Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 11:57     Subject: Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest


Is WF top 30? Really? I haven’t looked at USNWR in a long time!


Yes it is.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 11:54     Subject: Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?
Anonymous wrote:Wake Forest


Is WF top 30? Really? I haven’t looked at USNWR in a long time!
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 10:36     Subject: Re:Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?
Anonymous wrote:My first year is happy at Brandeis, and the older at Haverford! They have HS friends happy at (off the too of my
head) Chicago, Tufts, Yale, Middlebury, UMD, and Wash U and many more colleges. Is all perfect - no; do they have complaints time to time- yes; but generally all are having happy and productive college experiences.


That's because they are experiencing the 'good old days', when you are young, mostly healthy, don't have a care in the world, all expenses are taken care of, and don't know what you don't know! Location doesn't matter.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 10:30     Subject: Re:Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?
My first year is happy at Brandeis, and the older at Haverford! They have HS friends happy at (off the too of my
head) Chicago, Tufts, Yale, Middlebury, UMD, and Wash U and many more colleges. Is all perfect - no; do they have complaints time to time- yes; but generally all are having happy and productive college experiences.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 10:27     Subject: Re:Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?
Anonymous wrote:Why is my kid so deliriously happy at UMD?


UMD is a great state flagship in a great location.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 10:22     Subject: Re:Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?
Why is my kid so deliriously happy at UMD?
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 10:18     Subject: Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?
I think the vast majority of kids are happy wherever they are, regarless of whether it's a T20 or T1000!
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 10:08     Subject: Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?
DS very happy at UChicago. He wasn't so happy socially speaking in his big DMV public high school. He has made a lot of good friends in his year plus there.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 09:54     Subject: Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?
Anonymous wrote:My daughter's very happy at WashU.


same with dear friends DS, high school wasn't so great for him and he slogged through but he seems delighted so far with his time at WashU, academics, social life and ECs all coming together in a really great way
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 09:47     Subject: Re:Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?
emory
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 09:47     Subject: Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?
My daughter's very happy at WashU.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 09:46     Subject: Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?
Very happy at UVA.
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 09:34     Subject: Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?
Anonymous wrote:Any first hand recent reports from Dartmouth , Cornell , Stanford , Princeton ?


Friends DD very happy at Dartmouth, she’s quite social and in a sorority which I suspect a key factor in Dartmouth being a good fit
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 09:31     Subject: Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'll play. My kid and his tight friend group:

Yale - happy
Brown - mixed bag.
Swarthmore - mixed bag but happier than Brown guy.
Vanderbilt - mostly not happy
Georgetown - decidedly unhappy
Deep Springs - deliriously happy


If you’re not happy at Vanderbilt or Georgetown that’s what my grammy would call a “you problem”


Georgetown has rats.


Harvard has rats. So?
Anonymous
Post 01/19/2023 09:30     Subject: Re:Which T30 colleges are your kids happy at ?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People don't know the definition of top 30, adding in schools like Northeastern and Oberlin. Those are good schools, but not "elite" ones.


UF ans Wake are elite but Northeastern is not?


Umm, yes, absolutely


Totally Nope.

- Students Quality
https://www.businessinsider.com/the-50-smartest-colleges-in-america-2016-10
Northeastern: T25 based on test scores before the pandemic when everyone submits scores
Wake: Out of range
UF: Out of range

- Retention Rate
https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities/freshmen-least-most-likely-return
Northeastern: #3 with 98%
Wake: 95%
UF: 97%

- Outcome (10 year out by Department of Education)
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
Northeastern: $80K
Wake: $75K
UF: $64K

- Acceptance rate:
Northeastern: very low as you all know
Wake: 25%
UF: 30%

Northeastern wins in every major category.


This is good to know, thank you!