for anything too competitive. We are conservative which I’m worried about if she goes to a liberal arts college - not bc we don’t love and accept the ideas and beliefs of others - but bc others might not love and accept our ideas.
Honestly my daughter wants to run, make great friends, not party and get a degree but certainly doesn’t need an ivy… maybe we are the minority here, but we are okay with average for college!! We are coming from a small private school so size isn’t a huge issue. I was more looking for campus life, happiness of students, is there any Christian organizations, etc.
and this is my first time posting so if there was a similar post, it was not me. Thanks for any more info. I really appreciate it.

LMAO. If she doesn't want to drink like a fish (or more accurately, if you don't want her to drink like a fish), then stay away from Conn. Makor drinking school.

A lot of the runners don’t drink in season, which is all but about 3 weeks of the year since they compete all three seasons.

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Anonymous wrote:If you would like to read about Connecticut College"s arboretum, a description, as well as national recognition, appears in this site:

https://www.collegerank.net/most-beautiful-college-arboretums/

And this is relevant because…

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Anonymous wrote:If you would like to read about Connecticut College"s arboretum, a description, as well as national recognition, appears in this site:

https://www.collegerank.net/most-beautiful-college-arboretums/

And this is relevant because…

The post was for the OP, who appears enthusiastic about learning about Connecticut College. Others with a sense of inquiry may appreciate the site as well. Then, there's you.