Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 10:38     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My smart, friendly, independent, Jewish, but not super religious, Washingtonian who excels at history is interested in Poli-sci/IR.

Still deciding and hoping that someone has a little pearl of wisdom to share?

Cost is approximately the same for all

Macalester
Pitt
Oberlin
Wisconsin


Macalester!


Sorry I should’ve explained why…it’s because I live in and love the twin cities and think it would be a good place to go to college. Madison would be great too if your kid prefers a bigger school. I personally prefer smaller so I’d pick macalester. Don’t really know Pitt or Oberlin so can’t comment on those.

Oh also Macalester has a strong Jewish organization if your kid is interested. I think the school is 6-7% Jewish which is pretty large for a SLAC.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 10:33     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:My smart, friendly, independent, Jewish, but not super religious, Washingtonian who excels at history is interested in Poli-sci/IR.

Still deciding and hoping that someone has a little pearl of wisdom to share?

Cost is approximately the same for all

Macalester
Pitt
Oberlin
Wisconsin


Oberlin
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 10:33     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:My smart, friendly, independent, Jewish, but not super religious, Washingtonian who excels at history is interested in Poli-sci/IR.

Still deciding and hoping that someone has a little pearl of wisdom to share?

Cost is approximately the same for all

Macalester
Pitt
Oberlin
Wisconsin


Macalester!
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 10:30     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
^PP ...and possibly Brandeis
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 10:28     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
My smart, friendly, independent, Jewish, but not super religious, Washingtonian who excels at history is interested in Poli-sci/IR.

Still deciding and hoping that someone has a little pearl of wisdom to share?

Cost is approximately the same for all

Macalester
Pitt
Oberlin
Wisconsin
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 10:12     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Intended major CS

Top 5 acceptances:

Vassar
Grinnell
Haverford
Denison
Union College


Grinnell is amazing


Union is one of the best LACs for STEM.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 09:50     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Intended major CS

Top 5 acceptances:

Vassar
Grinnell
Haverford
Denison
Union College


Grinnell is amazing
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 09:19     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Intended major CS

Top 5 acceptances:

Vassar
Grinnell
Haverford
Denison
Union College

Haverford — amazing school


Not for CS. Union or bust.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 08:57     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Acceptances:

Hampton
Tuskegee
North Carolina A and T
Morehouse
Florida A & M University
Bowie State
Morgan State

Plans to major in computer science


Florida A&M is where the daughter of Gizelle, the real housewives of Potomac, is attending. Of course, not the reason to choose a college, but when I saw FAMU I remembered that. It's not a college that you often see discussed on these boards.


You realize this is not a plus, right?
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 07:31     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Princeton or Cornell or Cambridge (UK)

Full pay at all


Cambridge.

Tutor system is incredible. 3 years instead of four. Top for prestige and Harry Potter wow factor. Two words: the backs.


Completely different system, though.



True. Exam focused. But Cambridge doesn’t take an American ‘anyone’ for undergrad so thinking if student got in, they can handle. Cambridge has their Achilles though - not above admitting a Winklevoss at the Masters level to boost Henley -Thames time.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 01:33     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Davidson
UVA
W&M

Econ, then Econ PhD

Money is not an issue



This is no brainer. UVA. It has a strong Econ program which will give your kid a leg up for graduate school applications.

Signed Ph.D economist.


Davidson and W&M have a higher percentage of graduates that get PhDs in Economics than UVA based on government tracking data.


I'm a different PhD economist. The trouble with looking at data for these small liberal arts colleges is that Davidson sends a couple of kids per year to an econ PhD program. These samples are just too small to conclude much, as different decisions by one or two people swing the data wildly.

I attended a top 10 PhD program. About 1/3 of people came from medium sized private universities like Yale and MIT, about 1/3 from large public universities, and 1/3 from foreign universities. Th few who came from SLACS struggled, as they hadn't been very well prepared for the math required. They had no PhD programs at their schools, and their faculty members, probably excellent teachers, had been to grad school too long before to understand what was needed.

That, of course, was back in the early 16th century, and some schools have beefed up their undergrad requirements. To prep for a PhD program, look for a program that offers intermediate micro and macro with a calculus pre-requisite, that requires a couple of semesters of statistics, and that offers a senior capstone project with supervision by faculty. Make sure to take math through Differential Equations.


Which is why you look at data over multiple years. If you do that, you will still see that a higher percentage of W&M and Davidson graduates go on to earn PhDs in Economics than UVA.


Over 5 years, the raw number for Davidson is 12 kids.


From 2008 to 2022, 20 Davidson undergraduates earned Economics PhDs to 39 for W&M and 53 for UVA. Davidson has 2,000 undergraduates compared to 6,800 at W&M and 17,500 at UVA. Davidson is over 3X as productive as UVA on a per capita basis.
Anonymous
Post 04/17/2024 00:41     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Intended major CS

Top 5 acceptances:

Vassar
Grinnell
Haverford
Denison
Union College

Haverford — amazing school
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2024 23:46     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:UCONN
RPI
WPI

Waitlist: VT (we are OOS)

Aerospace Engineering

Net price:
UCONN ~35K after merit (OOS)
RPI ~46K after merit
WPI ~55K after merit


Distance to UCONN/RPI about the same (2+ hours), WPI is ~4, VT 7.5

As an FYI my DC had IEP from 2nd grade through 11th due to mild ASD (Asperger's)--so he presents as somewhat nerdy. Will have minimal accommodations in college.


I would say RPI unless there is something that UConn or WPI has that they specifically think would help them thrive in college. Like if they felt project based learning and 7 week quarters would be a better fit then pick WPI. Or if they wanted the flexibility to change to non-STEM major or take more non-STEM classes or have the big school spirit and sports experience then pick Uconn.
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2024 23:41     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Intended major CS

Top 5 acceptances:

Vassar
Grinnell
Haverford
Denison
Union College


Union!
Anonymous
Post 04/16/2024 23:34     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Intended major CS

Top 5 acceptances:

Vassar
Grinnell
Haverford
Denison
Union College