Hamilton College in NY

[Anonymous]

This is not an exploitation. This is a reference to an AP story about the tragedy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is not an exploitation. This is a reference to an AP story about the tragedy.

So explain the point. The value of a LAC education is that assistant professors can better screen psychos? The guy didn't do this when enrolled at UC-Riverside.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is not an exploitation. This is a reference to an AP story about the tragedy.

So explain the point. The value of a LAC education is that assistant professors can better screen psychos? The guy didn't do this when enrolled at UC-Riverside.

No, the point is unrelated to the tragedy itself--it is in reference to the nature of the professor-student relationship at LACs vs. large universities. The point is that at a liberal arts college, professors overwhelmingly know their students--obviously some better than others. This article was referring to a TA (who is supposed to be even more aware of the students as the classes are usually divided into smaller groups) who didn't even know his/her student!

[Anonymous]

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No. There are safeties, targets and reaches. The Ivys and any of the top 15 or so schools are reaches for almost everyone.

Got it. Would still view Washington U. as a target for many area kids.

You are entitled to your opinion. The facts suggest otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

No. There are safeties, targets and reaches. The Ivys and any of the top 15 or so schools are reaches for almost everyone.

Got it. Would still view Washington U. as a target for many area kids.

You are entitled to your opinion. The facts suggest otherwise.

Washington U may have copied some of the Ivy League architecture, but it's not Princeton. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

Middle 50% of SAT scores for math and reading at Wash U are higher than middle 50% at Brown and Penn. If you consider Brown and Penn targets for many area kids, then yes, Wash U would be a target.

[Anonymous]

^^^I have no affiliation to Wash U. Just a believer in fact vs reputation or legend.

[Anonymous]

Middle 50% at Harvard is 690/790 reading and 700/800 math. Middle 50% Wash U is 690/760 reading and 710/780 math. No doubt Harvard requires that you're an Olympic athlete, Westinghouse or Intel award winner or that you've had your symphony performed by a major orchestra or that you have another hook. Wash U stats do not suggest that they are a target school for any except those who are competitive at the top (not the middle or lower) Ivies and therefore not a target school for "many area kids" as a previous poster suggested.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Middle 50% of SAT scores for math and reading at Wash U are higher than middle 50% at Brown and Penn. If you consider Brown and Penn targets for many area kids, then yes, Wash U would be a target.

Yes. If you're sure you'll hit the bulls-eye, it's a safety. If you don't have the credentials to put you squarely in the running, it's a reach. Otherwise, it's a target in my book.

And, while some rejected at Wash U may get into Cornell or Penn, it's not as competitive as the Ivies, so even fairer to treat as a target for many kids in this area. Lots of smart kids around here.

[Anonymous]

While I agree that it's not competitive with the top Ivies and that there are lots of smart kids around here, we'll have to agree to disagree that it's a target for many.

[Anonymous]

The top schools are all competing for the same top students. The Ivy League usually wins, with yields in the 55-75% range. Washington U's yield is much lower, like 35% or so. Kids from the DMV might get a slight edge at Washington U for geographical diversity, but like all top 15 schools, Washington U is a reach for just about everybody.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The top schools are all competing for the same top students. The Ivy League usually wins, with yields in the 55-75% range. Washington U's yield is much lower, like 35% or so. Kids from the DMV might get a slight edge at Washington U for geographical diversity, but like all top 15 schools, Washington U is a reach for just about everybody.

Please stop trying to make a school with a 33% admissions rate sound like as much of a "reach" as schools with 8-20% admissions rates. It would have been a safety for me, and it's a target for many others now. It's in St. Louis, people, not Palo Alto or Boston.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The top schools are all competing for the same top students. The Ivy League usually wins, with yields in the 55-75% range. Washington U's yield is much lower, like 35% or so. Kids from the DMV might get a slight edge at Washington U for geographical diversity, but like all top 15 schools, Washington U is a reach for just about everybody.

Please stop trying to make a school with a 33% admissions rate sound like as much of a "reach" as schools with 8-20% admissions rates. It would have been a safety for me, and it's a target for many others now. It's in St. Louis, people, not Palo Alto or Boston.

Washington U's acceptance rate for the class of 2016 was 15.6%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The top schools are all competing for the same top students. The Ivy League usually wins, with yields in the 55-75% range. Washington U's yield is much lower, like 35% or so. Kids from the DMV might get a slight edge at Washington U for geographical diversity, but like all top 15 schools, Washington U is a reach for just about everybody.

Please stop trying to make a school with a 33% admissions rate sound like as much of a "reach" as schools with 8-20% admissions rates. It would have been a safety for me, and it's a target for many others now. It's in St. Louis, people, not Palo Alto or Boston.

You need to obtain the facts before opining.

[Anonymous]

OM f*&*&g G--this is like a middle school argument about who's the best wide receiver. Nu uhhh. Uh huhhh!

You're all wrong; the hulk would kick spiderman's butt.

thanks for the entertainment!