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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much has been made of wanting kids to be at a place where they are with a cohort of intellectual peers. With the poor mental health epidemic on college campuses, where’s the discussion on the kids’ mental health? My kid is surrounded by very driven peers at their T-25 but I constantly remind them they cannot function well without balance and perspective. I want my kid to be challenged but I also want them surrounded my classmates who are kind, thoughtful and well-adjusted. It’s sad how campus communities are now seen more as professional networks instead of  a source of social/emotional support not just during college but beyond as well. [/quote]

Great post.

My thought is that this is an area that is well addressed by [b]public flagship honors colleges.[/b] A more scholarly community of students within a large university setting which serves students from a wide variety of socio-economic and intellectual backgrounds. Honors College students take courses both within the honors college and outside of the honors college but still within the large state flagship school. [/quote]

Yet these schools would have been a horrible social first for my kid and most at their ivy as well as high school peers who ended up at similar intellectual schools. The social norms of flagships tend to revolve around sports, and drinking, and in general at the big publics it is often not considered normal or cool to talk about classes or intellectual pursuits(research) of friends, go to each others art/music shows, etc. william and mary has more of the latter vibe but it is unique as a public school in that respect, much more like a T25 private than a flagship[/quote]

Ah.  I'm glad to have all of my memories of my education at a state flagship (and my resume) corrected by someone who knows better.  Maybe I've forgotten it all because I was distracted by the multiple full fellowships I got for grad school.[/quote]

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