Anonymous wrote:All of the T30 schools are grinders.

The above statement is only partially correct.

Even at Top 30 National Universities, it depends upon one's major and then,to a lesser extent, on the particular individual.

Broadly speaking, engineering majors, determined pre-med majors, accounting majors, and some others are "grinder majors".

All Ivy League schools and all Top 30 schools--except for MIT & Caltech--have majors which do not necessitate that one be a grinder in order to do well.

By non-grinder and well adjusted, are you implying you're dumb? And you still want prestige?
That cannot be a norm for prestigious colleges although you may be able to sneak in with legacy or other types of unfair advantages.

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Anonymous wrote:Does it exist? A school not full of grinders, though they are smart, and can be nerdy, that are social and well-adjusted??

I keep hearing the following names:
Vanderbilt
Dartmouth
Northwestern
Duke
USC
Rice
UCLA
Michigan

Do you agree? Disagree? What’s missing? What should come off?

USC is not a T25 school.

It's ranked 25 currently. However I don't think for long.

so what schools are likely replace USC?





Right.
You need to use your brain before talking.

Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest is this to a T.

not prestigious enough.

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Anonymous wrote:Does it exist? A school not full of grinders, though they are smart, and can be nerdy, that are social and well-adjusted??

I keep hearing the following names:
Vanderbilt
Dartmouth
Northwestern
Duke
USC
Rice
UCLA
Michigan

Do you agree? Disagree? What’s missing? What should come off?

I’m lost. These are all lottery schools and not lifestyle admits. Your kid is unlikely to get in even if they are the second coming - unless you have a hook. Your kid wants a laid back school with smart kids? Fine look at the list of top 30-60. Below that is a meat grinder. Trust me as a perfect SAT and 4.5 gpa student who had extensive Ecs, please save yourself the idea that the process is merit based. If your kid is laid back, roll with that and pick a nice middle range school where not all the kids are on Xanax and the curriculum is engaging.

Anonymous wrote:“OP, have your snowflake…”

To whoever wrote this post, you are way out of line. The OP asked a completely sane & appropriate question. I pity you for needing to attack someone you don’t even know in such a fashion.

Really? I'm not PP, but I don't think it is a very "sane" question. Why would someone so well-adjusted and ~not a grinder~ care so much about the specific rank of a school, so much so that they have an arbitrary cutoff of 25? Seems very odd.

Anonymous wrote:“OP, have your snowflake…”

To whoever wrote this post, you are way out of line. The OP asked a completely sane & appropriate question. I pity you for needing to attack someone you don’t even know in such a fashion.

I agree with the snowflake poster. The way the OP was written invites ridicule.

“OP, have your snowflake…”

To whoever wrote this post, you are way out of line. The OP asked a completely sane & appropriate question. I pity you for needing to attack someone you don’t even know in such a fashion.

Duke
Notre Dame
USC
NYU

OP, have your snowflake go to a party school. Their four years of grinding is always about where to party, how to make party not the same as the previous one, party away. At the end of four years, get the degree and face the party of life in the real world. There you are. Party all the time. There is only one life to live, after all!

Anonymous wrote:to say Wake is an easier school than Vandy is ridiculous

Because you attend both schools concurrently? Or let me guess: you’re the classic DCUM “parent” with “one kid at each school” (at present time).

That’s one of my fave DCUM artificial personas, especially in the private school forum.

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Anonymous wrote:to say Wake is an easier school than Vandy is ridiculous

I believe people are saying it's more fun socially, certainly has a much more successful sports scene.

may be more fun for a select few, but Wake social scene / greek is highly stratified, exclusionary, and elitist. Greek scene completely opposite at Vandy - purposely low key and welcoming - if ur a non-greek dude at Wake u better enjoy hitting the library on fri/sat nites

Not sure what you are arguing exactly, one poster said her son who attended Vandy wished he had chosen Wake. That’s his opinion, one some anonymous adult doesn’t have to agree with but is also unlikely to change.

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Anonymous wrote:to say Wake is an easier school than Vandy is ridiculous

I believe people are saying it's more fun socially, certainly has a much more successful sports scene.

may be more fun for a select few, but Wake social scene / greek is highly stratified, exclusionary, and elitist. Greek scene completely opposite at Vandy - purposely low key and welcoming - if ur a non-greek dude at Wake u better enjoy hitting the library on fri/sat nites

“Low key and welcoming fraternities,” sure guy.

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Anonymous wrote:to say Wake is an easier school than Vandy is ridiculous

I believe people are saying it's more fun socially, certainly has a much more successful sports scene.

may be more fun for a select few, but Wake social scene / greek is highly stratified, exclusionary, and elitist. Greek scene completely opposite at Vandy - purposely low key and welcoming - if ur a non-greek dude at Wake u better enjoy hitting the library on fri/sat nites

Anonymous wrote:Emory

Where fun goes to die, southern edition.