It's a college for lower performing kids of wealthier people.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no bias, one daughter in college and a senior not applying to High Point. PPs do not know what they are talking about. High Point provides a stellar education in an encouraging environment—and gives merit aid. It is a fine choice. A girl my daughters age who was All Met athlete in soccer, straight A student and 35 on ACT is at High Point. And loving it. Don’t be so closed minded. Some kids don’t want to freeze their asses off at Amherst.

Comparing high point to Amherst? Seriously? 😂

+1 she lost what little remained of her credibility with that ridiculous statement.

DP with no connection to High Point. Unlike you, pp can probably read. She didn’t compare High Point to Amherst. She said not every high stats kid wants Amherst. Hard for you to believe, I know.

The snobbery on this board is ridiculous. “How dare that college market itself!” “So sleazy!” My DC has gotten a ridiculous amount of marketing material from SLACS and Harvard. Does that make them sleazy?

Like it or not, the American way is to encourage everyone (even, *shock*) average students, to go to college. Where do you think they’re going to go? And as pp points out, not every high stats kid is fighting to get into a New England USNWR “top 20.” We’ve also seen the increasing number of college applicants make formerly easy admit schools quite competitive. Why wouldn’t you think that effect would trickle down? Smart college administrators (and it sounds like High Point has some) are taking advantage of that.

And before anyone says I’m being defensive, my kid has the grades and test scores to get into any college in America, and I come back to this board only because there is occasionally good info, but the casual cruelty for anyone who chooses to even consider an option outside the range of “acceptable” colleges is dismaying. It also makes me really glad that we don’t live in the DC area anymore, so my DC doesn’t have to deal with this on a day to day basis.

Doth protest too much for someone with "no connection." The irony in your post is amazing. High Point IS the epitome of snobbery. It is for rich kids -- regardless of stats and that is how they market themselves. Which is totally fine but pointing out what they are isn't some sort of slight on non high stat kids (of which I have two). It is a slight on High Point which is known through out the land as the rich kid joke school where your laundry is done for you and there is a pool in the middle of campus.

I do live in DC and have two non high stat kids who are in fine schools which DCUM kind sort of like on a good day when the stars align. I also went to a DCUM very acceptable college but my kids don't. Guess what my kids didn't have here in DC? Any pressure to go to a school approved by DCUM.

High Point is a joke and will continue to be a joke, for the rich kids.

If you plan on going into interior design, High Point is the place to be. Other than that... eh

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Anonymous wrote:I have no bias, one daughter in college and a senior not applying to High Point. PPs do not know what they are talking about. High Point provides a stellar education in an encouraging environment—and gives merit aid. It is a fine choice. A girl my daughters age who was All Met athlete in soccer, straight A student and 35 on ACT is at High Point. And loving it. Don’t be so closed minded. Some kids don’t want to freeze their asses off at Amherst.

Comparing high point to Amherst? Seriously? 😂

+1 she lost what little remained of her credibility with that ridiculous statement.

DP with no connection to High Point. Unlike you, pp can probably read. She didn’t compare High Point to Amherst. She said not every high stats kid wants Amherst. Hard for you to believe, I know.

The snobbery on this board is ridiculous. “How dare that college market itself!” “So sleazy!” My DC has gotten a ridiculous amount of marketing material from SLACS and Harvard. Does that make them sleazy?

Like it or not, the American way is to encourage everyone (even, *shock*) average students, to go to college. Where do you think they’re going to go? And as pp points out, not every high stats kid is fighting to get into a New England USNWR “top 20.” We’ve also seen the increasing number of college applicants make formerly easy admit schools quite competitive. Why wouldn’t you think that effect would trickle down? Smart college administrators (and it sounds like High Point has some) are taking advantage of that.

And before anyone says I’m being defensive, my kid has the grades and test scores to get into any college in America, and I come back to this board only because there is occasionally good info, but the casual cruelty for anyone who chooses to even consider an option outside the range of “acceptable” colleges is dismaying. It also makes me really glad that we don’t live in the DC area anymore, so my DC doesn’t have to deal with this on a day to day basis.

Well said.

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Anonymous wrote:Elon is a step up.

Elon is actually a respectable university.
I equate a High Point diploma with the validity of a Liberty diploma.
The northern version is Quinnipiac.

