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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know 5 people who went there.  Three are now stay at home moms, one is a secretary, and one is a club promoter. [/quote]

I graduated Elon within the last decade, so clearly I have a much larger sample size than you, but I know many successful alumni in both industry and post-graduate educational pursuits.

Multiple classmates who went to top-14 law schools and now practice in Biglaw, others who received MBA's and doctorate degrees from Columbia, UNC-CH, Cornell, UVA, and other similar schools with strong reputations and pedigree.

One is the youngest-ever Regional Vice President at a financial services firm with $506 billion in assets, another is an SVP at a top-3 multinational commercial real estate firm.

Another is a "first 10" employee at a start up company that was valued between $8-10 billion this year.  I know a couple who are now college professors at very reputable institutions, and many who work in public service at the state and federal levels.  Countless others are gainfully employed in "normal" (read: perfectly acceptable) jobs in corporate America.

Do I know a couple of folks who moved out West and became ski instructors or moved back home to their hometown and haven't really put their education to use?  Sure.  But I also know some Ivy league graduates from my competitive Bethesda high school who did the same.

The school's reputation and caliber or admitted student has risen drastically between the 1990's and today.  It's simply inaccurate that the school is filled with C-D (with the occasional F) students with horrible SATs.  Maybe back in the day, but not anymore.

I'm under no illusion that Elon has the same reputational weight as, say, Wake Forest, Duke, Davidson, or Chapel Hill.  That said, a college education is what you make of it and I've certainly never seen any of my fellow graduates held back by their Elon degree.

As for the student experience,  the campus is beautiful (leaving a life-long lasting impression on alumni) and the class sizes are relatively small (~20-30).  The school places a huge emphasis on experiential learning so there are many opportunities to "do" in addition to traditional classroom learning. There is a fairly prominent party scene (like most colleges, but maybe above the average) and many feel that it's an insulated "bubble" (i.e. Elon students keep to themselves on their campus, it's not a vibrant surrounding community).  There are many students who come from fairly affluent families--up and down the East Coast--which aligns pretty similarly to the DC area.

The majority of students who graduate from Elon love their college experience and a very loyal to the school.

Hope this helps.

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