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Anonymous wrote:ND felt like a middle class country club in the middle of Indiana. which I guess it is?

Yale was insanely pretty.

Harvard needs to spend a tiny bit of their billions on landscaping. muddy, flooding, giant puddles and dirt for lawns. plaint some bushes, guys. add some drainage.

Notre Dame felt like a very Catholic school in the Midwest. Which it is. But a very nice campus with very nice kids.

WashU is the country club school. All that's missing is the golf carts.

Harvard is very underwhelming.

ND felt spectacularly intimidating to me. But South Bend is the biggest pit, shocking poverty.

Interesting. The ND boosters never mention that.

Of course they don’t. Why would they mention a negative? South Bend is a pit. There is no reason to go there unless you are Catholic now some maroon will come on and wax on about the grotto…

Anonymous wrote:-Davidson - meh. Red brick buildings; no clear campus center ….
-UVA - yuck. Too spread out with lots of cars whizzing by; disgusting “high street” close to campus with gross/run down restaurants and homeless/druggies lolling on the sidewalk. Quickly crossed off the list.
-university of San Diego - wow- gorgeous campus with views all around. Lovely mission style buildings.
-Pomona - also delightful / lovely town and campus with views of mountains. new top choice.
-wake forest - holy stepford wives.
-college of Charleston - omg - absolutely gorgeous.
-UCSD - all charm is gone with giant expansion- way too big and soulless now.

What ARE you talking about. None of this e it’s at UVA. There is no “High Street”. There is no homeless druggie problem.

Anonymous wrote:Another parent who was stunned at my kid’s immediate and intense dislike of CU Boulder. I thought it would be their dream school - kid is outdoorsy, loves to hike and ski, cousin goes there. Nope, said they hated the architecture, it felt too big, and it was too white.

Is it the same person who keeps calling schools "too white"? Imagine if we did that using other races/ethnicities. Cut it out.

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Anonymous wrote:ND felt like a middle class country club in the middle of Indiana. which I guess it is?

Yale was insanely pretty.

Harvard needs to spend a tiny bit of their billions on landscaping. muddy, flooding, giant puddles and dirt for lawns. plaint some bushes, guys. add some drainage.

Notre Dame felt like a very Catholic school in the Midwest. Which it is. But a very nice campus with very nice kids.

WashU is the country club school. All that's missing is the golf carts.

Harvard is very underwhelming.

ND felt spectacularly intimidating to me. But South Bend is the biggest pit, shocking poverty.

Interesting. The ND boosters never mention that.

We no longer live in DC, but when our daughter was contemplating going back for college, we were surprised at how much she liked American.

The admissions’ presentation was just the right length, and the AO gave subtle tips for getting in. We were randomly split into tour groups, so it would have been nice to have been with a guide who was in the same school or program that DC was interested in, but the guide we ended up with was terrific. She was enthusiastic and involved and had taken full advantage of her time at American and in DC. The tour covered most of campus, and our daughter walked with her several times to ask questions in between formal stops.

My husband and I are both Georgetown grads, and our daughter had been on campus multiple times, but it just never grabbed her the way it did us. We did the formal tour during a week when many East Coast high schools were on spring break, so the entire ICC auditorium was full. The presentation was fine, and the tour guides were also fine, but our group was really too large to get a very intimate tour experience, which didn’t help our cause. Both my husband and I knew the moment we stepped onto campus (many years ago) that Georgetown was “our” school, but it just wasn’t the right fit for our daughter.

The school she hated was GW. Boring presentation, and the school was just too urban and lacking a campus for her taste. A totally checked out (second semester senior) tour guide sealed the deal, and we bailed on the tour before it was finished. I thought she might like the fact that GW is right in the heart of everything, but boy, she did not.

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Wesleyan: We know kids who go there and love it and we liked the campus fine, but found the town to be depressing. The biggest dealbreaker for DD was that she spent the night on campus and felt like people were getting high on a Tuesday while simultaneously talking about how much work they had to do that they were behind on. She wants to work hard during the week and play on weekends. Obviously this may just have been the kids she was with and not the norm at Wes though.
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That was exactly my experience visiting Wesleyan 35 years ago. Amazing that it hasn't changed.

Another parent who was stunned at my kid’s immediate and intense dislike of CU Boulder. I thought it would be their dream school - kid is outdoorsy, loves to hike and ski, cousin goes there. Nope, said they hated the architecture, it felt too big, and it was too white.

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Anonymous wrote:ND felt like a middle class country club in the middle of Indiana. which I guess it is?

Yale was insanely pretty.

Harvard needs to spend a tiny bit of their billions on landscaping. muddy, flooding, giant puddles and dirt for lawns. plaint some bushes, guys. add some drainage.

Notre Dame felt like a very Catholic school in the Midwest. Which it is. But a very nice campus with very nice kids.

WashU is the country club school. All that's missing is the golf carts.

Harvard is very underwhelming.

ND felt spectacularly intimidating to me. But South Bend is the biggest pit, shocking poverty.

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-wake forest - holy stepford wives

This gets me so hot.

Anonymous wrote:Swat - I asked the tour guide if the school was on a break. they weren't. a beautiful day and nobody outside. great food!

UChicago. We went when it was about 0 degrees and never got to enter one single building, which just felt cruel. It was a rule about covid - no interior tours - but this was a year or two after covid.

MIT had mice running around the ugly student center building. And the guide was terrible, but we could see past it (this is where kid is now)

Harvard was underwhelming.

