Colleges growing in popularity

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Liberty University

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Anonymous wrote:Liberty University

LOL!

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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.

I grew up in the south and loved this culture. It appeals to many.

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Anonymous wrote:Liberty University

LOL!

Actually, it really is growing in popularity. Not among the mainstream of course, but it does seem like its attracting more kids from Christian, but not hard core fundamentalist families than it used to.

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Anonymous wrote:CNU, Mary Washington, JMU

JMU has been popular for decades.

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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 call BS on this. I attended a large southern school in the early 90’s and never heard anyone use the N word.

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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.

UVA does too

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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.

Well I graduated in 88 in NC and I can't imagine how you never ever heard the N word. Did you go k-12 in SC? If so I find that almost impossible. I heard it weekly if not more. And in college in NC, although less frequently, because you are not with the same people all day, I think. But still heard it. Heard it in my workplaces in NC. Still hear it on FB from classmates who are in NC (they get removed)

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Skidmore

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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.

UVA does too

It’s a public state school construct to carve out a program for more intellectually gifted students.

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College of Charleston has been picking up a lot of kids from the DMV, especially private school kids.

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Pennsylvania SLACs like Dickinson, FM, and Ursinus

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

UVA does too

No it doesn't. Are you talking about Echols Scholars or Jefferson?

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Anonymous wrote:Liberty University

LOL!

Actually, it really is growing in popularity. Not among the mainstream of course, but it does seem like its attracting more kids from Christian, but not hard core fundamentalist families than it used to.

It is. So is Hillsdale. People are getting sick of the p.c. crap.

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A lot of kids who are very smart, middle or lower middle class and don’t want to go far away to college are choosing GMU. It really appeals to kids who want/need to be near their families in NoVA.

Florida, South Carolina, Clemson, and Alabama have been popular with kids here for years. The next wave of popularity in Southern schools will be Tennessee, Auburn, Florida State, and UCF.