Dickinson vs Rhodes

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Sun, 17 Apr 2022 02:04:56 +0000

I went to Dickinson, my husband went to Rhodes and my D22 has applied to both. We live 8 hrs away from Dickinson and 5.5 from Rhodes. For my daughter, Dickinson didn’t make it into the final 2 (it’s down to Rhodes and Furman). She wanted a bigger town and she wasn’t impressed with Carlisle and a 5.5 hr drive is the farthest she wants to be. Also she hates the cold. Memphis will be hot and humid in the summer. Memphis is really more city than she wants but she really likes the school and my husband says it’s way safer now than when he was there! Dickinson and Rhodes are very similar, it really does come down to the location. Both have top notch study abroad programs. My husband and I often argue about whose Alma mater is better—do you prefer beige stone or gray stone??

I chose to leave the south for Dickinson and it was a great choice for me at the time but sometimes I do regret that all of my college connections fell by the wayside because I came back to my hometown after college.

After experiencing Covid times with a S20, I’m definitely putting the closer school ahead of the one farther away. But ultimately it’s our daughter’s decision and I’m praying she has some kind of epiphany soon, we are almost out of time!!