Anonymous
02/15/2015 19:17
Subject: What do you think of when you see these schools names?
Anonymous wrote:What do you think of as the "culture" or stereotype of these schools?
UNC--sports rules, mostly NC-er (88%)
UVA--preppy, boozy
NYU--$$$, no campus life
UCLA--high pressure, too huge to be healthy
USC--$$
VANDERBILT-preppy, high pressure
BROWN-liberal, freezing
GEORGETOWN-overrated, good campus size
GW-don't go unless they give you serious scholarships
My son is considering applying to all of these and a few more. I feel like these are vastly different other than being large. I have my own stereotype but I could be off and am curious as to how other people react to these schools?
Anonymous
02/15/2015 18:21
Subject: What do you think of when you see these schools names?
Anonymous wrote:What do you think of as the "culture" or stereotype of these schools?
UNC
UVA
NYU
UCLA
USC
VANDERBILT
BROWN
GEORGETOWN
GW
My son is considering applying to all of these and a few more. I feel like these are vastly different other than being large. I have my own stereotype but I could be off and am curious as to how other people react to these schools?
Can you afford all of these schools?
What does he want to study?
Anonymous
02/15/2015 17:26
Subject: Re:What do you think of when you see these schools names?
UNC - armpit of the South
UVA - imaginary rape factory
GW - waste of money
Georgetown - rich diplomat kids
Brown - what's Brown?
Vandy - fun in the South
USC/UCLA - if you want to live in LA for four years. probably a really fun place to go.
Fixed that for you.
Anonymous
02/15/2015 17:15
Subject: What do you think of when you see these schools names?
Anonymous wrote:My take-
My take (3 based on actual experience rest just my own opinion)
UNC- Overrated
UVA- Great school tainted by recent bad press and scandals, full of preppy rich entitled kids/atheletes
NYU- Liberal not that selective given my friends D got in with 2 D's on your transcript, no campus, cold environment, very Jewish (she said all her friends celebrated Shabbas on fridays and she had no one to hang with) very expensive
UCLA- Big school, great sports, wonderful research U, best weather!
USC- Beautiful weather, good solid school, great football
VANDERBILT- Preppy, scandalous, good academics
BROWN- Liberal, overrated
GEORGETOWN- Good school, not as friendly and open
GW -Good school, always in Georgetown's shadow though,very expensive
Note: you spelled athletes incorrectly. Kind of undercuts your other opinions.
Anonymous
02/15/2015 17:13
Subject: Re:What do you think of when you see these schools names?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:One of the dumbest posts I've ever seen.
Clearly you didn't go to any of them.
I actually find it quite interesting!
Sure did. And this is beyond stupid. Unless, say, you went to GW, which would make you stupid and rich.
Anonymous
02/15/2015 17:10
Subject: What do you think of when you see these schools names?
My take-
My take (3 based on actual experience rest just my own opinion)
UNC- Overrated
UVA- Great school tainted by recent bad press and scandals, full of preppy rich entitled kids/atheletes
NYU- Liberal not that selective given my friends D got in with 2 D's on your transcript, no campus, cold environment, very Jewish (she said all her friends celebrated Shabbas on fridays and she had no one to hang with) very expensive
UCLA- Big school, great sports, wonderful research U, best weather!
USC- Beautiful weather, good solid school, great football
VANDERBILT- Preppy, scandalous, good academics
BROWN- Liberal, overrated
GEORGETOWN- Good school, not as friendly and open
GW -Good school, always in Georgetown's shadow though,very expensive
My take (3 based on actual experience rest just my own opinion)
UNC- Overrated
UVA- Great school tainted by recent bad press and scandals, full of preppy rich entitled kids/atheletes
NYU- Liberal not that selective given my friends D got in with 2 D's on your transcript, no campus, cold environment, very Jewish (she said all her friends celebrated Shabbas on fridays and she had no one to hang with) very expensive
UCLA- Big school, great sports, wonderful research U, best weather!
USC- Beautiful weather, good solid school, great football
VANDERBILT- Preppy, scandalous, good academics
BROWN- Liberal, overrated
GEORGETOWN- Good school, not as friendly and open
GW -Good school, always in Georgetown's shadow though,very expensive
Anonymous
02/15/2015 17:04
Subject: What do you think of when you see these schools names?
UNC African-American Studies Dept is supposedly to be good,
Anonymous
02/15/2015 16:59
Subject: Re:What do you think of when you see these schools names?
Anonymous wrote:One of the dumbest posts I've ever seen.
Clearly you didn't go to any of them.
I actually find it quite interesting!
Anonymous
02/15/2015 16:56
Subject: Re:What do you think of when you see these schools names?
One of the dumbest posts I've ever seen.
Anonymous
02/15/2015 16:53
Subject: What do you think of when you see these schools names?
