Best non-stressful selective schools

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Anonymous wrote:William & Mary

They have an entire wellness center focused on helping kids stay balanced.

Big hint here that if the school needs a center for this, then stress is actually a huge problem on campus.

You are off base. What used to be called student health centers are now commonly called wellness centers.

+1. Read and learn: "top 30 universities leading the way with wellness centers." https://www.topcounselingschools.org/universities-wellness-centers-for-students/#:~:text=The%20leading%20wellness%20centers%20offer,sessions%20per%20their%20comfort%20levels.

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Anonymous wrote:The Claremont Colleges.

Came here to say I wasn’t stressed at one of these schools. Best years of my life!![/quote]


BUt if Scripps or Pitzer long ago, it's best to say that up front. I would not call the others "stess-free" at all

People need to stop thinking their long-ago experiences at college reflect the experience nowadays. Times have changed.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:William & Mary

They have an entire wellness center focused on helping kids stay balanced.

Big hint here that if the school needs a center for this, then stress is actually a huge problem on campus.

You are off base. What used to be called student health centers are now commonly called wellness centers.

+1. Read and learn: "top 30 universities leading the way with wellness centers." https://www.topcounselingschools.org/universities-wellness-centers-for-students/#:~:text=The%20leading%20wellness%20centers%20offer,sessions%20per%20their%20comfort%20levels.

honestly who cares but a bunch of women who want to gripe and criticize each other

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:William & Mary

They have an entire wellness center focused on helping kids stay balanced.

Big hint here that if the school needs a center for this, then stress is actually a huge problem on campus.

UVA has a 160,000 square foot wellness center.

Actualy 165K and it has earned national recognition for same. Keep up with what students need. FWIW my UVA kid never once went there but I'm glad nonetheless that it is there. And I'm VERY GLAD that UVA HOSPITAL is right there. Here's the national recognition stories on this. https://sustainability.virginia.edu/uva-student-health-center-earns-national-recognition

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Anonymous wrote:Consider staying out of the Northeast, where the default speed of everything is higher than the rest of the country (eg, the time between when the light turns green & the guy behind you honks his horn).

+1 Both of my kids wanted out of the east coast/stress atmosphere and left the area. The difference is noticeable from academics to housing and parking. Not as crazy, not as scarce, not everyone competing for the same scare resources.

I purposely pushed my child towards the west...

First comments were "everyone is really nice here" No friends in high school. Lo and behold, several friend groups now to do things with. I was not surprised.

So you realize they will most likely land a job out there? So, no kid here. not smart. And if California, that's a disaster area. Everyone is fleeing

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UNC

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Anonymous wrote:Consider staying out of the Northeast, where the default speed of everything is higher than the rest of the country (eg, the time between when the light turns green & the guy behind you honks his horn).

+1 Both of my kids wanted out of the east coast/stress atmosphere and left the area. The difference is noticeable from academics to housing and parking. Not as crazy, not as scarce, not everyone competing for the same scare resources.

I purposely pushed my child towards the west...

First comments were "everyone is really nice here" No friends in high school. Lo and behold, several friend groups now to do things with. I was not surprised.

So you realize they will most likely land a job out there? So, no kid here. not smart. And if California, that's a disaster area. Everyone is fleeing

NP - I went to school in the Midwest and it was one of the best things that happened to me. I stayed there for a few years after college and ultimately moved back to the DMV. When the time comes, I will absolutely encourage my kids to look at schools outside the NE. People were truly so much nicer and it made for a nurturing place to spend some formative years.

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Anonymous wrote:Stress is self-imposed. You could go to Harvard and not stress yourself out to get perfect grades. You could go to community college and be a basket case of stress.

I totally disagree. I went to a very stressful high school, surrounded by total gunner kids, and was a basket case of stress despite being a medium student. Then I went to a much more relaxed college where no one asked about grades, and I was in heaven. Then I went to a "top tier" law school and was once again surrounded by crazy people. It's not just the kid.

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Anonymous wrote:William & Mary

They have an entire wellness center focused on helping kids stay balanced.

Big hint here that if the school needs a center for this, then stress is actually a huge problem on campus.

You are off base. What used to be called student health centers are now commonly called wellness centers.

+1. Read and learn: "top 30 universities leading the way with wellness centers." https://www.topcounselingschools.org/universities-wellness-centers-for-students/#:~:text=The%20leading%20wellness%20centers%20offer,sessions%20per%20their%20comfort%20levels.

I went to a school that doesn’t even break 100 in the early 90s and we had a wellness center then. My favorite was a dark room with a recliner that piped in classical music. It started my interest in wellness. Maybe it was because it was California, but wellness centers today aren’t revolutionary.

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Anonymous wrote:William & Mary

They have an entire wellness center focused on helping kids stay balanced.

I don't know about the wellness center, but DD picked WM as her top choice based on the campus visit, it seems quiet and peaceful compared to UVA which was crowded and hectic.

Advice to us from current parents with kids at WM: There's a real problem with depression and anxiety among the students. The school's trying, but they're not successfully handling it. This is second hand info of course so take it for what it's worth.

Selection bias. WM has a strain of students that are anxious and kind of revel in that.

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Anywhere outside the DMV and NE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rice. The answer is Rice.

Couscous

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Anonymous wrote:Brown

Even though it is so difficult to get into Brown?

Like most Ivies, the hardest part is getting in. Once there, it's hard to fall below a B.

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Brown!!! (Grading policy helps a lot)

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Anonymous wrote:Brown

Even though it is so difficult to get into Brown?

L
Like most Ivies, the hardest part is getting in. Once there, it's hard to fall below a B.

Hearing from my freshman’s high school friends that Princeton STEM incredibly hard, class wide averages below 50 on chem and calc exams. Sounds miserable.