My D is down to 4 schools and we’re looking for a bit of guidance. She currently attends a smallish all girl Catholic school
in an urban environment. Major at this point is marketing, but that certainly could change to another area within business. She has been accepted to Loyola Maryland (honors), Dayton (honors), Miami U (Farmer) and Xavier. First 3 net out to similar price tags, Xavier is 10K less per year. We have visited all but Loyola, and will be visiting there soon. We find pros and cons (mostly pros) with all the schools and now we are starting to spin a bit. Opinions and thoughts from people in the same or similar boat would be greatly appreciated.
What is she looking for? Farmer is very good school but it’s not very urban at all. My company regularly gets interns (and grads) from UD business school and we’ve been happy with the students. My W attended Xavier some years ago.
@“Erin’s Dad” She’s not sure what she wants at this point, so I am trying to provide as much info as possible. The final decision is hers to make. My take: I liked Xavier’s campus and loved downtown Cinci. However, it’s the lowest ranked school on the list. Farmer is the best business school. Oxford is really cool, but concerned that it’s remoteness will take a toll. UD falls in the middle. It’s “neighborhood” does have a similar community feel to Oxford, yet in an urban area. Jury is still out on Loyola since we haven’t been there, but I’m guessing a similar feel to Xavier. Oh, and thanks for the response!
Loyola is in a very nice neighborhood of Baltimore and they noted that they do have some reciprocity in terms of library/courses with other schools in town. Pretty campus, happy kids are the things that stood out to me. It seemed like a perfectly nice place, but did not leave me wowed in any way, but I do think that being in the Honors program at Loyola would make the academic experience there worthwhile.
First, congratulations to your D for having a group of excellent choices. They are all good schools. When my S had about the same number of acceptances we first tried to narrow it down bit by bit. We eliminated one that not as geographically desirable (further away and a more rural location than he really wanted), we eliminated one that was way more expensive (the only school he didn’t get merit aid from), and then we attended a couple of accepted student days for the other schools before he made his choice.
I will say that once a decision is made, go out and buy a school sweatshirt and bumper sticker and never look back.