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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you have any idea about the academic rigor of your DC's program of study, and do you even care if it's rigorous and makes them a stronger thinker?

My nephew is "killing it" according to BIL at his run of the mill state school. BIL brags about how the kid is getting As. I took a look at the list of courses he's taking and he has shown me the syllabus for a class that relates to my field. I can't believe how little this college expects of its students. They basically just collect tuition for four years, stamp their diploma, and send them out into the world without bothering to make them learn how to write or think critically. I'm sure the kids who major in job oriented things like nursing or structural engineering have to actually learn something, but my nephew is not being served well by his college IMHO.

I remember reading something about a study showing that most college kids didn't increase their intellectual skills much from freshman to senior year. I thought this had to be a poorly done study, but now I can see how this is possible. [/quote]

Lots of schools are like this. Unless your kid is at a top school you should look into it. Mine are in schools that challenge them and increase their intellectual capacity every single semester. The classes require a lot of reading, 10-12p papers, difficult problem sets and problem based long-answer tests where 1/3-1/2 requires creative analysis and applications of knowledge. Prior to applications, I did compare syllabi and talked to professor friends about how much or little they have to dumb down content at their respective schools. They gave great insight on what schools provide an intellectual education. Both thought William&Mary is the best public school in VA, UVA second, because there is no way to coast through W&Mary and UVa and especially VT have a large % of phone-it-in classes in certain majors. 
[/quote]Assuming you have a motivated child, it makes more sense to compare the ceilings rather than the floors.[/quote]

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