Kenyon is quite laid back in every way. My laid back DC is one of those kids with high test scores who struggled to get As in AP classes at a fairly intense high school. (Maybe the word is lazy.) Landed at Kenyon, now getting As and enjoying the learning process, discovering interests, etc. May even take an extra class next semester. I don't see a lot of value in torturing bright kids who want to get good grades, which can also be de-motivating. So it's working out well. |
Not in North Carolina. In mid Atlantic but not in DC. |
Also not a boarding school. Just an academically rigorous private. Also sent multiple kids to Swarthmore and Middlebury last year, but top 20 percent of class mostly winds up at T30 universities. |
depends on major....notoriously difficult Cornell was pretty enjoyable for me in history....imagine same could be said for alleged intense SLACs....i found school-related stress to be mostly self-imposed.... caveat, pre-college preparation means A LOT! and i'm not talking strictly AP classes, but anything reading/writing intense. |
Swarthmore is not a typical SLAC, at least in terms of intensity. |
+1 My best friend’s kid is there and it’s a pressure cooker. |
OP is not deserving of any further suggestions after being outright dismissive of almost all the reasonable suggestions, deeming the colleges many of us named as “second tier.” |
Northeast: Bates (very collaborative), Skidmore
Southeast: Davidson, Sewanee, Furman Midwest: St. Olaf, Macalester, Lake Forest West: Santa Clara, Lewis&Clark, Whitman |
I’m not offended. It’s just that you oversold your comment. Six students in two years is hardly a “sea of green” - maybe an island. And, an “80% admit rate” based on 8 applications over two years from your rigorous private is hardly a statistical sample for the masses. Your comments seem like a simultaneous Davidson put down and humblebrag. It’s best that your daughter didn’t apply/attend if she has your attitude. |
My attitude is the issue? All I said was that admissions to Davidson can be easier coming from a private school, and the admit rate from ours was high. You’ve been on a weird mission to disprove this because you apparently see it as a slight to your child. |
I'm not the PP you are referring to - nor am I great at math - but I know enough that six kids over two years is not a "sea of green." |
NESCAC? Conn College. Maybe Hamilton. OH schools for sure. Definitely Kenyon and Denison and Oberlin (not music), and if Miami of Ohio counts, them too. TN, Sewanee and Rhodes. CA, Pomona and Oxy for sure. Maybe the Minn SLACs too. And in NY, skidmore, Union, and St Lawrence. |
Right, op shouldn’t consider applying, no one gets in Davidson, it’s only for the super geniuses. At least that's what their parents think. So bizarre. |
Following this thread... will someone advise for a high rigor DC private, with a B average and a few C+s in the mix (Covid hangover.) |
I think you will get better advice from your school and a paid counselor. That is a unique situation. |