Anonymous
05/16/2025 09:04
Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Thousands of colleges out there. Many hundreds are actually very good. Fewer hundreds are respected. Maybe not well known all over the world, but respected by people who know them.
Fortunately that includes grad school admissions
Fortunately that includes grad school admissions
Anonymous
05/16/2025 09:02
Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Anonymous wrote:Lots of really fantastic schools outside the T60. You will get a better education and be set up for grad school and jobs at these schools better than the “prestigious”
“elitist” so called T60.
Some that come to mind. Pitt, Syracuse, Indiana, Minnesota, Iowa, Denison, Kenyon, Connecticut College, Wooster, DePauw, Allegheny, Elon, Miami Ohio, OSU, Dayton, DePaul, Loyola Chicago, Butler, Creighton, Furman, Sewanee, Rhodes, Penn State, Dickinson … list goes on and on.
Kids will do better at life and be happier here than they will be at an Ivy. Others won’t believe it but it’s the truth.
It’s a bit of a stretch to claim kids will do better at life if using conventional thought on “better”…some will and many won’t.
Anonymous
05/16/2025 09:00
Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Lots of really fantastic schools outside the T60. You will get a better education and be set up for grad school and jobs at these schools better than the “prestigious”
“elitist” so called T60.
Some that come to mind. Pitt, Syracuse, Indiana, Minnesota, Iowa, Denison, Kenyon, Connecticut College, Wooster, DePauw, Allegheny, Elon, Miami Ohio, OSU, Dayton, DePaul, Loyola Chicago, Butler, Creighton, Furman, Sewanee, Rhodes, Penn State, Dickinson … list goes on and on.
Kids will do better at life and be happier here than they will be at an Ivy. Others won’t believe it but it’s the truth.
“elitist” so called T60.
Some that come to mind. Pitt, Syracuse, Indiana, Minnesota, Iowa, Denison, Kenyon, Connecticut College, Wooster, DePauw, Allegheny, Elon, Miami Ohio, OSU, Dayton, DePaul, Loyola Chicago, Butler, Creighton, Furman, Sewanee, Rhodes, Penn State, Dickinson … list goes on and on.
Kids will do better at life and be happier here than they will be at an Ivy. Others won’t believe it but it’s the truth.
Anonymous
05/16/2025 08:51
Subject: Re:Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Anonymous wrote:"Prestige" is in the eye of the beholder, and the way this forum just savages schools that are explicitly named, I'm not inclined to call any particular schools out, but if I were looking for schools, I would find some data, like this list of top feeders to PhD programs, and would look at the admit rates for schools that aren't necessarily household names that could be good "likely" schools. With this list, I'd especially pay attention to those in the right-hand (adjusted based on school size) column. There are several schools on the list (both the left-hand and right-hand lists) with rates between 40% and 80%.
wow, didn't know UMD had so many students go on to get phd, especially in STEM. Impressive.
Anonymous
05/16/2025 08:25
Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Anonymous wrote: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
+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.
IU and MSU were specifically referenced because they both are in the top 70 by USNEWS.
Folks can’t both reference USNews rankings and then get angry that some high acceptance schools are ranked well.
Anonymous
05/16/2025 07:37
Subject: Re:Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
I am not the LSU poster but I am from the DC area and do a lot of work in Louisiana. Totally true that down there LSU is every bit as "prestigious" as Tulane and other Southern private schools. LSU 100% will not hold you back down there.
Anonymous
05/16/2025 07:35
Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Case Western, CU Boulder, U Mass Amherst, U Wisconsin Madison, UW Seattle, Syracuse, Macalester, Bucknell, Oberlin, etc.
There are so many, don't worry.
There are so many, don't worry.
Anonymous
05/16/2025 07:34
Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
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.
Um, this isn’t about prestige. This is about learning at a respectable college.
Anonymous
05/16/2025 07:31
Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
This is very regional, because what's known by name will vary from region to region once you dip past the top-ranked most well-known schools nationwide.
"Respectable" is such a weird word, though-- a college degree is respectable, full stop.
"Respectable" is such a weird word, though-- a college degree is respectable, full stop.
Anonymous
05/16/2025 06:49
Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Prestige is what insecure people look for. Find the program that fits your kid.
Anonymous
05/16/2025 06:01
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
+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
05/16/2025 05:33
Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Anonymous wrote: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
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
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
05/15/2025 23:59
Subject: Respectable schools that aren't impossible to get into
Bucknell