Furman or Elon?

dheldreth
Sun, 01 Feb 2015 23:51:44 +0000

What is your son interested in (major/extracurriculars)? Knowing this might help to tell you about opportunities at Furman that would benefit your son. I don’t know anything about Elon, but I can tell you what were the benefits for Furman for my Ds:

D1 - Poli Sci major, pre-law; fantastic mock trial team experience. They have gone to Nationals over 10 years in a row (and are hosting Nationals in 2016). Ds team was 5th in nation her junior year. She wouldn’t have had that experience at her other college choices.

She also had a great study abroad - a semester in Belgium taking classes and working for the European Union Parliament.

D2 - Biology major, pre-med. Great pre-med advising, Biology courses were challenging but great professors. Best experience, a 10 credit “Medicine Program” which included - a course in Medical Ethics, a course in Sociology of Medicine, and 10 hours a week of medical shadowing.

She too did a short study abroad to Costa Rica

Both benefitted from the small class sizes, and the close relationships they formed with their professors.

But not knowing anything about Elon or your son’s interests, I can’t say if it is worth $60,000 more.