Anonymous
Post 11/26/2023 15:49     Subject: up and coming schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:High point-This is a school that really prepares kids for actionable careers. A friend sent their kid there and loved their experience.


The glossy brochures & catalogs they send us endlessly look cultish. Can’t even recycle as they are covered in plastic.


What does cultish mean?


Perhaps I'm mistaken, but think I saw a clip where applicants gather in an auditorium and all find out simultaneously they have been admitted. And I thought "cult" when I saw it.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2023 15:22     Subject: up and coming schools
West Coast schools will be the next ones having a “moment.” Oregon, Washington, and California.

The southern schools will remain popular. I have a theory why, but I suspect most people already understand why.

Anonymous
Post 11/26/2023 15:10     Subject: up and coming schools
Anonymous wrote:People who are impressed with places like Wooster and Lawrence and Muhlenberg do not have experience with top 10-15 LACs. They are fine schools but they just do not provide the same experience.


Wrong, my friend. My kid got into several T15 unis and top LACs. We were still impressed with Muhlenberg. What a bizarre comment.
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2023 15:09     Subject: Re:up and coming schools
For kids in the DMV -- Tenn, Minn, VCU, Mason, Wooster, College of Charleston
Anonymous
Post 11/26/2023 14:57     Subject: up and coming schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People who are impressed with places like Wooster and Lawrence and Muhlenberg do not have experience with top 10-15 LACs. They are fine schools but they just do not provide the same experience.


DH and I both top 15 LACs, older kid currently at a top 15 LAC, we spent 14 years living a mile from a top 15 LAC…and we were plenty impressed with Wooster. Lawrence is next on the list to visit.


DH and I both went to top 15 LACs and our child is currently at a different top 15 LAC. When we were looking at schools, we toured both Wooster and Lawrence. We were not impressed. There was not the same focus on academics as at the top schools. The admissions office was disorganized. We liked Appleton though. Our child thought Wooster was too heavy-handed with the sales job which turned him off. Of the more likely schools, St Olaf was our favorite.



Thank goodness your kid got into a top 15. The embarrassment you would have felt if they had to go to a Wooster or Lawrence type school would have been unbearable for you!


Np
Aren’t there a number of schools between top 15 and Wooster or Lawrence? No experience with them at all just curious.
Anonymous
Post 11/25/2023 17:42     Subject: up and coming schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People who are impressed with places like Wooster and Lawrence and Muhlenberg do not have experience with top 10-15 LACs. They are fine schools but they just do not provide the same experience.


DH and I both top 15 LACs, older kid currently at a top 15 LAC, we spent 14 years living a mile from a top 15 LAC…and we were plenty impressed with Wooster. Lawrence is next on the list to visit.


DH and I both went to top 15 LACs and our child is currently at a different top 15 LAC. When we were looking at schools, we toured both Wooster and Lawrence. We were not impressed. There was not the same focus on academics as at the top schools. The admissions office was disorganized. We liked Appleton though. Our child thought Wooster was too heavy-handed with the sales job which turned him off. Of the more likely schools, St Olaf was our favorite.



Thank goodness your kid got into a top 15. The embarrassment you would have felt if they had to go to a Wooster or Lawrence type school would have been unbearable for you!

Anonymous
Post 11/25/2023 17:37     Subject: up and coming schools
Anonymous wrote:UMD from NOVA. A little merit puts it in line with the cost of UVA engineering in-state. UVA approaching 35% OOS and Tech with social justice makes admittance tough for a large number of kids.


UVa has been capped at 1/3 OOS for many decades now. y agreement with the Commonwealth. Their OOS % has not changed in decades. Roughly the same situation at W&M and VPI.
Anonymous
Post 11/25/2023 17:22     Subject: up and coming schools
Anonymous wrote:People who are impressed with places like Wooster and Lawrence and Muhlenberg do not have experience with top 10-15 LACs. They are fine schools but they just do not provide the same experience.


