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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sewanee probably receives way fewer applications than a school like Vanderbilt. It is by its nature a place fewer students will apply to because it is a smaller school, college only (no grad programs like Vandy), it is lesser known -- Vanderbilt has a bigger national reputation, and it is geographically isolated -- not in a city like Nashville that would draw more people in by itself. So comparing admissions stats to Vanderbilt is really not indicative of very much. They are two totally different schools. But [b]if your only concern is that your child attend a school that admits a small percentage of applicants, and not so much what the actual experience will be like once he or she gets there, then keep focusing on those admissions stats. [/b]Most people at Sewanee would find that obnoxious anyway.  [/quote]

Well this is kinda unfair (and ill-informed). Princeton review has Vandy at #2 in happiest students. So I guess the students think their "actual experience" is quite good.  Sewanee isn't listed.  Go ahead ... tell me you know some kids that got into Vandy but chose Sewanee. I'm sure there must be at least one or two of those out there.[/quote]

I'm the PP you responded to. I think you misinterpreted what I said. I don't mean that students at Vanderbilt aren't happy. I'm sure they are; it's a great school in many ways. What I meant was that it is a very [u]different[/u] school from Sewanee, and their admissions stats are inherently different. That, and as a general matter, focusing solely on the percentage of applicants accepted at any given college seems short-sighted because it's not an indicator of what the student's experience will be if he attends. I get that it's a statement of how elite a school is thought to be, but that's really all it is. If a school seems perfect for your child, but they accept 30% of their 2,000 or less applicants, do you advise her not to attend because Harvard takes 5% of their 20,000 (or whatever) applicants? That wouldn't make sense. That was my thinking but I didn't state it that way before.  My only point was that it seems more beneficial to focus on the experience offered by the particular school, not the admissions stats. I just used Vandy as the example for admissions stats -- I wasn't saying Sewanee is a better school than Vanderbilt or vice-versa. They are completely different schools.[/quote]

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