Colleges growing in popularity

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If you have to resort to swears here, maybe you need to pause for a second and collect yourself. We aren't debating life and death here. Take it down a notch and try to keep it together.

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Anonymous wrote:I am seeing a big rise in popularity in the southern state schools — Clemson, USC, UF, FSU, Bama, Auburn, etc. If I recall correctly, U of South Carolina was one of the most represented schools among my daughter’s graduating class last year at a W.

Also: Pitt.

As someone who grew up in the south and couldn't wait to get away from all of this, I find this so ironic and borderline laughable.

Why?

DP - because they are mediocre schools in generally lousy environments and do not have any national stature unless you are on the football team.

lol. Oh, honey. Stay clueless.

You stay a Confederate sympathizer! When they start voting Democratic I’ll start thinking they’re smart!

40% voted for Hilary and 44% voted for Obama.

As a native southerner, I assure you a solid majority of the white people who vote democratic are transplants.

So what, go to school down there, transplant .. turn everything blue

[Anonymous]

TIL that swearing is worse than white nationalism. Thanks, DCUM.

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Anonymous wrote:What schools do you see students getting excited about that largely may not have have been on the radar five or so years ago? Be sure to include what may have made the difference in terms of the popularity shift. Please be respectful, this could be a useful tool since there are no college tours right now.

There are a ton of schools that fit into this category. It started about 7 years ago. When students were getting denied at their local state schools colleges were figuring out, out of state tuition equals lots of revenue. Hence glut of students with a college degree and not so high paying jobs. Parents paying huge fees for fancy dorms and Taco Bell.

These schools aren’t bad or good, but parents should be doing a better job at explaining the cost of attendance vs shiney and pretty. Many of these schools do not have great career centers, that is another huge item people seem to forget when looking at theses schools.

Example UMBC or Towson in MD, DC wants to go to a university of South Carolina out of state instead? SC is prettier, but if majoring in anything that doesn’t have an exact flow to a job, nope not better.

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Anonymous wrote:TIL that swearing is worse than white nationalism. Thanks, DCUM.

White nationalism? What are you even talking about, lady?

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Anonymous wrote:I am seeing a big rise in popularity in the southern state schools — Clemson, USC, UF, FSU, Bama, Auburn, etc. If I recall correctly, U of South Carolina was one of the most represented schools among my daughter’s graduating class last year at a W.

Also: Pitt.

As someone who grew up in the south and couldn't wait to get away from all of this, I find this so ironic and borderline laughable.

Why?

DP - because they are mediocre schools in generally lousy environments and do not have any national stature unless you are on the football team.

lol. Oh, honey. Stay clueless.

You stay a Confederate sympathizer! When they start voting Democratic I’ll start thinking they’re smart!

40% voted for Hilary and 44% voted for Obama.

As a native southerner, I assure you a solid majority of the white people who vote democratic are transplants.

And AAs. Rest of the state has more crackers than Ritz!

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Sewanee. Tenn-Knoxville. TCU

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Anonymous wrote:Good schools don't have honors colleges. You think Harvard has an honors college? No. You only have an honors college if gen pop students are too rough to mix with the intellectuals.

Michigan has an honors college.

So does Notre Dame.

Michigan is a good school.

So does UNC.

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Anonymous wrote:Good schools don't have honors colleges. You think Harvard has an honors college? No. You only have an honors college if gen pop students are too rough to mix with the intellectuals.

Michigan has an honors college.

So does Notre Dame.

Michigan is a good school.

So does UNC.

Basically every state school does. So I guess PP thinks that no state school is good.

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Anonymous wrote:Good schools don't have honors colleges. You think Harvard has an honors college? No. You only have an honors college if gen pop students are too rough to mix with the intellectuals.

Michigan has an honors college.

So does Notre Dame.

Michigan is a good school.

So does UNC.

Basically every state school does. So I guess PP thinks that no state school is good.

If your school is so good, why do you have to segregate the smart kids, offer them extra goodies and segregate them from hoi polloi? If the shoe fits...

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Anonymous wrote:I am seeing a big rise in popularity in the southern state schools — Clemson, USC, UF, FSU, Bama, Auburn, etc. If I recall correctly, U of South Carolina was one of the most represented schools among my daughter’s graduating class last year at a W.

Also: Pitt.

As someone who grew up in the south and couldn't wait to get away from all of this, I find this so ironic and borderline laughable.

True, D went to a southern school and couldn't get out of there fast enough

I think part of the issue here is that DC area kids are really used to everyone being liberal/democrat. People can say whatever they want because 99.5% of people will agree with them. My kids spent a significant portion of their lives in a more politically mixed area. Additionally, in extended family gatherings they have learned to respect others' opinions. They are more comfortable living in an area with a diversity of opinions. I know that people will say you mean with racists, sexists, etc. but there is more to it than that.

A friend of mine has a daughter in a "southern school" and she said it best. Child grew up in NoVA at a school that looks like the Model UN. Lots of diversity and true "politically mixed", as well as race, color, SES. Now, in her school, it is mostly white and the "N" word and other racially offensive language is thrown around pretty freely. If that's the "diversity of opinion" you are talking about, no thanks. I don't have to tolerate that. Nor does anyone else, in the interest of "diversity of opinion."

I graduated from high school in Columbia, SC in the 80s and from grad school from U of SC in the 90s and I never heard the N word. Ever. I went to a majority black public high school. Anybody who used that word would've gotten their @ss kicked immediately.

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Washington College.

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VCU seems to have become very popular in the last 2 to 3 years.

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Anonymous wrote:Washington College.

fake news

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ACC schools like Pitt, Georgia Tech and Clemson and southern football schools such as Alabama. More NC schools including Elon and Davidson.

Maybe kids watch too much football. UVa and VT are in ACC play alot of North Carolina teams.