What is the most overrated school popular among the dc metro area crowd?

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Vanderbilt

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Anonymous wrote:Vanderbilt

I see that the OP of the Vanderbilt hater thread has shown up. Please see pages 12 and 13 of that thread for revelations about this guy.

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The Vanderbilt hater is the same person pushing the UVA, Duke, and Georgetown hate. He hates rich, smart, social, white kids. Because a lot of such kids are at these schools, they’re “overrated.” He doesn’t have a real argument. He thinks STEM is everything; liberal arts are for the weak.

[Anonymous]

UVA

[Anonymous]

Any CTCL school

[Anonymous]

Duke

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UVA
Northwestern

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Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame. Notre Dame. Notre Dame. People here are insane about that school and its... fine. I have met many ND grads at work and socially and they run the gamut -- basically the same intellectually and socially as any smallish liberal arts college. They are indistinct from, say, JMU grads or people from state universities. Not a bad school, not a great school. Good alumni network though.

But the way people from around here who either went to ND or whose kids go, you'd think it was an Ivy or impossible to get into. It's especially weird when you're talking about grads of private Catholic high schools, since ND recruits aggressively from such schools and it's an obvious feed. Again, nothing against ND but it's not Yale or Harvard, and people absolutely talk about it like it is. It's embarrassing.

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The craziest, cringiest, most embarrassing for her Facebook post I have seen in my life was posted by a mom I know of the "moment" her son got into ND this year. I can't even describe it, but it was all about her--fist-pumping, screaming, while the boy sits in the background looking like he's on another planet. I mean, I know the kid probably worked very hard for that acceptance, but for one, it seemed to be much more her moment than his, and moreover, her excitement just didn't fit with the acceptance. It wasn't Princeton.

Catholic school valedictorians often don't apply to Ivies. ND is their no. 1.

And? This is a meaningless metric in terms of the school’s quality. “Catholic school grads prefer Catholic university with massive Catholic student population.” All this indicates is that many Catholic school grads seek out familiar, comfortable college environments where they will be members of the dominant cultural group. Cool?

I heard they have really conservative rules like, you can't be in the opposite gender dorm after a certain time at night. And other things like that that most students would find oppressive. Is that true? If so, I really don't think it's a great place to go to college, a time when you're supposed to be exploring Life and getting into a little bit of good trouble. Idk.

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Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame. Notre Dame. Notre Dame. People here are insane about that school and its... fine. I have met many ND grads at work and socially and they run the gamut -- basically the same intellectually and socially as any smallish liberal arts college. They are indistinct from, say, JMU grads or people from state universities. Not a bad school, not a great school. Good alumni network though.

But the way people from around here who either went to ND or whose kids go, you'd think it was an Ivy or impossible to get into. It's especially weird when you're talking about grads of private Catholic high schools, since ND recruits aggressively from such schools and it's an obvious feed. Again, nothing against ND but it's not Yale or Harvard, and people absolutely talk about it like it is. It's embarrassing.

+10,000

The craziest, cringiest, most embarrassing for her Facebook post I have seen in my life was posted by a mom I know of the "moment" her son got into ND this year. I can't even describe it, but it was all about her--fist-pumping, screaming, while the boy sits in the background looking like he's on another planet. I mean, I know the kid probably worked very hard for that acceptance, but for one, it seemed to be much more her moment than his, and moreover, her excitement just didn't fit with the acceptance. It wasn't Princeton.

Catholic school valedictorians often don't apply to Ivies. ND is their no. 1.

And? This is a meaningless metric in terms of the school’s quality. “Catholic school grads prefer Catholic university with massive Catholic student population.” All this indicates is that many Catholic school grads seek out familiar, comfortable college environments where they will be members of the dominant cultural group. Cool?

I heard they have really conservative rules like, you can't be in the opposite gender dorm after a certain time at night. And other things like that that most students would find oppressive. Is that true? If so, I really don't think it's a great place to go to college, a time when you're supposed to be exploring Life and getting into a little bit of good trouble. Idk.

