Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 18:25     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Yale
USC

For humanities, arts
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 18:03     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:UIUC OOS
UMD OOS
William and Mary instate
Virginia Tech Honors College instate

CS Major


One of the instate options, whichever campus is the better fit for your student. Great choices!
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 17:50     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:ND w 25k merit
BC full pay
GW w 25k merit
Northwestern full pay

major: history/politics/IR.
biggest factor: happiest kids (after stressful 4 years at grinder HS). money also a consideration - those full pays are not fun.



Notre Dame.

It's a happy school. And it'll be roughly $100,000 cheaper than NU.


+1 and I’m not Catholic or religious at all.


+1--also from someone who is not Catholic or religious at all. Friends of DC who've gone to Northwestern report it is actually pretty grind-y. The quarter system leaves no room for error (as the quarters are so short and intense) and a lot of classes are graded on a curve, which results in serious, unpleasant competition among students. I'd go ND, esp, given $ savings. Plus, President Bartlett went to ND and seemed to do pretty well with politics .


Shit for history/politics/IR why not GW?
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 17:18     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:ND w 25k merit
BC full pay
GW w 25k merit
Northwestern full pay

major: history/politics/IR.
biggest factor: happiest kids (after stressful 4 years at grinder HS). money also a consideration - those full pays are not fun.



Notre Dame.

It's a happy school. And it'll be roughly $100,000 cheaper than NU.


+1 and I’m not Catholic or religious at all.


+1--also from someone who is not Catholic or religious at all. Friends of DC who've gone to Northwestern report it is actually pretty grind-y. The quarter system leaves no room for error (as the quarters are so short and intense) and a lot of classes are graded on a curve, which results in serious, unpleasant competition among students. I'd go ND, esp, given $ savings. Plus, President Bartlett went to ND and seemed to do pretty well with politics .
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 13:31     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:UIUC OOS
UMD OOS
William and Mary instate
Virginia Tech Honors College instate

CS Major


UIUC if money is not an issue. UIUC is likely to have fewer distributional requirements than VT.


Attending UIUC will cost about $100,000+ more over four years compared to Virginia Tech. Is it worth the extra expense?
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 12:31     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:UIUC OOS
UMD OOS
William and Mary instate
Virginia Tech Honors College instate

CS Major


UIUC if money is not an issue. UIUC is likely to have fewer distributional requirements than VT.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 12:29     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:UIUC OOS
UMD OOS
William and Mary instate
Virginia Tech Honors College instate

CS Major


Virginia Tech
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 12:09     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Help-JMU or Syracuse? STEM major. MD resident.


For real? Syracuse.
Anonymous
Post 04/22/2024 10:20     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
UIUC OOS
UMD OOS
William and Mary instate
Virginia Tech Honors College instate

CS Major
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2024 20:19     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:ND w 25k merit
BC full pay
GW w 25k merit
Northwestern full pay

major: history/politics/IR.
biggest factor: happiest kids (after stressful 4 years at grinder HS). money also a consideration - those full pays are not fun.



Notre Dame.

It's a happy school. And it'll be roughly $100,000 cheaper than NU.


+1 and I’m not Catholic or religious at all.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2024 20:18     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Syracuse if you want a little more prestige. Either if you just want to enjoy your college experience.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2024 20:17     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD with ADHD- undecided major but leaning toward business (and applied as a business major). Wants big football but also good support services. We want lower cost and support services.

Clemson- good support, no merit
Michigan State- unsure, 15000 merit
Indiana- unsure, 8000 merit
Ohio State- decent services, no merit
Miami of Ohio- good support, 24000 merit
Arizona- top support (SALT), 20000 merit
Penn State- unsure, no merit
Towson- good support, in state, 3000 merit



Have you visited all of these? We are in a similar boat. We were surprised how much we liked Towson.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2024 20:05     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Help-JMU or Syracuse? STEM major. MD resident.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2024 18:54     Subject: Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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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.


This could be more about interest than preparation....

UVA has a top Econ grad program ....but W&M is a strong program and any kid who seeks advice there will be prepared. There are strong economists at both of those schools. I know less about Davidson as an economist - but SLAC schools can be a great starting point.

Go where the kid wants to go - just be sure to tell them to speak to Econ department professors about courses to take and to follow their advice on how to best prepare. Math will be very important (multivariate calculus, linear algebra, differential equations, real analysis), as will choice of economics classes. Be sure to choose the ones that are heavy on math. And as someone else pointed out - having strong econometrics and multiple econometrics options would be a good thing too.

Agreed. If PP's DC wants to be competitive for top PhD programs/predocs right out of undergrad, they'll need (in addition to research which all three unis can provide) graduate coursework, which you can only officially find at UVA.

Perhaps if prerequisites for grad classes at UVA are too strict to fit them in, the next best option by be graduate-level independent study courses at the LACs (the rigor of which can be backed up in LoRs), but that strikes me as a very high risk strategy with a lot of options for failure.


LACs have been shown to be higher producers of PhDs across subjects than large research universities, so they would seem lower risk.
Anonymous
Post 04/21/2024 13:33     Subject: Re:Let us pick for you…list acceptances
Anonymous wrote:Mount Holyoke


+1

Great alumni network, and the school seems warm and approachable. Excellent academics, too.