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Have a child that attended Eckerd, and whose second choice was Juniata. DC picked Eckerd because the student body was more geographically diverse and they liked the FL weather. Both Juniata and Eckerd gave comparable merit aid. Although DC picked Eckerd,we were both impressed by the significant personal attention that Juniata gave its applicants. In retrospect, I wish perhaps DC had picked Juniata. Eckerd had more entitled B student rich kids and there was a significant drug culture. I also think that when looking at small LAC it is important to figure out the social organizing piece. Schools need something---either a traditional greek system or "houses" like they have at Rice, or co-ops like at Oberlin--otherwise freshmen are cast adrift and have even more difficulty finding their people.

I'd like to understand your last point a little better. Are you saying that Eckerd lacked some sort of social organizing structure, and that as a result your kid struggled to find their people? There's a lot my kid really likes about Eckerd, but finding her people is a top concern.[/quote]

Eckerd did not have any social organizing structure.  They do not have a Greek system or any eating house/eating club system.    They do have some really strong extracurricular activities that do seem to serve that purpose if a student is interested in them (mine was not)---for example, they have a very sophisticated water rescue organization which serves as adjunct search & rescue for the Tampa Bay Area---it is competitive to join it and the kids in it seem very bonded.  The arts community on campus also seemed tight knit.  Our DC is not really a "joiner" so I think a lot of it was tied to DC's specific personality and not so much the school.   Unfortunately, I also think that at Eckerd the kids who do not get engaged in more positive activities seem to be the ones who have lots of interest in the less positive drug culture and there is a lot of that.    I would also add that the food is terrible.  And because the campus is somewhat isolated, there is not a lot of off-campus options in the immediate vicinity.   I don't mean to sound down on Eckerd---I think lots of kids do great there and I think our DC would have had some of the same responses no matter what school they went to.[/quote]

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