Suggestions for Smaller Colleges for Ridiculously Smart Boy

[Anonymous]

Doesn't Smith have a Powder Puffs team? He may fit right in.

[Anonymous]

I think the friend was definitely pulling OP's leg - Smith and Vineyard Vines are polar opposites.
Is he an LL Bean fan per chance?

[Anonymous]

Sewanee or Vanderbilt would be perfect for your super smart preppy boy. Check them out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St. John's College, Annapolis, MD.
St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM.

For those desiring Great Books education.

Really? For a kid looking to study math/accounting and play football?

St. John's play Annapolis Cup Croquet with Naval Academy boys - better than football.
St. John's doesn't have a major in accounting. I know of no accounting program at a top SLAC.
I don't know many top SLAC with a football program, unless you are talking touch football.
After doing math from Newton and Leibniz's notes, picking up accounting would be a piece of cake.

Naval Academy BOYS? Is this 1960? You know there are now women at the Academy right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:St. John's College, Annapolis, MD.
St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM.

For those desiring Great Books education.

Really? For a kid looking to study math/accounting and play football?

St. John's play Annapolis Cup Croquet with Naval Academy boys - better than football.
St. John's doesn't have a major in accounting. I know of no accounting program at a top SLAC.
I don't know many top SLAC with a football program, unless you are talking touch football.
After doing math from Newton and Leibniz's notes, picking up accounting would be a piece of cake.

Naval Academy BOYS? Is this 1960? You know there are now women at the Academy right?

+1. My SIL graduated from there almost a decade ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wellesley
Bryn Mawr
Smith
Scripps

OP's child is a boy.

OP’s child is an imaginary unicorn. Please ignore the troll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top SLAC samplers in the order of West Coast to East Coast:

Pomona (and it's 5 school consortium, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer...)
Reed
Carleton
Grinnell
Oberlin
Kenyon
Swarthmore
Amherst
Williams

This, actually, is a good list.

Grinnell Oberlin preppy? He prob wouldn’t like Oberlin.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top SLAC samplers in the order of West Coast to East Coast:

Pomona (and it's 5 school consortium, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer...)
Reed
Carleton
Grinnell
Oberlin
Kenyon
Swarthmore
Amherst
Williams

This, actually, is a good list.

Grinnell Oberlin preppy? He prob wouldn’t like Oberlin.

Agree as someone who has a child at Oberlin. It's a great place but it isn't filled with VV wearing kids. Kenyon is more like that. Grinnell isn't what I would call preppy either. Williams and Amherst would likely fit the bill. The others I have no idea because I haven't been on the campuses of Reed, Carleton, Pomona or Swarthmore.

I would add Bowdoin as a good option.

[Anonymous]

If the OP is for real, and if he/she is looking at SLACs because they might be easier to get into than the Ivies, many of the SLACs discussed are as competitive. While Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore, or Bowdoin might be the right fit, they're not any easier to get into.

[Anonymous]

OP is not for real.

That said, if other people are on this thread looking for ideas, know that most SLACs, especially the most competitive ones, don't offer degrees in accounting or finance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Top SLAC samplers in the order of West Coast to East Coast:

Pomona (and it's 5 school consortium, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer...)
Reed
Carleton
Grinnell
Oberlin
Kenyon
Swarthmore
Amherst
Williams

This, actually, is a good list.

Grinnell Oberlin preppy? He prob wouldn’t like Oberlin.

Far Right Michelle Malkin is an Oberlin graduate. Oberlin is what I'd call left libertarians. With a conservatory on campus, I am pretty sure Oberlin has its share of right, far right and alt. right people.

[Anonymous]

I'm touched you all included Reed College in this list, but realistically, it's to the left of Oberlin on social justice... so... Not really preppy. Great for grad school admissions--not so much for jobs or networking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm touched you all included Reed College in this list, but realistically, it's to the left of Oberlin on social justice... so... Not really preppy. Great for grad school admissions--not so much for jobs or networking.

In terms of academic intensity, Reed might be with Swarthmore.

Socially, the feeling I get with Reed and Oberlin is they are left libertarians and you might be able to tell that from the way they dress, coming to class in PJs, no shoes. Go to Santa Monica, Cali and you'll see many of these types. What you don't know is that many you thought homeless might actually be millionaires. You just can't see from their dress and the way they act. These types, including Reed and Oberlin students, typically care less about others' social status, money, etc. Preppy colleges kids typically do and their dress and behavior show that. I doubt, however, Reed and Oberlin students come from lower income strata than those at Swarthmore, Amherst, Williams, Bowdoin, Vassar.