Opposite sex dorm visit policy is 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights and midnight on Sunday through Thursday nights.
There are good women only schools that I would not recommend my daughters. I would my daughter to get mingled with the opposite sex daily.
So I think it's a good compromise for good educational environment for my daughter.
Nothing is oppressive.
My daughters don't need to get into trouble with drinking, drug, sex, etc. to explore life and learn.
Good luck with yours.

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Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame. Notre Dame. Notre Dame. People here are insane about that school and its... fine. I have met many ND grads at work and socially and they run the gamut -- basically the same intellectually and socially as any smallish liberal arts college. They are indistinct from, say, JMU grads or people from state universities. Not a bad school, not a great school. Good alumni network though.

But the way people from around here who either went to ND or whose kids go, you'd think it was an Ivy or impossible to get into. It's especially weird when you're talking about grads of private Catholic high schools, since ND recruits aggressively from such schools and it's an obvious feed. Again, nothing against ND but it's not Yale or Harvard, and people absolutely talk about it like it is. It's embarrassing.

+10,000

The craziest, cringiest, most embarrassing for her Facebook post I have seen in my life was posted by a mom I know of the "moment" her son got into ND this year. I can't even describe it, but it was all about her--fist-pumping, screaming, while the boy sits in the background looking like he's on another planet. I mean, I know the kid probably worked very hard for that acceptance, but for one, it seemed to be much more her moment than his, and moreover, her excitement just didn't fit with the acceptance. It wasn't Princeton.

Catholic school valedictorians often don't apply to Ivies. ND is their no. 1.

And? This is a meaningless metric in terms of the school’s quality. “Catholic school grads prefer Catholic university with massive Catholic student population.” All this indicates is that many Catholic school grads seek out familiar, comfortable college environments where they will be members of the dominant cultural group. Cool?

I heard they have really conservative rules like, you can't be in the opposite gender dorm after a certain time at night. And other things like that that most students would find oppressive. Is that true? If so, I really don't think it's a great place to go to college, a time when you're supposed to be exploring Life and getting into a little bit of good trouble. Idk.

Opposite sex dorm visit policy is 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights and midnight on Sunday through Thursday nights.
There are good women only schools that I would not recommend my daughters. I would my daughter to get mingled with the opposite sex daily.
So I think it's a good compromise for good educational environment for my daughter.
Nothing is oppressive.
My daughters don't need to get into trouble with drinking, drug, sex, etc. to explore life and learn.
Good luck with yours.

This is for Notre Dame.

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Anonymous wrote:Duke. Spoiled rich kids tutored to the test. In real life, meh, meh, meh.

One of my first jobs my boss was a Duke grad. He was not intelligent and very lazy. He ended up getting fired for sexual harassment. Not saying one person is a pattern but it always struck me, "How did he get through Duke?" But I still don't think Duke is overrated.

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Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame. Notre Dame. Notre Dame. People here are insane about that school and its... fine. I have met many ND grads at work and socially and they run the gamut -- basically the same intellectually and socially as any smallish liberal arts college. They are indistinct from, say, JMU grads or people from state universities. Not a bad school, not a great school. Good alumni network though.

But the way people from around here who either went to ND or whose kids go, you'd think it was an Ivy or impossible to get into. It's especially weird when you're talking about grads of private Catholic high schools, since ND recruits aggressively from such schools and it's an obvious feed. Again, nothing against ND but it's not Yale or Harvard, and people absolutely talk about it like it is. It's embarrassing.

+10,000

The craziest, cringiest, most embarrassing for her Facebook post I have seen in my life was posted by a mom I know of the "moment" her son got into ND this year. I can't even describe it, but it was all about her--fist-pumping, screaming, while the boy sits in the background looking like he's on another planet. I mean, I know the kid probably worked very hard for that acceptance, but for one, it seemed to be much more her moment than his, and moreover, her excitement just didn't fit with the acceptance. It wasn't Princeton.

Catholic school valedictorians often don't apply to Ivies. ND is their no. 1.

