Anonymous
11/14/2025 17:27
Subject: Juniors & families: colleges on your list
My junior hasn't even thought about colleges yet. Too busy living his best high school life.
Anonymous
11/14/2025 17:26
Subject: Juniors & families: colleges on your list
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Did you visit or you don't plan to?
These are the ones kid says *everyone* plans to apply to next Fall.
Michigan
UVA
UNC
NYU
Northeastern
Univ of Pitt
Penn State
My kids not looking at any of these schools
Then they are foolish because four of the six are public and a good value
Anonymous
11/14/2025 17:26
Subject: Juniors & families: colleges on your list
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Did you visit or you don't plan to?
These are the ones kid says *everyone* plans to apply to next Fall.
Michigan
UVA
UNC
NYU
Northeastern
Univ of Pitt
Penn State
These six schools get, literally, over a million applications.
Meanwhile, prestigious Williams and Bowdoin get less than 15,000 each.
I think the students have spoken. They prefer big schools, probably because they feel they're more like to find their people in a bigger environment. Though I think an OOS app to UNC is generally a wasted app. Plus, engineering and business being the significant majors today - and all these six schools are good in one or the other, with Michigan being very good in both.
Prestigious Williams and Bowdoin get FEWER than 15,000 each because no one thinks they will get in. And if you do, it’s a long cold winter with not much to do besides study.
Anonymous
11/14/2025 17:24
Subject: Juniors & families: colleges on your list
I wish my kid would find a school they genuinely loved. They are so set on attending a T10. And don't get me wrong, they have the stats, but they are always wanting more/better and refuse to look at anything less than a T15. It's hard and makes me worry about them. I hate this process.
Anonymous
11/14/2025 17:22
Subject: Juniors & families: colleges on your list
Well I have one at an Ivy and and one at UVA and I think my third (a junior) is going to ED Bowdoin. He wants a SLAC and loved it when we visited.
Anonymous
11/14/2025 17:20
Subject: Juniors & families: colleges on your list
Anonymous wrote:Did you visit or you don't plan to?
These are the ones kid says *everyone* plans to apply to next Fall.
Michigan
UVA
UNC
NYU
Northeastern
Univ of Pitt
Penn State
My kids not looking at any of these schools
Anonymous
11/14/2025 17:18
Subject: Juniors & families: colleges on your list
After visiting a few “types” of schools to figure out preferences, DC is targeting SLACs.
W&M (target) and Mary Wash (safety, but also tied for top choice rn) as in-state schools we can afford, and SMCM as OOS public we can afford. U Richmond, F&M, Dickinson as privates that would need merit. A few other PA private school we still need to visit and make decisions about.
W&M (target) and Mary Wash (safety, but also tied for top choice rn) as in-state schools we can afford, and SMCM as OOS public we can afford. U Richmond, F&M, Dickinson as privates that would need merit. A few other PA private school we still need to visit and make decisions about.
Anonymous
11/14/2025 17:13
Subject: Juniors & families: colleges on your list
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Did you visit or you don't plan to?
These are the ones kid says *everyone* plans to apply to next Fall.
Michigan
UVA
UNC
NYU
Northeastern
Univ of Pitt
Penn State
These six schools get, literally, over a million applications.
Meanwhile, prestigious Williams and Bowdoin get less than 15,000 each.
I think the students have spoken. They prefer big schools, probably because they feel they're more like to find their people in a bigger environment. Though I think an OOS app to UNC is generally a wasted app. Plus, engineering and business being the significant majors today - and all these six schools are good in one or the other, with Michigan being very good in both.
so you're saying the admissions rate for MI is lower than Bowdoin?
Anonymous
11/14/2025 16:53
Subject: Juniors & families: colleges on your list
Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, UVA
Anonymous
11/14/2025 16:52
Subject: Juniors & families: colleges on your list
MIT
Georgia Tech
Berkely
Cal Tech
Michigan
CMU
Georgia Tech
Berkely
Cal Tech
Michigan
CMU
Anonymous
11/14/2025 16:01
Subject: Juniors & families: colleges on your list
UC San Diego, Binky University of Crayons and Glue
Anonymous
11/14/2025 15:56
Subject: Juniors & families: colleges on your list
Anonymous wrote:Did you visit or you don't plan to?
These are the ones kid says *everyone* plans to apply to next Fall.
Michigan
UVA
UNC
NYU
Northeastern
Univ of Pitt
Penn State
These six schools get, literally, over a million applications.
Meanwhile, prestigious Williams and Bowdoin get less than 15,000 each.
I think the students have spoken. They prefer big schools, probably because they feel they're more like to find their people in a bigger environment. Though I think an OOS app to UNC is generally a wasted app. Plus, engineering and business being the significant majors today - and all these six schools are good in one or the other, with Michigan being very good in both.
Anonymous
11/14/2025 15:45
Subject: Juniors & families: colleges on your list
None of those are on our list either (awesomely average kid that doesn't like doing what everyone else is doing anyways)
Anonymous
11/14/2025 15:37
Subject: Juniors & families: colleges on your list
None of those are on DC list.
Anonymous
11/14/2025 13:57
Subject: Juniors & families: colleges on your list
Did you visit or you don't plan to?
These are the ones kid says *everyone* plans to apply to next Fall.
Michigan
UVA
UNC
NYU
Northeastern
Univ of Pitt
Penn State
These are the ones kid says *everyone* plans to apply to next Fall.
Michigan
UVA
UNC
NYU
Northeastern
Univ of Pitt
Penn State