Please suggest for my daughter

tk21769
Fri, 29 May 2009 12:02:12 +0000

Mini makes some interesting points.
If you have 6 or 8 strong criteria (as the OP’s or my own kid) you will need to prioritize and possibly compromise to come up with 5-10 choices.




Colorado College - heavily prep, very wealthy, don’t know about fraternities; not rural
(Well as I said, the immediate setting is not rural, but my S found he could compromise on this because the surrounding environment was so attractive. They do have a couple of fraternities but it is not a big “Greek” scene. Heavily prep? We heard that characterization, but also heard that it’s a “hippie” school. Very wealthy? Yes, my S thought the relative lack of economic/racial diversity was its biggest negative. Among the schools he seriously considered, St. Mary’s Md. was best in this respect but CC was more attractive in others.)




Wesleyan - definitely not rural
(Right. Personally I did not like the campus very much. I would not recommend it strongly to the OP’s D though it’s considered an excellent college.)

Once you narrow down your list, you need to visit. Many schools my kid considered had some negative stereotype or other attached to them. In one case, the visit confirmed the stereotype. In other cases it did not, or it did and he decided he could live with that negative.