Tulane, Richmond, or Furman

Dixiepup
Thu, 22 Dec 2016 16:09:54 +0000

Hello dragonmom3. My son is a senior at Furman – absolutely loves the place. He had lots of good choices (was Nat’l Merit Scholar, very strong HS academics and test scores) and always thought he would want to go to a bigger school. However, Furman really won him over in the end, much to his own surprise. He has found it a place where it is easy to study more than one thing (he is a double major in two very different areas of study), and the size makes it easy to get involved in loads of extracurricular things that he just likes to do. He also really enjoys life in Greenville. We have a senior in HS daughter like you, and (from your description of your daughter) our girls sound similar. Based on her brother’s experience (and her own while visiting there) Furman is definitely one of her top 2 schools. For what it’s worth, she also visited Richmond (we live in Virginia), and she thought it was attractive but was not drawn to it in any way. I’m sure that could be a good school for others, but she was not “feeling it” there. I have no insight into Tulane. Good luck to you and your daughter!