These schools scream...

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Anonymous wrote:The only good one in the lot is UVA. The rest smack of "daddy is paying full freight because I couldn't get into my first choice."

Duke and Amherst? Really? Both are night and day harder to get into than UVA.

Only a fool, scholarship recipient, or rich legacy moron would turn down instate UVa to go to Duke.

You seem to be assuming that everyone posting lives in VA. For those of us who don't, UVA costs about the same as private colleges. The challenge for state universities, especially those like UVA and UNC that limit out of state students, is that they can be a little parochial since so many students come from the state. Some people prefer a more geographically diverse student body. So it is perfectly rational to choose Duke over UVA. In fact when you look at the admissions stats the yield for out of state admits is much lower than in state so plenty of accepted students are choosing other schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Barnard (now) is for girls who couldn't get into Columbia but want to make it seem otherwise.

Yes. Welcome to the Barnyard! Mooooooo

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane seems to have morphed a lot post-Katrina. Less southern frat/sorority-dominated, more community engagement. Academically quite good, and they give huge merit scholarships that have lured some top students at my DD's high school (including NMSFs and kids in very top academic tracks who turned down Duke, Dartmouth, Hopkins to go to Tulane and have not regretted it)

+1. The kids I know who attend now turned down some fantastic schools because of Tulane's merit aid.

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts = Ivy League rejects

Please stop. Most smart students will not get into an Ivy League. Most smart kids don't even apply to all the Ivy League schools because they are all different. Some are too Greek, some are too rural. Tufts is a good school as are many, many other schools.

Exactly. But that doesn't make the students rejects as the other poster assumes.

There are many excellent universities with programs that are actually superior to some of the Ivy schools (U of Illinois Urbana is No. 6 in the country for engineering on US News and Business Insider's list....Princeton didn't even make the top 10).

The overall quality of a Princeton education simply can't be compared to a state school, regardless of major.

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Anonymous wrote:Tufts = Ivy League rejects

Please stop. Most smart students will not get into an Ivy League. Most smart kids don't even apply to all the Ivy League schools because they are all different. Some are too Greek, some are too rural. Tufts is a good school as are many, many other schools.

Exactly. But that doesn't make the students rejects as the other poster assumes.

There are many excellent universities with programs that are actually superior to some of the Ivy schools (U of Illinois Urbana is No. 6 in the country for engineering on US News and Business Insider's list....Princeton didn't even make the top 10).

The overall quality of a Princeton education simply can't be compared to a state school, regardless of major.

Did you see the bolded sentence?

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Anonymous wrote:Barnard (now) is for girls who couldn't get into Columbia but want to make it seem otherwise.

Yes. Welcome to the Barnyard! Mooooooo

But it was, once, the sister Ivy equivalent of Columbia, as I understand it. Like when Martha Stewart attended.

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Anonymous wrote:The only good one in the lot is UVA. The rest smack of "daddy is paying full freight because I couldn't get into my first choice."

Duke and Amherst? Really? Both are night and day harder to get into than UVA.

Only a fool, scholarship recipient, or rich legacy moron would turn down instate UVa to go to Duke.

You seem to be assuming that everyone posting lives in VA. For those of us who don't, UVA costs about the same as private colleges. The challenge for state universities, especially those like UVA and UNC that limit out of state students, is that they can be a little parochial since so many students come from the state. Some people prefer a more geographically diverse student body. So it is perfectly rational to choose Duke over UVA. In fact when you look at the admissions stats the yield for out of state admits is much lower than in state so plenty of accepted students are choosing other schools.

Whatcha mean? UVa has tremendous diversity from all regions of n arlington.

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UVA is a great financial deal for both VA and DC residents (DCTAG). Any merit offers at other schools carry a GPA requirement and DCTAG does not.

[Anonymous]

Tulane is one of the most highly selective Universities. ACT 29-33. Top 10%. - Entering Class of 2019 Data
Low Acceptance Rate 26% - 27%

School President is the Former Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Strong Public Service Component.
Honors College.
Look at the tulane.edu site for more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tulane is one of the most highly selective Universities. ACT 29-33. Top 10%. - Entering Class of 2019 Data
Low Acceptance Rate 26% - 27%

School President is the Former Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Strong Public Service Component.
Honors College.
Look at the tulane.edu site for more.

UMD middle 50% has exactly the same ACT score - 29-33.

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Holy fuck. Why do these threads always result in mud slinging? You all need therapy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Tulane is one of the most highly selective Universities. ACT 29-33. Top 10%. - Entering Class of 2019 Data
Low Acceptance Rate 26% - 27%

School President is the Former Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Strong Public Service Component.
Honors College.
Look at the tulane.edu site for more.

UMD middle 50% has exactly the same ACT score - 29-33.

Just looked up UVA/UNC middle 50% - both at 28-33.

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Anonymous wrote:If it were my daughter, I would want her to cross off Duke, UVA, and Tulane just because the % of students in Greek life is so high. I think Colby is too rural and there might be nothing to do but drink. I think the other schools would be great!

The % students in Greek life at UVA is 29% and Tufts is 25%

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Barnard (now) is for girls who couldn't get into Columbia but want to make it seem otherwise.

Yes. Welcome to the Barnyard! Mooooooo

But it was, once, the sister Ivy equivalent of Columbia, as I understand it. Like when Martha Stewart attended.

With an acceptance rate of 20%, Barnard is quite competitive. I also know several high school girls who recently applied to Barnard but not to Columbia, because they preferred various things about Barnard. The so-called "rivalry" apparently doesn't last much beyond freshman year (and some immature DCUM posters).

Signed, mom of a DD who goes to Columbia but considered Barnard

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Anonymous wrote:Holy fuck. Why do these threads always result in mud slinging? You all need therapy.

Because OP, who is probably a troll, asked for "stereotypes". Garbage in, garbage out.