GMU

Elon, Carlton, and a whole bunch of Southern schools (Alabama, Sewanee, etc...) Rich kids are getting shut out of the top tier schools and attending (and thus increasing the prestige of) lower tier schools.

Reed is too focused on academia to ever become a hot college. It doesn't even have a real computer science department (too preprofessional for them), and forget engineering. It will always attract people who want academia but will never become wildly popular.

Reed is actually adding a computer science major. But it will still be extremely theoretical and taught by faculty in the mathematics department.

Anonymous wrote:As an offshoot, will regional state schools become more desirable for students hoping to catch a good value / name recognition, lightning in a bottle situation?

That is, will University of Northern Colorado, SUNY - Binghamton, and University of Southern Maine all become hot choices as we all look to get the most bang from the buck?

Yes. People are less impressed with a name brand education now and more impressed with the value. If these schools provide a solid education that can get you to land a first job then the students are on their way. Nobody really believes only the top 30 colleges that are so hard to get into and are so expensive are the only way to a successful career.

Southern schools

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Anonymous wrote:I imagine Bill Gates will send his kids to harvard while claiming that online is fine for your kid or mine.

You really don't know much about Bill Gates, do you?

what pp says is kind of true, even though gates is a huge philanthropist.

Bill Gates thought so highly of Harvard that he dropped out.

That's just silly. It's like basketball players leaving college after 2 years to get drafted by the NBA. It happens, and it's probably a good economic decision, but it affects a handful of people each year. So for every successful Harvard drop out (Gates, Zuckerberg, etc.) there are thousands who stay, graduate and go on to successful careers. And I agree that the Gates kids will probably go to Harvard or Stanford or another top university.

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Anonymous wrote:I imagine Bill Gates will send his kids to harvard while claiming that online is fine for your kid or mine.

You really don't know much about Bill Gates, do you?

what pp says is kind of true, even though gates is a huge philanthropist.

Bill Gates thought so highly of Harvard that he dropped out.

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Colleges that are most affordable and you get the biggest bang for the buck like large Flagship/State Universities. Also community colleges. $65,000 a year for a private is a broken model.

Very, very few are actually paying 65K.

If you mean of all college students that's probably true. If you mean at colleges that charge $65k/year that's not true. At most private colleges about 35-40% are full pay. That's not insignificant. At my DCs OOS state flagship many of the OOS students (which is more than 40% of the overall student body) are full pay at close to $55k/year.

As an offshoot, will regional state schools become more desirable for students hoping to catch a good value / name recognition, lightning in a bottle situation?

That is, will University of Northern Colorado, SUNY - Binghamton, and University of Southern Maine all become hot choices as we all look to get the most bang from the buck?

Reed is too focused on academia to ever become a hot college. It doesn't even have a real computer science department (too preprofessional for them), and forget engineering. It will always attract people who want academia but will never become wildly popular.

Reed has long had a great reputation on the west coast and in academia and a strong alumni network. Every year it is increasingly hard to get into. However, Reed appeals to a certain niche student and I don't think that is ever going to change. There are too many idiosyncratic things about the college for it to appeal to anyone.

How about Reed?

Cool city, good location, SLAC, extremely strong academics

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Anonymous wrote:New College of Florida

I was just about to say this!

It has been said for years. Ain't happening.

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Anonymous wrote:I imagine Bill Gates will send his kids to harvard while claiming that online is fine for your kid or mine.

You really don't know much about Bill Gates, do you?

what pp says is kind of true, even though gates is a huge philanthropist.

Anonymous wrote:I imagine Bill Gates will send his kids to harvard while claiming that online is fine for your kid or mine.

You really don't know much about Bill Gates, do you?