And? This is a meaningless metric in terms of the school’s quality. “Catholic school grads prefer Catholic university with massive Catholic student population.” All this indicates is that many Catholic school grads seek out familiar, comfortable college environments where they will be members of the dominant cultural group. Cool?

I heard they have really conservative rules like, you can't be in the opposite gender dorm after a certain time at night. And other things like that that most students would find oppressive. Is that true? If so, I really don't think it's a great place to go to college, a time when you're supposed to be exploring Life and getting into a little bit of good trouble. Idk.

Opposite sex dorm visit policy is 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights and midnight on Sunday through Thursday nights.
There are good women only schools that I would not recommend my daughters. I would my daughter to get mingled with the opposite sex daily.
So I think it's a good compromise for good educational environment for my daughter.
Nothing is oppressive.
My daughters don't need to get into trouble with drinking, drug, sex, etc. to explore life and learn.
Good luck with yours.

This is for Notre Dame.

Do they care about ND women more than St Mary's women when football players abuse them?

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Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame. Notre Dame. Notre Dame. People here are insane about that school and its... fine. I have met many ND grads at work and socially and they run the gamut -- basically the same intellectually and socially as any smallish liberal arts college. They are indistinct from, say, JMU grads or people from state universities. Not a bad school, not a great school. Good alumni network though.

But the way people from around here who either went to ND or whose kids go, you'd think it was an Ivy or impossible to get into. It's especially weird when you're talking about grads of private Catholic high schools, since ND recruits aggressively from such schools and it's an obvious feed. Again, nothing against ND but it's not Yale or Harvard, and people absolutely talk about it like it is. It's embarrassing.

+10,000

The craziest, cringiest, most embarrassing for her Facebook post I have seen in my life was posted by a mom I know of the "moment" her son got into ND this year. I can't even describe it, but it was all about her--fist-pumping, screaming, while the boy sits in the background looking like he's on another planet. I mean, I know the kid probably worked very hard for that acceptance, but for one, it seemed to be much more her moment than his, and moreover, her excitement just didn't fit with the acceptance. It wasn't Princeton.

Catholic school valedictorians often don't apply to Ivies. ND is their no. 1.

And? This is a meaningless metric in terms of the school’s quality. “Catholic school grads prefer Catholic university with massive Catholic student population.” All this indicates is that many Catholic school grads seek out familiar, comfortable college environments where they will be members of the dominant cultural group. Cool?

I heard they have really conservative rules like, you can't be in the opposite gender dorm after a certain time at night. And other things like that that most students would find oppressive. Is that true? If so, I really don't think it's a great place to go to college, a time when you're supposed to be exploring Life and getting into a little bit of good trouble. Idk.

Opposite sex dorm visit policy is 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights and midnight on Sunday through Thursday nights.
There are good women only schools that I would not recommend my daughters. I would my daughter to get mingled with the opposite sex daily.
So I think it's a good compromise for good educational environment for my daughter.
Nothing is oppressive.
My daughters don't need to get into trouble with drinking, drug, sex, etc. to explore life and learn.
Good luck with yours.

This is for Notre Dame.

Do they care about ND women more than St Mary's women when football players abuse them?

Not sure what you are talking about, but as I know Notre Dame has less sexual offense cases than many other good schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame. Notre Dame. Notre Dame. People here are insane about that school and its... fine. I have met many ND grads at work and socially and they run the gamut -- basically the same intellectually and socially as any smallish liberal arts college. They are indistinct from, say, JMU grads or people from state universities. Not a bad school, not a great school. Good alumni network though.

But the way people from around here who either went to ND or whose kids go, you'd think it was an Ivy or impossible to get into. It's especially weird when you're talking about grads of private Catholic high schools, since ND recruits aggressively from such schools and it's an obvious feed. Again, nothing against ND but it's not Yale or Harvard, and people absolutely talk about it like it is. It's embarrassing.

