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Anonymous wrote:U Penn - too many bike police - too city - too much crime around
Georgetown - Crumbling buildings, trash everywhere, homeless on campus
UVA - brick building look like prisons.

How in earth dud you miss the rotunda and the lawn? It’s a world historic site

LOL, you must be new here.

Not at all! Old timer. Just can't imagine how a World INESCO site can be seen "as prisons" unless they are referring to the old men's dorms which have been torn down: From Wiki: UVA is known for its Academical Village, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[8][9] UVA is known for its historic foundations, student-run honor code and secret societies."

Probably obscured by the parade of torch-bearing Nazis.

Welp, there it is, only took a couple of posts to draw the SJW lunatics out, works every time, so easily triggered.

You seem triggered. Take a deep breath. It’ll be okay.

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Anonymous wrote:Sarah Lawrence. It felt tiny and like a large high school.

Another who didn’t need to travel to know this. Colleges don’t feel tiny or medium or big. They are one of those things. I just googled it. SLC is ~1700 enrolled. It’s small. No need to go discover this.

My DS did find that, among generally larger schools, the layout as evident in the tour did make a difference as to what "felt" bigger. After touring JMU and VT, he came away from the experience thinking JMU was "bigger" than VT. While the student body is a lot bigger at VT, the way JMU is laid out across the highway made it feel big while VT's layout with a clear residential vs. academic side to the core campus felt smaller and more inviting. He definitely preferred VT after the tours.

Tufts-- just today, actually. DC already knew it was probably more suburban than they wanted, but the campus just didn't excite them-- architecture was really random, the commercial area near campus was tiny and sort of drab, and the only POCs on campus that we saw (out of many students walking around) were Asian; almost everyone was white. I know two students there who love it but it seems to be a poor fit for my kid.

It sucks that covid makes effective visits impossible. If you have younger high school kids do go check a bunch out when you can find the time. My daughter played soccer in college. Because women’s soccer recruitment is basically done by Christmas of a kid’s junior year, and because the typical college women’s soccer program has about tree-fiddy to do recruitment you do a ton on your own. We went to a dozen schools usually arrive in the afternoon before the official day so we could do the regular tour and walk the campus and surrounding area. By about visit number 8 she could say yes or no midway through the tour.

You need to see a bunch so you can compare. Check out small, medium and large. Check out urban and more suburban/rural.

Virginia Tech. My kid hated it, and I agreed. Way too much concrete, way too many military uniforms, and way too much “hokie this” and “hokie-that.” The tour guide actually talked about the hokie hello and how it’s customary to say hi to other students and hold the door open for the person behind you...like those aren’t typical american or even typical human customs

Yes, it means a turkey to you, but it literally means corny to everyone else. And corny, it is.

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Anonymous wrote:U Penn - too many bike police - too city - too much crime around
Georgetown - Crumbling buildings, trash everywhere, homeless on campus
UVA - brick building look like prisons.

How in earth dud you miss the rotunda and the lawn? It’s a world historic site

LOL, you must be new here.

Not at all! Old timer. Just can't imagine how a World INESCO site can be seen "as prisons" unless they are referring to the old men's dorms which have been torn down: From Wiki: UVA is known for its Academical Village, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[8][9] UVA is known for its historic foundations, student-run honor code and secret societies."

Hereford College hasn't been torn down.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U Penn - too many bike police - too city - too much crime around
Georgetown - Crumbling buildings, trash everywhere, homeless on campus
UVA - brick building look like prisons.

How in earth dud you miss the rotunda and the lawn? It’s a world historic site

LOL, you must be new here.

Not at all! Old timer. Just can't imagine how a World INESCO site can be seen "as prisons" unless they are referring to the old men's dorms which have been torn down: From Wiki: UVA is known for its Academical Village, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[8][9] UVA is known for its historic foundations, student-run honor code and secret societies."

Probably obscured by the parade of torch-bearing Nazis.

Welp, there it is, only took a couple of posts to draw the SJW lunatics out, works every time, so easily triggered.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:U Penn - too many bike police - too city - too much crime around
Georgetown - Crumbling buildings, trash everywhere, homeless on campus
UVA - brick building look like prisons.

How in earth dud you miss the rotunda and the lawn? It’s a world historic site

LOL, you must be new here.

