Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 23:47     Subject: The Goldilocks Schools of DCUM
Anonymous wrote:Op forgot William and Mary- you’d think it’s Harvard


+1 It's a much better academic environment than Harvard, which courts wealthy legacies, snobs, and students who'd rather protest than study.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 23:42     Subject: The Goldilocks Schools of DCUM
Anonymous wrote:These schools are critiqued all the time. They just tend to be nice places to go to college.


+1
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 23:28     Subject: The Goldilocks Schools of DCUM
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Never see a bad word about Yale

People here talk about New Haven like it’s Tokyo cause of a few good pizza joints. It’s bizarre.
I laughed out loud at this comment. Though I must also defend NHV and say that there are a ton of really good restaurants outside of pizza joints! (Far more than the dearth in Bethesda at least…)

Last time this discussion came up, people were saying New Haven was better than New York and Los Angeles for food! It happens to be that many people…need to experience the world
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 22:43     Subject: The Goldilocks Schools of DCUM
HC location of Worcester ain’t bad
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 22:42     Subject: The Goldilocks Schools of DCUM
Add Middlebury
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 21:39     Subject: The Goldilocks Schools of DCUM
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Never see a bad word about Yale

People here talk about New Haven like it’s Tokyo cause of a few good pizza joints. It’s bizarre.
I laughed out loud at this comment. Though I must also defend NHV and say that there are a ton of really good restaurants outside of pizza joints! (Far more than the dearth in Bethesda at least…)
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 20:41     Subject: The Goldilocks Schools of DCUM
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No one ever bashes Hamilton unless they are just taking a broad swipe at NESCACs.


To be fair, most people have never heard of Hamilton.


And that would be their loss.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 20:38     Subject: The Goldilocks Schools of DCUM
Anonymous wrote:Op forgot William and Mary- you’d think it’s Harvard


Seriously. So, so sick of the WM boosters repeating themselves in every thread.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 20:37     Subject: The Goldilocks Schools of DCUM
Anonymous wrote:No one ever bashes Hamilton unless they are just taking a broad swipe at NESCACs.


To be fair, most people have never heard of Hamilton.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 17:52     Subject: The Goldilocks Schools of DCUM
Wisco, checking in.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 17:52     Subject: The Goldilocks Schools of DCUM
Op forgot William and Mary- you’d think it’s Harvard
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 17:51     Subject: The Goldilocks Schools of DCUM
Those aren’t Goldilocks Schools. Those are Sacred Cow Schools.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 17:09     Subject: The Goldilocks Schools of DCUM
Anonymous wrote:Your premise is wrong and so this thread is useless.

+1 typical waste of time hater
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 17:07     Subject: The Goldilocks Schools of DCUM
I’m embarrassed for you, OP, and I didn’t attend any of these schools.
Anonymous
Post 11/29/2025 16:56     Subject: The Goldilocks Schools of DCUM
Anonymous wrote:I think there’s a small group of loud parents who either attended those schools or who have kids currently attending and who refuse to hear anything negative about them. Meanwhile, most people give those particular schools zero thought or attention.


this. most dont give two craps about wake forest, emory, northeastern, st andrews etc etc