Anonymous
Post 05/16/2025 06:01     Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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Anonymous wrote:Hundreds of schools fit this qualification. It’s on the student to take advantage of what’s offered wherever they are.

Um...no. Prestige stops at around 60-70 on US News or 50 if you look at the old versions of US News (upon which many current reputations and perceptions of prestige are based). The overlap between any sort of prestige and not impossible to get into is slim.


On this basis, Michigan State and Indiana fit OP’s criteria. Both top 70 and high acceptance rates.


Indiana lol no jobs after graduation college is about getting a job
And Indiana has a horrible acceptance rate to grad schools

+1
LSU, MSU, and IU? Seriously, people? These are not even a little bit prestigious.


I don’t know LSU, but both MSU and IU have programs that are considered to have some prestige, especially amongst academics (since OP mentioned grad school). May not register with the desperate social climbers that populate this forum and can’t get past acceptance rates and US News rankings, though.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2025 05:33     Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
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Anonymous wrote:Furman, William and Mary, Richmond, Miami of Ohio, Pitt, Auburn, Clemson, Vermont, Big 10 flagships except for Michigan and Illinois.

Furman, Miami of O, Pitt, Auburn, Clemson, and Vermont have zero prestige. Vermont and Pitt get Sidwell matriculations but they aren't necessarily well regarded.


I know graduates of almost all of the schools listed above who are doing pretty well for themselves, and may be happier and better adjusted than some graduates of more prestigious schools. We wring our hands about the mental health crisis at top colleges and the insanity of the admissions process, but we parents can also be complicit in feeding the mess- by focusing on prestige.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2025 00:55     Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Anonymous wrote:Furman, William and Mary, Richmond, Miami of Ohio, Pitt, Auburn, Clemson, Vermont, Big 10 flagships except for Michigan and Illinois.

Furman, Miami of O, Pitt, Auburn, Clemson, and Vermont have zero prestige. Vermont and Pitt get Sidwell matriculations but they aren't necessarily well regarded.
Anonymous
Post 05/16/2025 00:54     Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hundreds of schools fit this qualification. It’s on the student to take advantage of what’s offered wherever they are.

Um...no. Prestige stops at around 60-70 on US News or 50 if you look at the old versions of US News (upon which many current reputations and perceptions of prestige are based). The overlap between any sort of prestige and not impossible to get into is slim.


On this basis, Michigan State and Indiana fit OP’s criteria. Both top 70 and high acceptance rates.


Indiana lol no jobs after graduation college is about getting a job
And Indiana has a horrible acceptance rate to grad schools

+1
LSU, MSU, and IU? Seriously, people? These are not even a little bit prestigious.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2025 23:59     Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Bucknell
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2025 23:57     Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hundreds of schools fit this qualification. It’s on the student to take advantage of what’s offered wherever they are.

Um...no. Prestige stops at around 60-70 on US News or 50 if you look at the old versions of US News (upon which many current reputations and perceptions of prestige are based). The overlap between any sort of prestige and not impossible to get into is slim.


If you look at where the students at the top law schools and medical
Schools went for undergrad, you’ll see places from all over the rankings. It’s ultimately on the student to do whatever it takes to get into top grad schools. They don’t have to be at a T-75 to do that.


Absolutely correct. So many people on here are ridiculously narrow minded and clueless.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2025 23:51     Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
George Mason
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2025 23:18     Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
T40 LACS will get you into elite grad programs if the stats are there
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2025 23:15     Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Furman, William and Mary, Richmond, Miami of Ohio, Pitt, Auburn, Clemson, Vermont, Big 10 flagships except for Michigan and Illinois.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2025 22:52     Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Minnesota
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2025 22:39     Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Anonymous wrote:All the top 25 LACs.

Those are more selective than they want. If you want LACs, look in the T50-T30 range.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2025 22:37     Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Colleges outside the top 35 or so by Selectivity Rank in this analysis may be reasonably accessible to academically qualified students:

https://wallethub.com/edu/e/college-rankings/40750
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2025 22:02     Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hundreds of schools fit this qualification. It’s on the student to take advantage of what’s offered wherever they are.

Um...no. Prestige stops at around 60-70 on US News or 50 if you look at the old versions of US News (upon which many current reputations and perceptions of prestige are based). The overlap between any sort of prestige and not impossible to get into is slim.

On this basis, Michigan State and Indiana fit OP’s criteria. Both top 70 and high acceptance rates.


Indiana lol no jobs after graduation college is about getting a job
And Indiana has a horrible acceptance rate to grad schools


Know several Indiana grads all with jobs.

I am sure top students also do fine with grad school.


+1. But no point in arguing with a person who doesn’t know how punctuation works.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2025 21:56     Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
All the top 25 LACs.
Anonymous
Post 05/15/2025 21:52     Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hundreds of schools fit this qualification. It’s on the student to take advantage of what’s offered wherever they are.

Um...no. Prestige stops at around 60-70 on US News or 50 if you look at the old versions of US News (upon which many current reputations and perceptions of prestige are based). The overlap between any sort of prestige and not impossible to get into is slim.

On this basis, Michigan State and Indiana fit OP’s criteria. Both top 70 and high acceptance rates.


Indiana lol no jobs after graduation college is about getting a job
And Indiana has a horrible acceptance rate to grad schools


Know several Indiana grads all with jobs.

I am sure top students also do fine with grad school.