+10,000

The craziest, cringiest, most embarrassing for her Facebook post I have seen in my life was posted by a mom I know of the "moment" her son got into ND this year. I can't even describe it, but it was all about her--fist-pumping, screaming, while the boy sits in the background looking like he's on another planet. I mean, I know the kid probably worked very hard for that acceptance, but for one, it seemed to be much more her moment than his, and moreover, her excitement just didn't fit with the acceptance. It wasn't Princeton.

Catholic school valedictorians often don't apply to Ivies. ND is their no. 1.

And? This is a meaningless metric in terms of the school’s quality. “Catholic school grads prefer Catholic university with massive Catholic student population.” All this indicates is that many Catholic school grads seek out familiar, comfortable college environments where they will be members of the dominant cultural group. Cool?

I heard they have really conservative rules like, you can't be in the opposite gender dorm after a certain time at night. And other things like that that most students would find oppressive. Is that true? If so, I really don't think it's a great place to go to college, a time when you're supposed to be exploring Life and getting into a little bit of good trouble. Idk.

Opposite sex dorm visit policy is 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights and midnight on Sunday through Thursday nights.
There are good women only schools that I would not recommend my daughters. I would my daughter to get mingled with the opposite sex daily.
So I think it's a good compromise for good educational environment for my daughter.
Nothing is oppressive.
My daughters don't need to get into trouble with drinking, drug, sex, etc. to explore life and learn.
Good luck with yours.

Right, or you could just believe that your daughters are adults that deserve independence and autonomy, and that college would be a perfect setting to get used to that. But you know, different strokes for different folks.

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Anonymous wrote:Notre Dame. Notre Dame. Notre Dame. People here are insane about that school and its... fine. I have met many ND grads at work and socially and they run the gamut -- basically the same intellectually and socially as any smallish liberal arts college. They are indistinct from, say, JMU grads or people from state universities. Not a bad school, not a great school. Good alumni network though.

But the way people from around here who either went to ND or whose kids go, you'd think it was an Ivy or impossible to get into. It's especially weird when you're talking about grads of private Catholic high schools, since ND recruits aggressively from such schools and it's an obvious feed. Again, nothing against ND but it's not Yale or Harvard, and people absolutely talk about it like it is. It's embarrassing.

+10,000

The craziest, cringiest, most embarrassing for her Facebook post I have seen in my life was posted by a mom I know of the "moment" her son got into ND this year. I can't even describe it, but it was all about her--fist-pumping, screaming, while the boy sits in the background looking like he's on another planet. I mean, I know the kid probably worked very hard for that acceptance, but for one, it seemed to be much more her moment than his, and moreover, her excitement just didn't fit with the acceptance. It wasn't Princeton.

Catholic school valedictorians often don't apply to Ivies. ND is their no. 1.

And? This is a meaningless metric in terms of the school’s quality. “Catholic school grads prefer Catholic university with massive Catholic student population.” All this indicates is that many Catholic school grads seek out familiar, comfortable college environments where they will be members of the dominant cultural group. Cool?

I heard they have really conservative rules like, you can't be in the opposite gender dorm after a certain time at night. And other things like that that most students would find oppressive. Is that true? If so, I really don't think it's a great place to go to college, a time when you're supposed to be exploring Life and getting into a little bit of good trouble. Idk.

Opposite sex dorm visit policy is 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights and midnight on Sunday through Thursday nights.
There are good women only schools that I would not recommend my daughters. I would my daughter to get mingled with the opposite sex daily.
So I think it's a good compromise for good educational environment for my daughter.
Nothing is oppressive.
My daughters don't need to get into trouble with drinking, drug, sex, etc. to explore life and learn.
Good luck with yours.

Right, or you could just believe that your daughters are adults that deserve independence and autonomy, and that college would be a perfect setting to get used to that. But you know, different strokes for different folks.

Becoming an adults, it starts with following little bit of rules, regulations and set forth by authorities such as no drinking until age of 21(nation) or no opposite sex visit after 12am/2am(school). These are all decent rules, and I hope my daughter follow the rules. She's independent and I'm going to be there to monitor it.