Thoughts on Manhattanville?

DMelanogaster
Sun, 23 May 2010 17:55:01 +0000

We’re starting to look at colleges just now (my son is a junior) and it’s amazing me how some of these schools have completely changed since “my day” (1971 graduate, gulp).

Manhattanville was a super-preppy all-girls’ school. (So was Marymount).

I’m wondering, though, about the evaluation of “great” academics at Manhattanville. Really?

My son is dx’d with ADHD and goes to a special private high school. But he does very well there and his SATs, which he just got back, are quite good (Math 660, Reading 690, Writing 720).

We’re going to look at Manhattanville because of the support that’s available, but we also need a school with kids who are really interested in learning, exploring ideas, etc. Other possibilities seem to be Goucher, maybe Brandeis (although that might be too demanding), SUNY Purchase (although that’s probably too big). Maybe Sarah Lawrence, though there might be problems there (of various sorts).

It worries me if a school becomes deserted on the weekends. though. It’s nice to have a campus life.

I hope there will be more posts about Manhattanville.