Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 21:28     Subject: Tell me about your kids favorite schools with 25%+ acceptance rate
Sewanee (University of the South)
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 21:04     Subject: Tell me about your kids favorite schools with 25%+ acceptance rate
Anonymous wrote:What about St. Olaf? It was recently suggested to us by a counselor as a potential fit for our math-loving kid who wants to attend a smaller school.

DC is a recent Ole math major. Friends went on to start PhDs, teaching, and industry. 8-10% of any class are math majors - 60-80 a year. Many double in whatever - Comp Sci/Physics/Music/Norwegian/... With the size of Olaf's program, they're able to offer a broader range of higher-level undergrad math than almost all LACs. It's also somewhat possible, but rare, to take a class at Carleton. St Olaf also runs the undergrad program for Semesters in Math in Budapest - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Semesters_in_Mathematics and also offers its own winter term class there if your DC wants a "warm" winter term.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 12:42     Subject: Tell me about your kids favorite schools with 25%+ acceptance rate
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Son is a soph at villanova. He loves it.
would you mind sharing his stats and what he loves about V?

same question
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 12:36     Subject: Re:Tell me about your kids favorite schools with 25%+ acceptance rate
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:ED at Tulane or Emory. RD at Miami, Santa Clara, Redlands.

Vandy and Clairmont have greater than 25% ED rates.

They don’t
And it is spelled Claremont.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 12:28     Subject: Tell me about your kids favorite schools with 25%+ acceptance rate
Anonymous wrote:My son is a math major at St. Olaf and he loves it there. Pretty sunny, but brutally cold. Glad we had some higher admit schools on his list, because 2021 was a brutal year. Just a reminder, for high stats kids of a certain demographic, find at least one safety to adore.


To what demographic might you be alluding?
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 12:25     Subject: Tell me about your kids favorite schools with 25%+ acceptance rate
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What about St. Olaf? It was recently suggested to us by a counselor as a potential fit for our math-loving kid who wants to attend a smaller school.


We really liked St. Olaf. Our DC got into another SLAC ED but St. Olaf seemed very good.


+1 I love St. Olaf but DD opted for a LAC closer to home.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 12:11     Subject: Re:Tell me about your kids favorite schools with 25%+ acceptance rate
Are you from a rural area? Eagle Rock is completely fine.

Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Occidental as a backup to the Claremont schools, it has the prettiest campus we saw.


But the immediate area around it in Eagle Rock is not safe
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2023 10:52     Subject: Tell me about your kids favorite schools with 25%+ acceptance rate
My son is a math major at St. Olaf and he loves it there. Pretty sunny, but brutally cold. Glad we had some higher admit schools on his list, because 2021 was a brutal year. Just a reminder, for high stats kids of a certain demographic, find at least one safety to adore.