<p>Rhodes claims to be just like an ivy league - only that it is not on the East Coast and therefore not as popular. Does anyone know about it? I want to go to Northwestern but Rhodes sounds interesting…Does anyone know what it is really like and what type of students go there?</p>
<p>Rhodes College is NOT ANYTHING like an Ivy League school. The most obvious indicator of this is that its average SAT score is a 1920, whereas that of even the least selective Ivy (Cornell) is 2090. (The most selective’s is 2240). It’s ranked 49 among Liberal Arts Colleges by US News, whereas the Ivies are ranked 1-14 among National Universities. Northwestern is also ranked 14 and has a high average SAT score (2110) and low acceptance rate (27%). Rhodes’s is 51%.</p>
<p>I mean, it’s not a bad school–50% of its students were in the top 10th percent of their graduating class. However, for Ivies and Northwestern, ~85%+ are. . . . </p>
<p>Lastly, it costs just as much as a top school, but they will give you much, much less financial aid. Basically, if you’re accepted to both Northwestern and Rhodes, you’ll pay more to go to a less selective, less prestigious, and, well, less “good,” school. I mean, it’s not even close.</p>
<p>D looked at this school because of what I heard on this forum. If you are full paying fare, ie you don’t qualify for financial aid then Rhodes might be better than Ivies because they give some form of merit aid. I read some books, ISI, not CTCL, and it praises Rhodes academic better than Dartmouth and Brown. In addition, the campus is beautiful like Oxford University(which is why my daughter is interested). Rhodes also has an excellent study abroad program, something my daughter wants to go abroad junior year. However, when she looked at the DVD that we ordered, she was a bit turned off by the heavy Southern accent of most students there. Mind you, she has nothing against the Southern accent but it seems like it draws most students from the South, so it’s maybe not be diversed. That was the reason why she did not apply.</p>
<p>There is a frequent poster on this forum, Curmudgeon, whose daughter is at Rhodes. She chose it over Yale and other highly selective schools. She is a sophomore now. She got the top merit scholarship and felt that the research opps (pre-med) were equal or greater than those at the other schools. Rhodes also has a lot of opportunities for service work in the Memphis community. Don’t rule it out.</p>
<p>EASD,</p>
<p>There is a Rhodes forum here on CC, just look at the alphabetical list of schools.</p>
<p>Below is a link to a report on educating for civic liberty that I posted in the Rhodes forum. In actually educating students on civic matters, Rhodes is consistently better that any school tested, including Ivies such as Harvard. For proof, look about halfway down the linked page. If quality of teaching is important to you, Rhodes is one of the tops. If you already are highly motivated, very smart, and ready to do research, the Ivies are great, but if you want great teaching that can give you these things if you don’t already have them yourself in spades, Rhodes might be the better choice.</p>
<p>Rhodes is highly regarded by “Choosing the Right College”, which evaluates the schools from the standpoint of the quality of the liberal arts education the school provides, and by Loren Pope’s “Colleges that Change Lives”. The Ivies don’t do very well in either book. </p>
<p>I have to disagree with Godfatherbob about relative cost. For top students that do not meet the Ivies’ qualifications for need based aid, Rhodes almost certainly will be less costly, since they are generous with merit aid.</p>
<p>We haven’t been to Rhodes yet, but I look forward to visiting with my son soon. Good luck.</p>
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<p>Get in touch with Curmudgeon. Or search for some threads started by her.</p>
<p>Curmudgeon is a HE.</p>
<p>Wow, thanks everyone. I am about to look at the other forums you suggest. I actually do not need financial aid though and I am interested in majoring on psychology. So…I’ll take a look :)</p>
<p>Oh, and I heard about the school through Loren Pope’s site.</p>