Anonymous
Post 05/12/2015 17:41     Subject: What's the next hot college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Northeastern has an attractive campus in a great city, and they're making a big push to transition away from being a commuter school. They offered major bucks to DC and DC's friends, presumably because they want well-qualified kids from out of state. If they get rid of that ridiculous rule that you can't take 200-level or higher classes outside your department, I think it will really take off.

Speaking of those northern schools, Northwestern was a safety back in the day. Now it's really competitive.


NW is not a northern school. It is a midwestern school.



I suspect she meant the name. Northeastern, Northwestern. Get it?
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2015 17:30     Subject: What's the next hot college?
Anonymous wrote:Northeastern has an attractive campus in a great city, and they're making a big push to transition away from being a commuter school. They offered major bucks to DC and DC's friends, presumably because they want well-qualified kids from out of state. If they get rid of that ridiculous rule that you can't take 200-level or higher classes outside your department, I think it will really take off.

Speaking of those northern schools, Northwestern was a safety back in the day. Now it's really competitive.


NW is not a northern school. It is a midwestern school.

Anonymous
Post 05/12/2015 17:17     Subject: What's the next hot college?
Northeastern has an attractive campus in a great city, and they're making a big push to transition away from being a commuter school. They offered major bucks to DC and DC's friends, presumably because they want well-qualified kids from out of state. If they get rid of that ridiculous rule that you can't take 200-level or higher classes outside your department, I think it will really take off.

Speaking of those northern schools, Northwestern was a safety back in the day. Now it's really competitive.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2015 17:04     Subject: What's the next hot college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm looking for a current school not in the Top 20 or maybe even Top 40 that many of our kids will be flocking to in the not so distant future. I'm thinking of the future Middlebury, or Kenyon (both of which were relatively unknown, or considered safety schools 30 years ago).


Middlebury has always been quite well known to people in the know.


+1

Middlebury was a reach school for many of us in 1979.


+2 and +1
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2015 16:33     Subject: Re:What's the next hot college?
Anonymous wrote:Claremont Colleges


They're very well known to the people in the know.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2015 16:14     Subject: What's the next hot college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm looking for a current school not in the Top 20 or maybe even Top 40 that many of our kids will be flocking to in the not so distant future. I'm thinking of the future Middlebury, or Kenyon (both of which were relatively unknown, or considered safety schools 30 years ago).


Middlebury has always been quite well known to people in the know.


+1

Middlebury was a reach school for many of us in 1979.


It was a safety for my HS boyfriend; his parents were both alums and even they were disappointed he didn't get into a more selective school! But, don't get your panties in a swivet -- he had a great experience -- lots of skiing and preppy parties -- and can now say he went to a (currently) top-ranked SLAC. How lucky was he?


Was smack dab in the middle for me - didn't get into my 3 reaches, got into my 3 safeties. Ended up at Middlebury and loved it. All my friends are in agreement that we would never get in today. It's a lot more competitive now and has a lot more to offer then it used to. So, I get what the OP is saying.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2015 16:02     Subject: What's the next hot college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm looking for a current school not in the Top 20 or maybe even Top 40 that many of our kids will be flocking to in the not so distant future. I'm thinking of the future Middlebury, or Kenyon (both of which were relatively unknown, or considered safety schools 30 years ago).


Middlebury has always been quite well known to people in the know.


+1

Middlebury was a reach school for many of us in 1979.


It was a safety for my HS boyfriend; his parents were both alums and even they were disappointed he didn't get into a more selective school! But, don't get your panties in a swivet -- he had a great experience -- lots of skiing and preppy parties -- and can now say he went to a (currently) top-ranked SLAC. How lucky was he?
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2015 12:54     Subject: What's the next hot college?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm looking for a current school not in the Top 20 or maybe even Top 40 that many of our kids will be flocking to in the not so distant future. I'm thinking of the future Middlebury, or Kenyon (both of which were relatively unknown, or considered safety schools 30 years ago).


Middlebury has always been quite well known to people in the know.


+1

Middlebury was a reach school for many of us in 1979.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2015 12:35     Subject: What's the next hot college?
Sprott-Shaw Community College (since 1903)
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2015 12:26     Subject: Re:What's the next hot college?
Lots of Larlas going to Miami Ohio.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2015 12:25     Subject: What's the next hot college?
I think we should just pick a college and see if we can make it the next "hot" college just by posting here on DCUM, so Larla knows where to go when her time comes
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2015 12:21     Subject: What's the next hot college?
DeVry
University of Phoenix
ITT Tech
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2015 11:11     Subject: What's the next hot college?
Anonymous wrote:Ringling Brothers Clown College.


Is that where you got your JD?
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2015 11:11     Subject: Re:What's the next hot college?
Claremont Colleges
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2015 11:11     Subject: What's the next hot college?
Anonymous wrote:University of Washington, Seattle I think is going to rocket up the rankings and get some real love from east coast students IMO.

Flagship university in a major city that is clean/low-crime, not too hot/not too cold, with programs that have great pipeline into major growth industries in seattle and SV tech.



Great tech school. Definitely on the first choice list for my engineering student.