Anonymous
Post 10/31/2014 15:08     Subject: Lawrence University
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I had investigated it, still get emails. My Wisconsin friends tell me it is in a very very small town.


It's not in a very, very small town. Appleton has 72,000 people in a metro area of about 250K. Not DC, but not Podunk, USA, either.


The 250K excludes the 300K in the Green Bay metro area - 30 minutes away - so it really depends how you define it. A smaller version of the Washington Baltimore issue.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2014 14:48     Subject: Lawrence University
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I had investigated it, still get emails. My Wisconsin friends tell me it is in a very very small town.


Appleton is a city of 70,000 in an area of about half a million - it is considered a "small town," but hardly a "very very small town."

Appleton itself is usually included in lists of America's best small town. The biggest downside is the winter - the city is 30 minutes from the "frozen tundra."
I would wonder about transit to and from a place this size


Milwaukee is about 90 minutes away with direct flights from DC, so you could either rent a car and drive it, or you could get a connection into the smaller Appleton airport. (which, AFAIK, doesn't have direct to/from DC.)
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2014 14:45     Subject: Lawrence University
Anonymous wrote:I had investigated it, still get emails. My Wisconsin friends tell me it is in a very very small town.


It's not in a very, very small town. Appleton has 72,000 people in a metro area of about 250K. Not DC, but not Podunk, USA, either.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2014 14:43     Subject: Lawrence University
Anonymous wrote:Looks good on paper. Extremely strong for DC's interded major, music. Anyone know anything about if?


Oh wow, my typing skills at 1AM are apparently very lacking. Should be *intended major, and about it*. My apologies! Anyway, small town is OK with her, but not Kenyon small.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2014 13:27     Subject: Re:Lawrence University
Anonymous wrote:Coincidentally, there's a story about Lawrence on Huffington Post today...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/31/lawrence-university-freshman-studies-big-questions_n_6042434.html?utm_hp_ref=books&ir=Books


Campus look beautiful
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2014 13:25     Subject: Lawrence University
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I had investigated it, still get emails. My Wisconsin friends tell me it is in a very very small town.


Appleton is a city of 70,000 in an area of about half a million - it is considered a "small town," but hardly a "very very small town."

Appleton itself is usually included in lists of America's best small town. The biggest downside is the winter - the city is 30 minutes from the "frozen tundra."
I would wonder about transit to and from a place this size


Appleton has an airport, so does Green Bay just up the road. Both have flights from DC airports, though I doubt nonstop.


Much easier to get to than some schools in the Northeast
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2014 13:18     Subject: Lawrence University
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I had investigated it, still get emails. My Wisconsin friends tell me it is in a very very small town.


Appleton is a city of 70,000 in an area of about half a million - it is considered a "small town," but hardly a "very very small town."

Appleton itself is usually included in lists of America's best small town. The biggest downside is the winter - the city is 30 minutes from the "frozen tundra."
I would wonder about transit to and from a place this size


Appleton has an airport, so does Green Bay just up the road. Both have flights from DC airports, though I doubt nonstop.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2014 12:49     Subject: Lawrence University
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I had investigated it, still get emails. My Wisconsin friends tell me it is in a very very small town.


Appleton is a city of 70,000 in an area of about half a million - it is considered a "small town," but hardly a "very very small town."

Appleton itself is usually included in lists of America's best small town. The biggest downside is the winter - the city is 30 minutes from the "frozen tundra."
I would wonder about transit to and from a place this size
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2014 12:31     Subject: Re:Lawrence University
Coincidentally, there's a story about Lawrence on Huffington Post today...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/31/lawrence-university-freshman-studies-big-questions_n_6042434.html?utm_hp_ref=books&ir=Books
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2014 09:22     Subject: Lawrence University
Anonymous wrote:and there's not even good downhill skiing nearby


This is true. Plenty of cross country skiing if you like that. The NE US has some decent hills, but Colorado is the school for skiers.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2014 09:02     Subject: Lawrence University
and there's not even good downhill skiing nearby
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2014 08:36     Subject: Lawrence University
Anonymous wrote:I had investigated it, still get emails. My Wisconsin friends tell me it is in a very very small town.


Appleton is a city of 70,000 in an area of about half a million - it is considered a "small town," but hardly a "very very small town."

Appleton itself is usually included in lists of America's best small town. The biggest downside is the winter - the city is 30 minutes from the "frozen tundra."
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2014 07:37     Subject: Lawrence University
I know a very, very talented musician who turned down an offer from a top conservatory to go there, as a place where you could get both a great music education and liberal arts education.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2014 06:13     Subject: Lawrence University
I had investigated it, still get emails. My Wisconsin friends tell me it is in a very very small town.
Anonymous
Post 10/31/2014 01:15     Subject: Lawrence University
Looks good on paper. Extremely strong for DC's interded major, music. Anyone know anything about if?