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[quote=Anonymous]We visited Rhodes in-person over the summer and drove through the Sewanee campus. DS ended up applying to both (honestly, I think mostly because he actually saw them).

I was far more impressed with Rhodes / Memphis than I thought I would be. I grew up in the South and never thought of Memphis as anything other than run-down. The neighborhood around the campus appears to be diverse. The campus is gated, so visitors have to check in. You can easily get to downtown / Beall Street from the campus. The admissions officer we spoke to described Memphis as an affordable city (e.g., $15 tix available for Grizzlies games). She also said that Memphis has more non-profits than any other similarly-sized US city, St. Jude's being the standout (also easy to get to from campus). The student who showed us around was a POC from Memphis, and she spoke lovingly about the college and her professors. My main concern is Greek life; DS is totally not interested in Greek life. The student who showed us around does not participate in Greek life and she still loves the school, but she acknowledged that roughly 50% of students do participate in Greek life. The frat houses are part of campus; they are built of the same materials as the other buildings on campus, and they blend right in. I don't really know what to make of that.

Sewanee is beautiful. Breathtakingly beautiful. But isolated. It's also very spread out, and it appeared that students take shuttle buses to get from one building to another. In my mind, Tennessee has this push-pull of modernity (its cities) versus total backwardness, and Sewanee is surrounded by the backwardness -- although it is close-ish to Chattanooga.

My understanding is that both of these schools offered generous merit pre-COVID. [/quote]

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