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04-20-2008, 10:06 AM
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| So, who's accepted?
Anybody going to Hillsdale this fall? | 
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04-20-2008, 01:56 PM
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| I got accepted and will be visiting next week. I will probably know where I'm going soon after that. 
(Its between Hillsdale and the Honors Program at Baylor U.) | |
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05-01-2008, 01:20 PM
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| Aodh,
How was your visit? My son visited a couple times and has been impressed more with each contact - enough to accept. | |
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05-01-2008, 05:07 PM
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| It was fantastic. The classes and professors were great, and the tour guide and my admissions counselor were quite intelligent. Actually, all of the kids, even those in the cafe, seemed pretty smart.
In the end, I have decided against attending Hillsdale for a few reasons, even though I loved the place:
It was cold: I am from New England, and am tired of the cold.
It seemed kind of like post-High School: Everyone was moving to classes, to lunch, etc, together.
It seemed everyone was just like me: Everyone was white, Christian, and conservative - either libertarian or republican. While I would have fit in with them perfectly, they all seemed too much like me, so much so that I wouldn't be a unique individual.
...and they offered me virtually no financial aid.
Even though I won't be going there, I still love the school and its mission, and will probably donate to them in the future.
So in the end, I liked Baylor's atmosphere just a little bit more; enough that I chose it over Hillsdale.
(Had the financial aid amounts been the same, I have no idea which school I would have chosen) | |
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05-01-2008, 08:04 PM
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| Aodh,
Best of luck to you. He selected Hillsdale for the strong academics, great interactions between faculty and students, and the amazing lectures we attended. Interestingly enough we expected the campus to be as you found it. It actually seemed a bit more diverse in thinking and class presentations than other schools we visited. He's going to be a "diverse" student there. | |
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05-01-2008, 08:39 PM
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| Like Aodh, DS absolutely loved Hillsdale, mostly for the academics, but he turned them down because finaid was way out of line with other schools and made it impossible to attend without taking on more debt than he was comfortable with. | |
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05-02-2008, 02:11 PM
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| Financial Aid was really what it came down to.
In regards to diversity, it wasn't that so many people were white, but everyone was just like me it seemed - there views, the way they acted, even there sense of humor.
..but the faculty was ideologically much more diverse then any state school. I sat in on a libertarian professor and a 'neo-con' professor, whereas at a state school, it would have been either a liberal/marxist professor, or a really liberal/Marxist professor. | |
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05-12-2008, 08:48 AM
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| Momoftwins: what dorm did your son request (if any)? You can pm me if you'd like. | |
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05-12-2008, 08:48 AM
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| The financial aid issue is a shocker to me since S1 will be a senior there and got great aid. When Twin1 and Twin2 applied, their financial aid wasn't quite as good. I wonder if the endowment is somewhat in need of recharging since they built the Grewcock Ctr?
When we went to pick up S there on Thursday, we realied that what momoftwins said is right, there really is much more diversity of thought there than many would have you think. Even among the profs, some left leaning, some right, some with no leanings at all. The beauty of Hillsdale is all the instructors seem to be devoted to the school's mission. That is so completely refreshing in academia.
Many of the students, especially the girls, do seem to be of the "sorority sister" types so I can understand Aodh's feelings on that. The boys though, seem to be a very diverse group.
My D, 17, wants to apply ED for next fall.
One good thing about Hillsdale: it's FREE! to apply online. If she gets in, I'll not have to pay too much for her to look elsewhere! | |
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