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[quote=Anonymous]PP here — wasn’t sure you’d want my thoughts! Here they are:

Wake: agreed, student leaders seemed unenthusiastic but I didn’t let it play much of a role in how I felt about it overall. They did talk about how they are trying to better things on campus for some groups, but instead of making me feel better about it it made me a little nervous because it didn’t sound like they were trying to get at the root of the problem. Agree that Winston Salem isn’t very exciting but students said they generally stay on campus.

Tufts: Agreed that these students seemed the most excited and genuinely pleased with the school, but again these students are picked probably for that reason. However some students randomly came up to DS while he was waiting while I got coffee and they saw him carrying materials and started talking about how much they really liked the school and their community. I thought that was super nice (maybe they were plants, but it didn’t seem like it LOL). Agree with assessment about how campus looks. Some traditional nice college buildings and quads and some ugly. Nice view of Boston on the roof or the… library, I think. Will be much easier to get to into Boston.

BU: city campus, things and people look spread out, that is true but DS would apply to the honors program which would give him a quick community to be a part of if he gets in. They all stay in the same dorm. He liked the energy of Boston a lot.

Tulane: Kids made it seem almost like it was going to summer camp. There was a lot of talk about how fun it was to go out on Bourbon Street with a “shh, wink wink, we’re honestly kidding” sidebar. The campus is in kind of a transitional area, kid were told not to walk alone at night. My DS is kind of a nerd, he would have a beer or two at a party (we have allowed him to have a glass of wine or beer with dinner, DH is from a European country) but has no desire to get drunk in bars and dance on table tops before seeing a Tarot Card reader.  I kind of turned me off as well.

W&M: I actually thought it was great. Students did seem nice and a little quirky but as my DS said “they’re weird” I was thinking, “but you are that kind of weird, you would fit in, I think” but kept that thought to myself LOL. I loved the compact campus and that you could pop out to get food at a non-school restaurant easily. It just seemed like a nice nurturing place to me, but I’m not the one applying! I can see how DS wants to shake the dust off his shoes and try a big city, and how Williamsburg doesn’t fit that bill.

I think he might like Emory but not sure if he will more than BU or Tufts. His uncle went there, that’s part of why he is interested. But I see him liking the vibe of a NE college more. As I said I do predict a big no to Wisconsin based on what he’s said he likes and doesn’t, plus I’m not sure it’s a good idea that they go to the same school even though I do think they get along well and I like his GF. Elon he might like because the campus is supposedly lovely and I think students are happy there, but again the surrounding area… not a NE city. Plus I think he is shooting higher so this would be a safety, I think.

I don’t know Pittsburgh or Carnegie Mellon at all aside from general impressions from reading about it/hearing what others have to say. So no predictions on this one. Pitt would also be a safety but we have heard good things and know other kids would go there and like it.

I thought he might be interested in Northeastern but he didn’t seem so interested in the whole co-op program so we skipped it.

I do feel like even though his stats are very good his list mainly consists of reaches and safeties. W&M is a target and BU regular would be but the honors is a reach too.

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