Good college but does not attract competitive, wealthy student / families

[Anonymous]

DD just rejected an excellent school (highly selective) for ED with coach's support because it had an atmosphere of hypercompetitive kids with rich parents. So made me wonder ... what small to midsize colleges with good science & liberal arts programs are there that don't have the competitiveness? Public or Private schools preferably D3.

[Anonymous]

Hypercompetitive in sports? Was this school a D1 school?

[Anonymous]

academic and achievement competitiveness. Not sports.

[Anonymous]

What is the sport?

[Anonymous]

soccer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DD just rejected an excellent school (highly selective) for ED with coach's support because it had an atmosphere of hypercompetitive kids with rich parents. So made me wonder ... what small to midsize colleges with good science & liberal arts programs are there that don't have the competitiveness? Public or Private schools preferably D3.

Colleges That Change Lives schools, including the Ohio SLACs.

University of Mary Washington.

[Anonymous]

Be very careful here. Total absence of competition means lethargy and boredom that can kill your kid's spirit.
Third-string private LACs have plenty of kids from rich families with all the negatives that come from wealth with none of the drive and intellectual curiosity more typical of competitive schools. Basically "play hard" mentality without "work hard".

[Anonymous]

Be very careful here. Total absence of competition means lethargy and boredom that can kill your kid's spirit.
Third-string private LACs have plenty of kids from rich families with all the negatives that come from wealth with none of the drive and intellectual curiosity more typical of competitive schools. Basically "play hard" mentality without "work hard".

The OP said she wants colleges that do not attract wealthy families. These can be found among private SLACs. Many of them do not have the kids of rich families. OP, visit the schools. You will be surprised that many are full of middle class kids who are driven by the fact that they must work upon graduation.

[Anonymous]

St. Mary's College in southern Maryland

[Anonymous]

Elon

[Anonymous]

Making sports a priority is odd. And you're the parent pushing this?

[Anonymous]

Seems to me that schools with the best merit aid packages - Ohio Wesleyan, Denison, etc. would have a nice range of students attending.

[Anonymous]

Most state schools. honestly. you'll get a first rate education and have real economic diversity.

[Anonymous]

There is a listing of schools with % of students who have pell grants. This is a good indicator of the schools that are making an effort to create / recruit a financially diverse student body.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Making sports a priority is odd. And you're the parent pushing this?

It is part of who she is. And she is very good. She has applied to schools where she would be unlikely to play i.e. Division 1. However she is not excited about not playing as she has come to find out. So looking more closely at schools where she could play and fit her socially and academically.