Thoughts on Conn College?

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Anonymous wrote:Curious what schools are considered "better options" for a student who doesn't necessarily have the stats for "better options" -- would appreciate some helpful suggestions and specifics. Obviously Williams could be considered a "better option" but let's get serious and name schools that are actually viable for a student with Conn stats.

We initially had Conn College on my child’s list, but it wasn’t quite the right fit. Other liberal arts colleges still in the running include Skidmore and Dickinson, as well as Sarah Lawrence College.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that Conn College is a perfectly fine school.

Imagine paying $90k for “perfectly fine” lmao.

No one pays full price, dildo. Depending on merit and need, it could be cheaper than UConn.

At least half of them do, dildo.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that Conn College is a perfectly fine school.

Imagine paying $90k for “perfectly fine” lmao.

How to show you're poor without saying you're poor...

If you have millions, the difference between paying $90k a year or $50k a year is nothing. So if that is what will make your kid happy, and you want them to be surrounded by other similar kids, you will pay. Also to avoid simple minded poor folk like you.

If you have millions (I do) then I’m still not going to overpay for mediocrity. Plenty of better schools exist for full pay kids.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that Conn College is a perfectly fine school.

Imagine paying $90k for “perfectly fine” lmao.

How to show you're poor without saying you're poor...

If you have millions, the difference between paying $90k a year or $50k a year is nothing. So if that is what will make your kid happy, and you want them to be surrounded by other similar kids, you will pay. Also to avoid simple minded poor folk like you.

If you have millions (I do) then I’m still not going to overpay for mediocrity. Plenty of better schools exist for full pay kids.

Full pay schools for kids with Conn College's academic profile? Sure, if you have a 4.0 and 1600, there are better schools. But that is not for this school. If I had the money, I might pay for this school vs. some of the "equivalent" but cheaper schools.

Mazel tov on your wealth.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curious what schools are considered "better options" for a student who doesn't necessarily have the stats for "better options" -- would appreciate some helpful suggestions and specifics. Obviously Williams could be considered a "better option" but let's get serious and name schools that are actually viable for a student with Conn stats.

I don't think of this as a "better option" per se, but my kid felt Macalester was a similar-range college that was more of a personal fit for her than Conn College. Just purely personal preference - they both have strengths.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious what schools are considered "better options" for a student who doesn't necessarily have the stats for "better options" -- would appreciate some helpful suggestions and specifics. Obviously Williams could be considered a "better option" but let's get serious and name schools that are actually viable for a student with Conn stats.

I would suggest Skidmore as an alternative to Connecticut College. A given student who is qualified for both may prefer one over the other. Wheaton, too, might be considered with these schools.

Visited both Skidmore and Conn College, along with several others this fall. Loved Skidmore, and strongly preferred it over Connecticut. BUT Skidmore is a significantly tougher admit.

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Anonymous wrote:Curious what schools are considered "better options" for a student who doesn't necessarily have the stats for "better options" -- would appreciate some helpful suggestions and specifics. Obviously Williams could be considered a "better option" but let's get serious and name schools that are actually viable for a student with Conn stats.

I would suggest Skidmore as an alternative to Connecticut College. A given student who is qualified for both may prefer one over the other. Wheaton, too, might be considered with these schools.

Visited both Skidmore and Conn College, along with several others this fall. Loved Skidmore, and strongly preferred it over Connecticut. BUT Skidmore is a significantly tougher admit.

Which of these two schools is less woke?

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Anonymous wrote:Curious what schools are considered "better options" for a student who doesn't necessarily have the stats for "better options" -- would appreciate some helpful suggestions and specifics. Obviously Williams could be considered a "better option" but let's get serious and name schools that are actually viable for a student with Conn stats.

I would suggest Skidmore as an alternative to Connecticut College. A given student who is qualified for both may prefer one over the other. Wheaton, too, might be considered with these schools.

Religious wacko Wheaton?

Presumably Wheaton (MA), not Wheaton (IL).

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Anonymous wrote:Curious what schools are considered "better options" for a student who doesn't necessarily have the stats for "better options" -- would appreciate some helpful suggestions and specifics. Obviously Williams could be considered a "better option" but let's get serious and name schools that are actually viable for a student with Conn stats.

I would suggest Skidmore as an alternative to Connecticut College. A given student who is qualified for both may prefer one over the other. Wheaton, too, might be considered with these schools.

Visited both Skidmore and Conn College, along with several others this fall. Loved Skidmore, and strongly preferred it over Connecticut. BUT Skidmore is a significantly tougher admit.

Any reasons that you are willing to share?

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Anonymous wrote:Curious what schools are considered "better options" for a student who doesn't necessarily have the stats for "better options" -- would appreciate some helpful suggestions and specifics. Obviously Williams could be considered a "better option" but let's get serious and name schools that are actually viable for a student with Conn stats.

I would suggest Skidmore as an alternative to Connecticut College. A given student who is qualified for both may prefer one over the other. Wheaton, too, might be considered with these schools.

Visited both Skidmore and Conn College, along with several others this fall. Loved Skidmore, and strongly preferred it over Connecticut. BUT Skidmore is a significantly tougher admit.

Any reasons that you are willing to share?

Harder admit because Skidmore is 24% to Connecticut admit of 37%.

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Neither that great.

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Have a student there who wanted a new England SLAC and we are very pleased. Great professors, found their tribe, love the campus. Very happy.

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Anonymous wrote:There have been other threads you can find. There are some haters.

My kid is there. I think the campus is quite pretty, and it’s actually in a nice coastal area. It’s not as well-appointed as some schools with a lot more money, like Williams or Bowdoin. It has a friendly vibe, and my kid is very happy.

They give pretty significant merit aid (or what some insist on calling tuition discounts). I think up to about $40K a year for kids with top stats. In my view that makes it a better deal than some slightly higher ranked schools that offer no such aid (think Bates, Colby, Hamilton, Vassar).

For those who consider U.S. News rankings, 37 places would not seem to be slight.

Dp. Oh please. Do you really think anyone cares about these numbers irl? I went to a T15 SLAC and I can tell you that no one thinks any more or less of me than someone from a T40 SLAC.

My daughter is applying to a lot of these SLACs. She thinks that beyond SWAP and maybe Bowdoin, they basically all have the same level of name recognition. If she doesn’t get into W, A, or B (not applying to S or P) she will strongly consider going to a lower ranked school that gives her money over higher-ranked schools that don’t offer merit.

I think you and your daughter are really overestimating how more well known the WASP schools are than other SLACs. Do you really think that if someone knows what Pomona is, they don’t know what Davidson is? Thats just silly. Employers in professional fields know all these schools. Are some of the WASPs better at placing grads in super elite fields like finance or consulting, sure. But that’s not the same thing as “name recognition.”

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What about St. Lawrence? That is pretty close to a peer of Connecticut College.

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"Are some of the WASPs better at placing grads in super elite fields like finance or consulting, sure."

Amherst and Williams appear to be notable in this regard, Swarthmore and Pomona, less so:

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