Tell me about Connecticut College
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Anonymous
| Thoughts, impressions, experiences? |
Anonymous
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moderately competitive at 38% acceptance rate
small, under 2k students ranks around 50/ 51 for SLACS Its in the northern end of CT - between Providence RI and New Haven (Yale) is on the coast and close to Naval academies and Coast guard When I grew up in Ct no one there considered it viable. But it looks ok. |
Anonymous
| Used to be a not-very-good womens' college, now a coed school that still ha a lot more women than men. Busy road splits the campus. |
Anonymous
| Interesting place. The Cornell of the NESCAC, in that the other schools tend to make fun of it and treat it as if it doesn't belong. Preppy AF, rugby shirts and lax bros abound, yet extremely left wing, which is a peculiar dichotomy. No frats, more chicks than dudes, DIII sports with very little fan support. It's probably ranked about where it should be, but a kid who knows how to schmooze and network can make more valuable connections there than at similarly ranked schools (e.g., Centre, Furman). It's one of those schools where "fit" is invaluable, so your best bet is to arrange an overnight or at least visit the campus. |
Anonymous
False. A busy road does not "split the campus". The athletic facilities and some senior apartments are across the road connected by an overpass, and all the other buildings and dorms are in a beautiful, contiguous campus. It's fair to give CC a lot of criticism for plenty of things but its campus is not one of them. As for calling it "The Cornell of the NESCAC", well I wonder if you people have any idea how dopey comments like that are. In addition, most schools would like to be "The Cornell" of anything, or the anything of the NESCAC. This forum is toxic. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
| Campus is pretty. They have an arboretum. When we were looking at it, they were trying a new format of degree requirements, and I am not sure how that worked out. The other applicants looked overwhelmingly preppy. Town itself is next to Mystic, which is nice, but the actual downtown of New London is VERY grungy (and not in a charming way). It does have an Amtrak station, which is convenient for going home. According to posts online, binge drinking (followed by hookups) dominate the weekend experience, in a way that many women do not appreciate. We declined their acceptance but they seemed to put sincere effort into recruiting ethnic minorities (including Asian-Americans). |
Anonymous
| I actually have a lot to say about Conn. One of the loveliest women I know attended, and my child was very interested in NESCACs, so we visited campus (pre-Covid). Lots of benefits: location is very nice--on the water, not as remote as many of the NESCACs, easy to commute to DC on Amtrak. Beautiful stone buildings with a big green. Merit aid offered, unique for small relatively selective liberal arts schools in New England. We visited approximately 10 colleges, and it was the only college that offered the opportunity for prospective students to connect with professors. They had a lunch with tables organized by discipline, and my DC had a great conversation with an English professor who we later realized is relatively well known in her field. Negatives: we had a really bad experience with a tour guide who said something to a Latina student on our tour that made us uncomfortable, and we got involved as this young student was on her own without a parent to "defend" her. I know it could have just been one "bad apple" tour guide but it is hard to get over something like that, especially in an environment that feels white and rich. The school in some ways felt like a boarding school; it would be a great fit for someone who might not be fully ready for the transition from high school to college, but also doesn't want to take a gap year. The school doesn't do an effective job of communicating its "Connections" program, the program I think PP is referring to. I think it is a great choice for someone looking at small liberal arts, might not be at the top of their class, and eager for merit aid. Check it out! |
Anonymous
I went to a similar lunch there and sat with award-winning novelist Blanche Boyd, who was terrific. I have since read her novels and they are great. Any chance that’s who you sat with? She made a great impression although I got the perception she was a tough teacher! |
Anonymous
| Much, much easier for males to get in to, if full pay. |
Anonymous
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Know two people who went there -
one worked as a receiver at Olsson's Books and Records (I was in high school, this guy was already graduated) another one dropped out and was a airline steward bedding women in every city and visiting his high school friends who were in college in order to bed friends' classmates Meh, hope their parents didn't invest too much in their time at CT college. |
Anonymous
So, like the vast majority of colleges and universities. I wonder if women realize: no one is forcing them to binge drink and/or hookup afterwards? 
- a woman |
Anonymous
Toxic DCUM, example 33,816,375,999 ^^^ |
Anonymous
The posters complained that there were not alternatives., You reply is irrelevant and hostile |
Anonymous
No alternatives to binge-drinking and hooking up? Give us all a break and get real. |