Wiliams

88% in top 10th of graduating class
99% in top quarter of graduating class
100% in top half of graduating class

Middlebury has apparently moved up in the world.

Middlebury
87% in top 10th of graduating class
94% in top quarter of graduating class
100% in top half of graduating class

Amherst
79% in top 10th of graduating class
95% in top quarter of graduating class
99% in top half of graduating class

Anonymous wrote:where does middlebury fit in compared to an Amherst and Williams, Davidson. Its in Vermont.

I think Middlebury is a great school. If you are asking about the "prestige" scale my perception is that it's a notch below Amherst and Williams and maybe comparable to Davidson (but I grew up in NE so my perspective might be skewed).

Anonymous wrote:My husband went to Sweanee. I went to Brown. I think he got the better education.

Interesting . . . I'm a Yankee, so I happen to know more Brown grads than Sewanee grads, but the few folks I know who went to Sewanee tends toward that same granola-crunchy variety of prep that many Brown grads exhibit. Anyone know whether Sewanee still publishes its highly regarded literary journal?

BTW, folks, do you know there's a whole college forum on this site? Jeff started it a while back, and, sadly, it's been a little neglected. But it might help us all to cultivate it a bit. Seens like an excellent opportunity to exchange info -- as long as we don't get into all that public school v. private school divisiveness. (Not to mention north v. south, working mom v. SAHM, urban v. suburban, etc. . . . )

That's hysterical it was renamed to Rhodes.

Rhodes has gotten a lot of mileage out of renaming itself. I was a bit taken aback this past admissions season when I noticed in printed marketing materials (viewbook, etc.) that the head of WIS claims to have graduated from Rhodes. Surely he did not. At his age, he must have graduated from Southwestern at Memphis. I thought it deceptive--and made me wonder what else might be being misrepresented.

Anonymous wrote:Apples and oranges. Davidson is no Amherst...so don't make up arguments.

Anonymous wrote:The people I know who went to Davidson chose it over UVa, etc. It's an entirely different experience. Is it conceivable to you that someone might choose Amherst over Penn or Yale? Davidson, Rhodes and Sewanee (although I agree that Davidson is more "prestigious") are considered the Southern equivalents of Amherst, Williams, etc.

Said the angry, drunk Amherst grad

Apples and oranges. Davidson is no Amherst...so don't make up arguments.

Anonymous wrote:The people I know who went to Davidson chose it over UVa, etc. It's an entirely different experience. Is it conceivable to you that someone might choose Amherst over Penn or Yale? Davidson, Rhodes and Sewanee (although I agree that Davidson is more "prestigious") are considered the Southern equivalents of Amherst, Williams, etc.

where does middlebury fit in compared to an Amherst and Williams, Davidson. Its in Vermont.

If one go to Rhodes College, does that make her a Rhodes Scholar?

My husband went to Sweanee. I went to Brown. I think he got the better education.

The people I know who went to Davidson chose it over UVa, etc. It's an entirely different experience. Is it conceivable to you that someone might choose Amherst over Penn or Yale? Davidson, Rhodes and Sewanee (although I agree that Davidson is more "prestigious") are considered the Southern equivalents of Amherst, Williams, etc.

13:03 here. I actually agree that Davidson is more academically selective than Sewanee. I would put Davidson in the same tier as Carleton and Pomona. However, this doesn't mean that Sewanee is a bad school--far from it. Many of my colleagues, myself included, regard it as a fine school.

Also consider Rhodes College, btw.

Davidson is one of those schools that a lot of bright kids from this area go to when they don't get into an Ivy, a Duke, a Georgetown, a UVA, etc. Sewanee is on a tier or two lower than Davidson and not a lot of kids from this area know of it.

From CollegeBoard.com. Also SAT's at Davidson are higher for incoming freshman. Davidson is also a little bigger. By reputation, Davidson is stronger too. My kid is interested in both schools.

Davidson


82% in top 10th of graduating class
97% in top quarter of graduating class
100% in top half of graduating class
78% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
15% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
6% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
1% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24


Sewanee
43% in top 10th of graduating class
67% in top quarter of graduating class
88% in top half of graduating class
38% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
22% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
16% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
14% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
9% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
1% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49