Anonymous
Post 02/21/2025 10:47     Subject: Re:Underrated Colleges
Anonymous wrote:St. John’s University in NYC (Queens)
I know a lot of successful people who went there


+ 1
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2025 10:28     Subject: Underrated Colleges
Anonymous wrote:SMU
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2025 09:34     Subject: Underrated Colleges
Thoughts on Longwood?
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2025 09:30     Subject: Underrated Colleges
Kalamazoo College. They send a lot of students on to med school, law school, and Ivy schools for grad degrees. Very strong sciences and well regarded student abroad program they heavily encourage all students to participate in, it may even be required, not certain.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2025 09:20     Subject: Re:Underrated Colleges
Anonymous wrote:I had 7 kids in my class at a small school get into Yale Law school. All of them devoured the undergrad Ivy leaguers on their way to great careers.


This post is useless if you don't name the fuggin school.
Anonymous
Post 02/21/2025 09:07     Subject: Underrated Colleges
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Is Sewanee super southern in terms of culture? And how about school spirit?


I wouldn't call it "super southern," but it attracts a lot of private school kids from the big southern metros, particularly Atlanta, Nashville, Charlotte, Richmond, Birmingham, Jacksonville, and DFW. Most class years have nearly all 50 states represented, though, plus 15 or more countries. It's more geographically diverse than Rhodes, Furman, or Centre (the southern LACs generally though of as its closest peers).

As for school spirit, it's D3, so the sports scene isn't what you'd find at an SEC school, though the football games are big social events. That said, alumni are insanely loyal to the school and love their alma mater. The alumni giving rate is very high, to the point that it hurt Sewanee in the rankings when USNWR removed it from its formula.


Sewanee is Episcopal. That may just be the “secret sauce.”
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2025 23:05     Subject: Re:Underrated Colleges
I had 7 kids in my class at a small school get into Yale Law school. All of them devoured the undergrad Ivy leaguers on their way to great careers.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2025 23:04     Subject: Underrated Colleges
I think there is a difference between underrated and not talked about a lot because they are too small. to expensive, or too regional even though they are excellent.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2025 22:42     Subject: Underrated Colleges
Anonymous wrote:Xavier (Ohio). Jesuit tradition, strong business and health schools, excellent student services, friendly and supportive campus culture, Big East basketball, strong alumni network.


Loyola Maryland

Gorgeous campus. Nice outcomes
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2025 22:37     Subject: Underrated Colleges
Wofford
Ohio Wesleyan
Drexel
NC State
Ga Tech
Case Western
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2025 22:32     Subject: Underrated Colleges
Another vote for Trinity University. My sister went there and loved it. San Antonio is a great town.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2025 22:12     Subject: Re:Underrated Colleges
TUOVA, TCOWAM, VPIASU
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2025 22:10     Subject: Re:Underrated Colleges
Union college. A small liberal arts college with great stem orogram, and a 8 year md program. Beautiful campus as well.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2025 22:07     Subject: Underrated Colleges
Dayton - had the best time and so many alumni made it to the top of their fields. We all send our kids there - would be interesting to plot how many generations and extended families end up there - it’s a special place - if you know, you know.
Anonymous
Post 02/20/2025 22:04     Subject: Underrated Colleges
Echoing Whitman, St. Olaf, Trinity U in TX, Clark U.