What school, which is generally considered good,

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Princeton - the thesis requirement is awful

Columbia - core curriculum sounds boring

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Anonymous wrote:USC—overpriced school for rich kids who could hack the ivies and in a very dangerous area.

Good academics at USC these days. But neighborhood is still dangerous.

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Anonymous wrote:Brown. I dislike the open curriculum.

I never really understood this as you can make open the core if a student wanted.

There's value in having a body of students who you know have received a common education rather than simply pursuing their own narrow interests. It gives them a common base of knowledge to bring to other classes. Anecdotally, I don't think many Brown students get a very well rounded education either. It's very selective but I've never been impressed by a Brown alumni I knew.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Brown. I dislike the open curriculum.

I never really understood this as you can make open the core if a student wanted.

There's value in having a body of students who you know have received a common education rather than simply pursuing their own narrow interests. It gives them a common base of knowledge to bring to other classes. Anecdotally, I don't think many Brown students get a very well rounded education either. It's very selective but I've never been impressed by a Brown alumni I knew.

Not my experience there, selected for vast interests. They don’t want those that are narrow in focus, but you’re entitled to your opinion of course.

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Anonymous wrote:Would you prefer your kid not attend- even if offered a spot - and why?

Wellesley, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Barnard because I'm a guy.

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UPenn, UCLA, NYU. Their not bad just don't seem 100% for my kid.

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Emory, because I am still irate about an article I read, discussing how they'd admitted a poor, relatively high performing first gen kid from Texas and proceeded to ruin her life.

Harvard, because for decades institutionally they did not care about the education of their undergraduates, and now the undergraduates don't care either, spending all their spare time trying to network with each other.

Howard, which is ineptly run and coasting off a reputation that has been unjustified since at least desegregation, and also sounds too much like "Harvard" for my tastes.

Duke, which has never done any soul searching about how it tried to ruin the lives of its own lacrosse players.

NYU, which is wildly overpriced and full of people who think NYU is a good idea.

Columbia, which even before the latest round of protests was famous for raking in a ton of cash by running scam master's degrees on the gullible.

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Anonymous wrote:Would you prefer your kid not attend- even if offered a spot - and why?

Another thread for people to bash schools they have no knowledge of, or got rejected from.

Great.

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Dartmouth—drinking and bro culture. Berkeley, UCLA OOS for undergrad—so not worth it.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you prefer your kid not attend- even if offered a spot - and why?

Another thread for people to bash schools they have no knowledge of, or got rejected from.

Great.

Why would you even open it then when you are easily annoyed by it?

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Anonymous wrote:Emory, because I am still irate about an article I read, discussing how they'd admitted a poor, relatively high performing first gen kid from Texas and proceeded to ruin her life.

Harvard, because for decades institutionally they did not care about the education of their undergraduates, and now the undergraduates don't care either, spending all their spare time trying to network with each other.

Howard, which is ineptly run and coasting off a reputation that has been unjustified since at least desegregation, and also sounds too much like "Harvard" for my tastes.

Duke, which has never done any soul searching about how it tried to ruin the lives of its own lacrosse players.

NYU, which is wildly overpriced and full of people who think NYU is a good idea.

Columbia, which even before the latest round of protests was famous for raking in a ton of cash by running scam master's degrees on the gullible.

What would you like Duke to have done. There were lots of lawsuits and the kids got paid and that also likely limits what Duke can say or do. That is a really dumb reason to dislike a school. As are most of your reasons for other schools. Please tell us where you went so we can dislike it for no good reason. If you even went to college.

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Anonymous wrote:UNC as an OOS. Couldn't deal with higher stats needed to get in and paying a lot more than in-states with comparably much lower stats and a high acceptance rate.

+1 Same for other colleges, like Michigan, Texas.

UVA doesn't play that game.

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Any giant state flagship - not because they’re not good but because I would rather pay $$$ for a smaller environment than pay the same $$$ for a more impersonal environment (and I get there are exceptions to both- I know that some kids find their community at large State U and some kids never find their people at small LAC)

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Emory, because I am still irate about an article I read, discussing how they'd admitted a poor, relatively high performing first gen kid from Texas and proceeded to ruin her life.

Link?? Never heard about this! (considering Emory for DS)

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Williams. The culture seemed insufferable when DS and I first toured, and I haven't gotten a good impression since. Great school but not for us.