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<p>Good morning. We spent Saturday at Franklin & Marshall. Visit report is posted in the visit section. Here’s a link: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visits/franklin-amp-marshall-college/4633157.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visits/franklin-amp-marshall-college/4633157.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>I didn’t get as much ED v. RD info as I had hoped, but that’s OK. I did learn however, that if a student is apprehensive about ED for financial reasons he can request an “early read.” This means F&M will give a ballpark answer on financial/merit aid (if any) before the kid commits to ED.</p>

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<p>Thanks for that info! I hadn’t heard of/considered that as a possibility before.</p>

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<p>“Early read?” This is why I love this site. Learn something new EVERY day. I wonder how many other places do this.</p>

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<p>DougBetsy, thanks for sharing the info, both here and in your visit report. The Early Read option is good to know, although my guess is that D will most likely apply RD there.</p>

<p>By the way, for those whose kids are looking into Muhlenberg(visited w/ D1 back in '06), I believe they have the same approach regarding Early Decision: They strongly encourage it and also offer “early reads” for FA and merit aid.</p>

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<p>We received this postcard to. Is not a real thing, right? I dismissed it as a gimmick out of hand. Along with another one a few weeks ago from young-journalists-of-the-planet.<br>
They’re ■■■■■■■■, yes?</p>

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<p>^ Any “honor” that you have to pay for should be suspect. :D</p>

<p>D got the card too. She also got “invited” to “People to People”.</p>

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<p>DD got it as well… I am beginning to wonder who has a larger mailing budget - national Society of HS Scholars or WUSTL…</p>

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<p>D got that postcard/packet last year, but not this year. I wonder where she went wrong? ;)</p>

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<p>DougBetsy: hope you do know that someone on the F&M thread tracked down the CDS and confirmed the 70% of class ED #? Just wondering since you mentioned that lack of info at your visit…</p>

<p>NM: I can’t keep up with all of you on this thread; I see that you already know about all of this…</p>

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<p>thanks for the confirmation. assumed it was tripe. </p>

<p>good grief, why don’t i ever get “nominated” to the International Society of Chauffeurs? or Association of Intergalactic Laundresses? jeeze. where did i go wrong?</p>

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<p>rodney - yes, i was aware of F&M’s 70% ED admit rate and 7% RD yield before we got there. I just thought we might get a little insight into that strategy while on campus.</p>

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<p>I’m not a parent, but an older sister of a current high school junior. Our parents went to school in Europe, which means that I’m the member of our family most familiar with the college admissions process and will be helping her along the way. I’ll admit it’s a bit strange to be back on CC after a year and a half in college, but there are some familiar names around, still.</p>

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<p>Welcome, Liz Lemon. I hope you’re enjoying your college experience so far? Good luck to you, and to your younger sibling.</p>

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<p>Liz Lemon:</p>

<p>Welcome. I think that parents (and other assisting family members and friends, such as yourself) who help their kids out with this process this time around, as compared to a mere two years ago, tend to pass around the worry beads more because the financial picture has changed rather abruptly and to the negative.</p>

<p>You made it into Dartmouth and are still there, two positive signs. Your sister is lucky to have you along for the ride.</p>

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<p>Liz Lemon: Hi! I’m pretty new to CC, and already love it. How do you like Dartmouth? My son is a distance runner in Maine, and several people he knows run for Dartmouth. He is wondering whether to put it on his “reach” list.</p>

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<p>The mailings have found my weakness!</p>

<p>I went to camp as a kid/teen, have sent my kid, go to family camps and so on. In otherwords, “camp” is a good work to work into a conversation if you want me to do something. </p>

<p>We got this really nice brochure from a school here in Texas offering a free, two day, “come see what we are about” camp this summer. The activities planned sound like a good blend of informative and fun. You even get a free t-shirt!</p>

<p>The small fly in the ointment is that this a conservative, proudly majority Republican university in Texas. Perhaps it would not be the best fit for my liberal, Obama-campaign working son who has never waivered about wanting to go to school in New England? </p>

<p>But it’s camp. With a t-shirt. So fun! </p>

<p>Keep me strong, Class of 2010!</p>

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<p>Heh, I got that brochure too–and I was even tempted, although I want nothing of Texas, large, or conservative. It’s pretty good marketing.</p>

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<p>Ah yes, the days of camp. You’re right, someone with the right marketing bent could get us adults ready to sign up. I often thought this, particularly when sending my S to the By Scout Summer Camp on Catalina Island. They have a wide variety of activities that meet badge requirements that are a lot of fun, many involved aquatic activities.</p>

<p>S would always come back with a layer of dirt, tired and very satisfied. One summer our schedule was so bad that we took an overseas trip and got back a day before his Catalina trip. Then, there was less than a day after the Catalina trip before we flew off to see family. My S said, in no uncertain terms, to ever book him that tightly again.</p>

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<p>D just informed me that she’s going to take the SAT IIs in May rather than in June as I had planned. Good thing I hadn’t taken it upon myself to sign her up for the June test…lol. I guess she still hasn’t decided whether or not to retake the SAT and now she’ll have until June to decide. Nothing like waiting until the last minute to decide - luckily, they still had room for her!</p>

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<p>Thanks for the warm welcome. I love it here, for the most part, though the Greek influence on the social life is somewhat more pervasive than I’d hoped. Academically, it’s surpassed my expectations; the faculty in my major department (Government) is extraordinary, and the [Rockefeller</a> Center](<a href=“http://rockefeller.dartmouth.edu/"]Rockefeller”>http://rockefeller.dartmouth.edu/) has incredible opportunities for students interested in public policy (last summer, for instance, I spent three months as an intern in D.C. with 19 other freshmen; Rocky provided apartments, a week-long crash course in networking and professionalism, and a $1,000 stipend). I don’t mean to sound like an infomercial, but it’s truly impressive.</p>

<p>Actually, I’d never been interested in politics before coming here, but now I’m active in the College Democrats and a newly formed political debate society (as well as the daily newspaper and a few other things), and I’m seriously considering a career in policy research or public service. So that’s been an interesting turn of events.</p>

<p>And, of course, the campus is beautiful, the food isn’t bad at all, and the [url="<a href="Skiway | Dartmouth Skiway]Skiway[/url</a>] makes even the winters bearable.</p>

<p>As for the actual topic of this thread… I really have no idea where my sister will end up. I think she’d be happiest at a liberal arts college, but apparently she really loves Columbia? She’s very shy and isn’t inclined to take risks socially, and she’s attended tiny schools her whole life, so I’m worried that she’d get lost at a school without a real sense of community.</p>

<p>A complication is that she’s recently started modeling, and she wants to stay in New York so that she can keep working through college… but getting into Columbia, while possible, isn’t that realistic an expectation, and she really dislikes NYU. And aside from the model thing, I see more downsides to staying in the city than upsides (cost of living, lack of community feeling, staying in the same place for college, and so on). I’ve suggested she look into Barnard, so that could be one option.</p>