Your dream school
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Anonymous
my kid a senior at what is considered a top LAC, and we recently visited for his sport senior day. Him and close friends out with us and over cocktails all expressed that they should’ve done a nonLAC - LAC experience is waaaay overrated - and seldom opens any doors from a career / first job perspective - Lehigh /NYU/UVA would’ve been a better path than any NESCAC |
Anonymous
| I went to a LAC and while I enjoyed my experience there, I'm envious of the opportunities my own kids are having at large state schools. Kind of wish I had gone that route. |
Anonymous
| I went to a liberal arts HBCU. Dream school would be Stanford or Yale. |
Anonymous
The poster right above you said she went to Swarthmore - hardly anonymous. |
Anonymous
"Him and his close friends" said that, did they? |
Anonymous
Why are people so obsessed with Yale? |
Anonymous
I was the PP. I like Yale because it is the best school for public affairs. I like their residential colleges, the New Haven community, and the senior societies. |
Anonymous
| Williams College, MA |
Anonymous
| I wasn’t really motivated. My mom handed me a pile of paper applications that she must have requested by mail. They were mostly large state schools and a small public. None were rigorous by 80s standards (though some are popular here today). I sent them all in but I wasn’t enthusiastic about any. There was zero concern about where I’d be accepted. I had previously visited some schools with my mom and fell in love with an SLAC but when my dad saw the price tag he said no. Therefore I chose the one small public thinking it was most similar. It was not in the least. But I eventually transfered to the state flagship which was a party school at the time. I had a blast so all’s well that ends well. |
Anonymous
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Pomona
Stanford Middlebury Scripps |
Anonymous
I went to Yale and it would still be my dream school today. |
Anonymous
We are in DC so there’s a bend towards law and public policy which Yale is top 3 in. But not everyone is obsessed, one PP said they went to Yale but their dream school was Duke. It really depends on the individual. |
Anonymous
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Probably the college I attended. I loved it and since I can't say exactly what my experience would have been elsewhere, I'm not sure another college would have been better.
I applied to 13 schools all over the US and had no ties to any of them (my parents both attended a low-rated instate school and I didn't even look there). I got into most of them so I had a big choice to make but I'm very happy with the school I chose. |
Anonymous
I went to a small SLAC and my best friend went to a huge state school. We visited each other while at college and both commented on how we had similar experiences in so many ways despite our schools being so different. I think it had a lot to do with the people we surrounded ourselves with and the experiences we sought out. So I agree, the idea of one school being "perfect" seems a bit silly (and dangerous) to me. |
Anonymous
Oh to be a banana slug |