Not at all! Old timer. Just can't imagine how a World INESCO site can be seen "as prisons" unless they are referring to the old men's dorms which have been torn down: From Wiki: UVA is known for its Academical Village, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[8][9] UVA is known for its historic foundations, student-run honor code and secret societies."

Probably obscured by the parade of torch-bearing Nazis.

Anonymous wrote:I know this has been discussed, but ... did the tour guide ever put you off?

We visited a SLAC in Pennsylvania twice -- once with DC#1 and once with DC#2. The first time, the tour guide was AMAZING. My kid and I were both very impressed, and she created a wonderful impression.

The second time, the tour guide was kind of an oddball. Not particularly impressive. Said she loved the school but I didn't really feel it. I know the tour guide shouldn't matter, but I'm still kind of scratching my head.

It sounds like you decided it was an odd tour because you didn't FEEL they were genuine? How did you assess this?

Best thing my mother did during my search was build extra time into our days so when we had a bad morning tour, we had time to stick around for the afternoon one. The first tour had a weird vibe, perhaps it was the guild or the other people on the tour, I don't remember. I just remember being like "I don't like this" for school that checked all the boxes on paper. We went to lunch and the bookstore, and then caught that second tour. The second tour was great and I applied.

It's a little odd when people let ONE tour guide, a kid who is usually a volunteer or a student worker, totally change their opinion of a school. Like no tour guide is allowed to have a bad day?

Trinity

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Anonymous wrote:U Penn - too many bike police - too city - too much crime around
Georgetown - Crumbling buildings, trash everywhere, homeless on campus
UVA - brick building look like prisons.

How in earth dud you miss the rotunda and the lawn? It’s a world historic site

LOL, you must be new here.

Not at all! Old timer. Just can't imagine how a World INESCO site can be seen "as prisons" unless they are referring to the old men's dorms which have been torn down: From Wiki: UVA is known for its Academical Village, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.[8][9] UVA is known for its historic foundations, student-run honor code and secret societies."

Anonymous wrote:Harvey Mudd.

Dc thought it was an extremely ugly campus. It is in the suburbs on a strip with several other colleges, and there is very little else nearby. We live near a major city, so dc was used to a place with more things to do outside of campus. The school has a small student population, and dc realized someplace bigger was more desirable.

Excellent, excellent school, just not a good fit for dc.

It's funny, I applied to and got a ton of aid to CMC but didn't attend and chose a lesser ranked midwest college instead. The Claremont colleges are strange in that some of them (HMC, CMC) are very unattractive, but some (Scripps!) are drop-dead gorgeous. CMC wouldn't have been a good fit for me, and I got that sense on my visit there -- a little too bro-y and not warm enough (like, welcoming warm, not temperature warm). The stark brutalist architecture didn't help.

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Anonymous wrote:I know this has been discussed, but ... did the tour guide ever put you off?

We visited a SLAC in Pennsylvania twice -- once with DC#1 and once with DC#2. The first time, the tour guide was AMAZING. My kid and I were both very impressed, and she created a wonderful impression.

The second time, the tour guide was kind of an oddball. Not particularly impressive. Said she loved the school but I didn't really feel it. I know the tour guide shouldn't matter, but I'm still kind of scratching my head.

What school?

Not gonna say! Maybe that kid's mom is on DCUM!

Even if she reads this, how would she have any idea you were referring to her kid? Maybe she thinks her kid is the AMAZING guide you had on your first visit.

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Anonymous wrote:I know this has been discussed, but ... did the tour guide ever put you off?

We visited a SLAC in Pennsylvania twice -- once with DC#1 and once with DC#2. The first time, the tour guide was AMAZING. My kid and I were both very impressed, and she created a wonderful impression.

The second time, the tour guide was kind of an oddball. Not particularly impressive. Said she loved the school but I didn't really feel it. I know the tour guide shouldn't matter, but I'm still kind of scratching my head.

What school?

Not gonna say! Maybe that kid's mom is on DCUM!

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Anonymous wrote:U Penn - too many bike police - too city - too much crime around
Georgetown - Crumbling buildings, trash everywhere, homeless on campus
UVA - brick building look like prisons.

How in earth dud you miss the rotunda and the lawn? It’s a world historic site

LOL, you must be new here.