Anonymous
Post 02/20/2026 01:27     Subject: Re:Help finding a school to fit this girl
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:How much is Davidson paying you moms to boost them everywhere? I seriously don't understand what's so special about it.


Amen to this. So sick of the Davidson boosters. Almost as bad as the HC, Bowdoin, and UVA boosters.


The baddest bad is the Chicago booster. You can say anything negative about Chicago or else you’re a “hater”.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 23:52     Subject: Help finding a school to fit this girl
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks so much.
She's politically liberal but she's not artsy or "alternative" (as we would say back in my day.)

She's a very mainstream and I would say preppy kid by interests and vibe but really wants a diverse college. Just a regular mix of kids from different races, cultures, orientations, walks of life, interests which seems to be a little hard to find outside of state schools.


So this suggests that the LGBTQ concerns of others here are overblown. Nearly all diverse smaller privates are LGBTQ friendly. It comes with the territory, which makes sense because the kids who want a diverse setting care a lot less about this than some parents.


Brown is 40% LGBTQ. Not overblown.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 22:46     Subject: Re:Help finding a school to fit this girl
Anonymous wrote:How much is Davidson paying you moms to boost them everywhere? I seriously don't understand what's so special about it.


It’s not considered a very academic place. Fit for some demographics.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 22:43     Subject: Help finding a school to fit this girl
Davidson is on a roll.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 22:38     Subject: Help finding a school to fit this girl
Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks so much.
She's politically liberal but she's not artsy or "alternative" (as we would say back in my day.)

She's a very mainstream and I would say preppy kid by interests and vibe but really wants a diverse college. Just a regular mix of kids from different races, cultures, orientations, walks of life, interests which seems to be a little hard to find outside of state schools.


So this suggests that the LGBTQ concerns of others here are overblown. Nearly all diverse smaller privates are LGBTQ friendly. It comes with the territory, which makes sense because the kids who want a diverse setting care a lot less about this than some parents.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 22:25     Subject: Help finding a school to fit this girl
Forgot Bucknell, Emory, and WashU boosters.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 22:14     Subject: Re:Help finding a school to fit this girl
Anonymous wrote:How much is Davidson paying you moms to boost them everywhere? I seriously don't understand what's so special about it.


Amen to this. So sick of the Davidson boosters. Almost as bad as the HC, Bowdoin, and UVA boosters.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 22:09     Subject: Help finding a school to fit this girl
OP says kid wants small to medium 2k-10k. Boston College has 10k undergrads and another 6k grad not a match unless kid wants a big school with lots of partying.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 22:02     Subject: Re:Help finding a school to fit this girl
How much is Davidson paying you moms to boost them everywhere? I seriously don't understand what's so special about it.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 21:55     Subject: Help finding a school to fit this girl
Boston College and Georgetown
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 21:48     Subject: Help finding a school to fit this girl
Anonymous wrote:Davidson


+1
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 21:44     Subject: Help finding a school to fit this girl
Among Ivies only Dartmouth is moderate.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 21:16     Subject: Help finding a school to fit this girl
Anonymous wrote:Is Brown actually heavily LGBTQ.?.. i mean does it feel like this when you visit or attend? I know I've read online on here that it is but I wonder where that stat comes from and whether it's reality.


Saw an article that said 40%. DF’s son was very confused there because everyone was gay.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 20:58     Subject: Help finding a school to fit this girl
Anonymous wrote:Davidson has grade deflation, which may be a bad combination with pre-med.

Yet high admission rates to med school. I think grade deflation is a thing of the past, as it is at many other schools, particularly in the age of grade inflation.
Anonymous
Post 02/19/2026 20:43     Subject: Help finding a school to fit this girl
Holy Cross is definitely moderate and kids love the school. Can’t beat access to Boston.