Most likely, the people who apply to these schools either did not apply or did not get into the top 10-15 LAC’s. My dd had these on her radar bc she was not a competitive applicant for the top 10-15. Many of her peers at one of the schools mentioned had very impressive backgrounds and did not get into the top 10-15. The stats of incoming freshmen are likely higher at these schools than they were 4-6 years ago.
Anonymous
Post 11/25/2023 17:02     Subject: up and coming schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No one is going to Minnesota


Even Brenda Walsh couldn’t stick it out at Minnesota.

Sorry, I’m GenX, raised in the south, and that’s literally the only thing I know about the University of Minnesota. I’m sure it’s lovely.


LOVE YOU!!!


Agree, this is an A+ reference.
Anonymous
Post 11/25/2023 16:55     Subject: up and coming schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No one is going to Minnesota


Even Brenda Walsh couldn’t stick it out at Minnesota.

Sorry, I’m GenX, raised in the south, and that’s literally the only thing I know about the University of Minnesota. I’m sure it’s lovely.


LOVE YOU!!!
Anonymous
Post 11/25/2023 16:49     Subject: up and coming schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People who are impressed with places like Wooster and Lawrence and Muhlenberg do not have experience with top 10-15 LACs. They are fine schools but they just do not provide the same experience.


DH and I both top 15 LACs, older kid currently at a top 15 LAC, we spent 14 years living a mile from a top 15 LAC…and we were plenty impressed with Wooster. Lawrence is next on the list to visit.


DH and I both went to top 15 LACs and our child is currently at a different top 15 LAC. When we were looking at schools, we toured both Wooster and Lawrence. We were not impressed. There was not the same focus on academics as at the top schools. The admissions office was disorganized. We liked Appleton though. Our child thought Wooster was too heavy-handed with the sales job which turned him off. Of the more likely schools, St Olaf was our favorite.
Anonymous
Post 11/25/2023 13:46     Subject: up and coming schools
Anonymous wrote:People who are impressed with places like Wooster and Lawrence and Muhlenberg do not have experience with top 10-15 LACs. They are fine schools but they just do not provide the same experience.


DH and I both top 15 LACs, older kid currently at a top 15 LAC, we spent 14 years living a mile from a top 15 LAC…and we were plenty impressed with Wooster. Lawrence is next on the list to visit.
Anonymous
Post 11/25/2023 13:22     Subject: up and coming schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People who are impressed with places like Wooster and Lawrence and Muhlenberg do not have experience with top 10-15 LACs. They are fine schools but they just do not provide the same experience.


I've never seen people suggest these schools instead of the top 10-15 LACs. For high stats students, they could be safeties. For students who like the top SLACs but don't have the stats, these might be more likely options.





They are on the list for my high stat kid because they offer merit, and while we can’t afford 80k year, we do not qualify for need based aid. So, sadly those top 10-15 lac’s are not a reality for us and we are just doing the best we can.

+1. Good post


That is true. There are a couple of higher ranked LACs that give merit so we focused on those.
Anonymous
Post 11/25/2023 12:54     Subject: up and coming schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People who are impressed with places like Wooster and Lawrence and Muhlenberg do not have experience with top 10-15 LACs. They are fine schools but they just do not provide the same experience.


I've never seen people suggest these schools instead of the top 10-15 LACs. For high stats students, they could be safeties. For students who like the top SLACs but don't have the stats, these might be more likely options.





They are on the list for my high stat kid because they offer merit, and while we can’t afford 80k year, we do not qualify for need based aid. So, sadly those top 10-15 lac’s are not a reality for us and we are just doing the best we can.

+1. Good post
Anonymous
Post 11/25/2023 12:53     Subject: up and coming schools
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People who are impressed with places like Wooster and Lawrence and Muhlenberg do not have experience with top 10-15 LACs. They are fine schools but they just do not provide the same experience.


I've never seen people suggest these schools instead of the top 10-15 LACs. For high stats students, they could be safeties. For students who like the top SLACs but don't have the stats, these might be more likely options.





They are on the list for my high stat kid because they offer merit, and while we can’t afford 80k year, we do not qualify for need based aid. So, sadly those top 10-15 lac’s are not a reality for us and we are just doing the best we can.