What’s wrong with Quinnipiac

Quinnipiac is just another rich kid, everyone gets in school with degrees that can’t hold their weight. Everyone transfers out because they hate it so much

Quinnipiac caters to the same demographic as High Point (Lower performing/High income) but HPU holds on to its nonprofit status by a thread

In this thread: The same handful of bitter and broke middle class strivers who can't afford private college and can't fathom being so successful you don't sweat paying $60, 70, or 80 thousand bucks a year if it makes your kids happy and puts them in a good ethos. They also can't wrap their head around not living through your kids and not giving a darn about not bragging about your tiger cub getting into a "top" college. You people are toxic, narrow-minded and transparently unhappy.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no bias, one daughter in college and a senior not applying to High Point. PPs do not know what they are talking about. High Point provides a stellar education in an encouraging environment—and gives merit aid. It is a fine choice. A girl my daughters age who was All Met athlete in soccer, straight A student and 35 on ACT is at High Point. And loving it. Don’t be so closed minded. Some kids don’t want to freeze their asses off at Amherst.

Comparing high point to Amherst? Seriously? 😂

+1 she lost what little remained of her credibility with that ridiculous statement.

DP with no connection to High Point. Unlike you, pp can probably read. She didn’t compare High Point to Amherst. She said not every high stats kid wants Amherst. Hard for you to believe, I know.

The snobbery on this board is ridiculous. “How dare that college market itself!” “So sleazy!” My DC has gotten a ridiculous amount of marketing material from SLACS and Harvard. Does that make them sleazy?

Like it or not, the American way is to encourage everyone (even, *shock*) average students, to go to college. Where do you think they’re going to go? And as pp points out, not every high stats kid is fighting to get into a New England USNWR “top 20.” We’ve also seen the increasing number of college applicants make formerly easy admit schools quite competitive. Why wouldn’t you think that effect would trickle down? Smart college administrators (and it sounds like High Point has some) are taking advantage of that.

And before anyone says I’m being defensive, my kid has the grades and test scores to get into any college in America, and I come back to this board only because there is occasionally good info, but the casual cruelty for anyone who chooses to even consider an option outside the range of “acceptable” colleges is dismaying. It also makes me really glad that we don’t live in the DC area anymore, so my DC doesn’t have to deal with this on a day to day basis.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elon is a step up.

Elon is actually a respectable university.
I equate a High Point diploma with the validity of a Liberty diploma.
The northern version is Quinnipiac.

What’s wrong with Quinnipiac

Quinnipiac is just another rich kid, everyone gets in school with degrees that can’t hold their weight. Everyone transfers out because they hate it so much

67k a year for a school with an 82% acceptance rate.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elon is a step up.

Elon is actually a respectable university.
I equate a High Point diploma with the validity of a Liberty diploma.
The northern version is Quinnipiac.

What’s wrong with Quinnipiac

Quinnipiac is just another rich kid, everyone gets in school with degrees that can’t hold their weight. Everyone transfers out because they hate it so much

A school for underachieving children with lots of money. A very close friend's daughter goes there. She loves it, there is a lot of drinking, and partying, but outside the campus the area is not very safe, according to them.
Kids are required to wear business clothes to some classes.
Good school if you ride horses.

Our public high school counselor suggested it to out daughter without realizing the cost. About 60K all in.

It seems like the modern version of what we used to call a finishing school college.

I'm originally from NOVA and I went there - graduated in 2003. The President started my junior year, so things were still in "before times" for most of my time there.

For me, it was an amazing college experience. I was accepted to UVA, Wake, Tech, and Elon and chose HPU because I got a free ride (minus room and board) for academics. I LOVED my time there. I played intramural club sports, was a campus ambassador, sang in the chapel choir and was a part of sorority. That's the beauty of a smaller school - you can be involved in a ton of stuff.

My professors were amazing, classes were small and by the time you were taking major classes, there was a core group which was best for me. Professors knew me by name and wouldn't hesitate to call me out on BS.

I graduated debt free (I understand things are different now), was accepted to a top 20 grad school in my field, and now have a job I love that pays well and gives me the flexibility I need with elementary aged kids. I still keep in touch with several of my professors and returned to NC two weeks ago for a funeral when the emeritus Chaplin passed away. His service was filled to the brim with several decades of former students whose lives he'd touched.

I know the country club vibe is completely different from my time there, and I'm not exactly sure how I feel about the elitest vibe the school gives off now. If your child is interested, go for a tour.

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Anonymous wrote:I have no bias, one daughter in college and a senior not applying to High Point. PPs do not know what they are talking about. High Point provides a stellar education in an encouraging environment—and gives merit aid. It is a fine choice. A girl my daughters age who was All Met athlete in soccer, straight A student and 35 on ACT is at High Point. And loving it. Don’t be so closed minded. Some kids don’t want to freeze their asses off at Amherst.

Comparing high point to Amherst? Seriously? 😂

+1 she lost what little remained of her credibility with that ridiculous statement.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Elon is a step up.

Elon is actually a respectable university.
I equate a High Point diploma with the validity of a Liberty diploma.
The northern version is Quinnipiac.

What’s wrong with Quinnipiac