RPI/WPI/RIT - good deals to be had, but they would have all been "good values" not dream schools.

CWRU. I like Cleveland! But kid was not very impressed

Carnegie Mellon. I like Pittsburgh! Great tour.

JHU. You can see Bloomsbury money building new buildings and polishing other buildings. Didn't love for stem. Suspect it's unsung in the humanities.

lol, I live just a few blocks from JHU and this is definitely true.

Swat - I asked the tour guide if the school was on a break. they weren't. a beautiful day and nobody outside. great food!

UChicago. We went when it was about 0 degrees and never got to enter one single building, which just felt cruel. It was a rule about covid - no interior tours - but this was a year or two after covid.

MIT had mice running around the ugly student center building. And the guide was terrible, but we could see past it (this is where kid is now)

Harvard was underwhelming.

RPI/WPI/RIT - good deals to be had, but they would have all been "good values" not dream schools.

CWRU. I like Cleveland! But kid was not very impressed

Carnegie Mellon. I like Pittsburgh! Great tour.

JHU. You can see Bloomsbury money building new buildings and polishing other buildings. Didn't love for stem. Suspect it's unsung in the humanities.

Really wanted to love USC.. such great cali weather. The campus was ugly and looked like an "institution". All that $$ and no charm.

Liked more than expected:
Middlebury: didn't think a rural LAC would be the thing for our DD, but we had a great tour and were impressed by the facilities and natural beauty. DD spent the night with a friend and liked the evening vibe (Thursday night): everyone was studying hard but still socializing a bit in the dorm for a few hours and then a crew went stargazing and talked for a couple hours.

Amherst: Really bad admissions session, but loved the campus and had a tour with an incredibly personable but humble guide. He talked about the rigorous workload but also normalized getting help and support (talked about how he goes to the writing center for support for every one of his papers).

Tufts: Good admissions session - it was in a windowless room with zero visuals as someone else mentioned but the AO did an improv-style presentation that we found engaging. DD loved it. Liked the campus fine, and saw kids everywhere hanging out on the lawn, talking in groups, etc. Tour was pretty good - talked a lot about all the interests kids there have and how they support each others' interests and study together/collaborate rather than compete.

Carleton: Similar positives to Middlebury described above, but atmosphere seemed possibly less cliquish. We liked every student we met there - they looked you in the eye, were friendly, and seemed to love their school in a way that just seemed genuine and not a "sell." Another school where all the students talked a lot about getting support from the Academic Success Center, going to office hours, etc. in a normalizing manner. DD learned that the party scene is very tame, but decided she's okay with that.

Brown: No formal tour, but loved the campus and surrounding area.

Liked less than expected:
BU: The admissions session featured a student who was entertaining but who kept talking about how he can't decide on a major, decided to take classes on wine-tasting, etc. - got a lot of laughs but came off feeling like a frat boy caricature. Not for our DD. The campus was about as expected - DH and I liked it but DD thought "It seems just like high school" (large urban public). We thought the Honors College might be a fit, but after a little research decided it was too small for DD as a living community and maybe not her people.

Dartmouth: The info session was fine. Tour guide had a strange spiel - she kept focusing on safety, blue lights, alcohol poisoning, hospitals, etc. and ran out of time to take us into the library. DH is an alum and really felt the tour undersold the school - didn't take us into the library, for instance, which he loves. The Greek system was a turnoff to DD, especially when she heard that a majority of students participate. No judgment, just not what she wants.

Wesleyan: We know kids who go there and love it and we liked the campus fine, but found the town to be depressing. The biggest dealbreaker for DD was that she spent the night on campus and felt like people were getting high on a Tuesday while simultaneously talking about how much work they had to do that they were behind on. She wants to work hard during the week and play on weekends. Obviously this may just have been the kids she was with and not the norm at Wes though.

UVM: We saw it right after Midd, so it didn't get a fair chance. DD said the interior spaces reminded her of the airport. There was a lot to like, but DD just kept asking to leave and go back to Midd. We didn't get a formal tour because it was admitted students week but the students we talked to seemed friendly. We met the head of the "Wellness" program in the dorms and liked what he had to say. And we know some great, down-to-earth kids who have chosen UVM. I think this just happened to be the school that made DD realize she wanted an LAC.

Just report the posts which are derailing the thread - don't respond and continue derailing!

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Anonymous wrote:I still can’t figure out how the numbers presented in the one post , where huge percentages are NOT listed, prove the places are “too white”

How is 40% “too white”? I just don’t understand

Sorry, my stats brain can’t comprehend this

Pls start a new thread to figure this out

Sorry - I swear I’m not trying to derail the thread. Considering the recent SCOTUS ruling, the numbers for students of color will likely drop And rising costs make it worse.

I would love to see better diversity at all schools, but it doesn’t happen overnight. And now the tide is against efforts to do so.

WHO CARES??? That's not what this thread is about!

Ok, yes. I’m not the one who posted the stats. I’m just trying to figure out exactly what stat that person is hoping for. If the poster is black, then I get that these numbers aren’t good at all. If looking for a larger black student population is the plan, then obviously these aren’t the schools for them.

The US population is about 2/3 white. That is just a fact. It looked like Washington State itself is very similar.

I don’t want to argue. I’m just really side eyeing the stats as presented.

Then please go start a fresh thread to ask those questions. NOT in the middle of a thread about schools people liked or didn't like.