Anonymous wrote:My DD is also applying to USC, Brown, UCLA, and others not on your list. I would be careful about listening to opinions denigrating schools. Do your own homework and a visit is worth it's weight in gold.
We visited USC (the neighborhood leaves much to be desired) but I liked the campus, liked the security, the weather is awesome, and the academics are superb.
Many people call USC the 'university of spoiled children' but you could say the same about HYP. You have the option to associate with spoiled children or you can move on and find your own niche. And that's anywhere you go.
You can't say the same thing about HYP because their endowments allow students from middle-income families to attend and graduate debt-free. They are also much harder to get into than USC.
Anonymous
02/15/2015 16:05
Subject: Re:What do you think of when you see these schools names?
I think that some of these are wildly different schools. It's hard to think of Brown in the same sentence with UVA or Vanderbilt.
Honestly, this. I think your son needs to better define what he's looking for in a school.
Anonymous
02/15/2015 16:01
Subject: What do you think of when you see these schools names?
doubting recent brown put-downs on various threads have much first-hand experience
Anonymous
02/15/2015 14:05
Subject: What do you think of when you see these schools names?
They're all very good, but certainly very, very different from each other. Difficult to evaluate them side-by-side. I'd think --
UNC -- relatively cosmopolitan, perhaps more appealing for in-state than out-of-state
UVA -- will overcome current cultural difficulties
NYU -- not terribly user-friendly for housing, student services purposes; wildly expensive
UCLA -- not sufficiently supported by state administration
USC -- less academically impressive than the others here; not user-friendly for students who don't have substantial disposable cash
VANDERBILT -- very respectable academically; not perceived as being as cosmopolitan than some others listed here
BROWN -- difficult to be admitted; distinguished but exceedingly quirky; not as academically challenging for a traditional student as some others here
GEORGETOWN -- it's what the individual student makes it
GW -- wildly expensive; not very user-friendly for the residential student; requires substantial disposable cash to "fit"
UNC -- relatively cosmopolitan, perhaps more appealing for in-state than out-of-state
UVA -- will overcome current cultural difficulties
NYU -- not terribly user-friendly for housing, student services purposes; wildly expensive
UCLA -- not sufficiently supported by state administration
USC -- less academically impressive than the others here; not user-friendly for students who don't have substantial disposable cash
VANDERBILT -- very respectable academically; not perceived as being as cosmopolitan than some others listed here
BROWN -- difficult to be admitted; distinguished but exceedingly quirky; not as academically challenging for a traditional student as some others here
GEORGETOWN -- it's what the individual student makes it
GW -- wildly expensive; not very user-friendly for the residential student; requires substantial disposable cash to "fit"
Anonymous
02/15/2015 13:40
Subject: What do you think of when you see these schools names?
Why do you keep posting the same thing over and over in this thread? Your style is well noted and not just in this thread. Find something productive to do. Geez!Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:What do you think of as the "culture" or stereotype of these schools?
UNC
UVA
NYU
UCLA
USC
VANDERBILT
BROWN
GEORGETOWN
GW
My son is considering applying to all of these and a few more. I feel like these are vastly different other than being large. I have my own stereotype but I could be off and am curious as to how other people react to these schools?
unc - cheats, plantation economics, educational dullards
uva - antebellum 'soft-skills', 'social-science'
nyu - white hipsters and asian gunners
ucla - no blacks allowed unless you are a ball player
usc - in a state of permanent semi-erection (if you are a guy and you've been out here you know what i mean, easily hottest girls out of a top 30 school)
vandy - the ejukashunal soufern school, trying to achieve it without as many notherners or jews like duke
brown - look ma, no grades
georgetown - if sucking off a senator meant getting a job, i would
gw - fuck myself, i couldn't even get into georgetown.
Anonymous
02/15/2015 13:33
Subject: What do you think of when you see these schools names?
Anonymous wrote:What do you think of as the "culture" or stereotype of these schools?
UNC
UVA
NYU
UCLA
USC
VANDERBILT
BROWN
GEORGETOWN
GW
My son is considering applying to all of these and a few more. I feel like these are vastly different other than being large. I have my own stereotype but I could be off and am curious as to how other people react to these schools?
unc - cheats, plantation economics, educational dullards
uva - antebellum 'soft-skills', 'social-science'
nyu - white hipsters and asian gunners
ucla - no blacks allowed unless you are a ball player
usc - in a state of permanent semi-erection (if you are a guy and you've been out here you know what i mean, easily hottest girls out of a top 30 school)
vandy - the ejukashunal soufern school, trying to achieve it without as many notherners or jews like duke
brown - look ma, no grades
georgetown - if sucking off a senator meant getting a job, i would
gw - fuck myself, i couldn't even get into georgetown.