Funny, for our HS Duke is where smart, white party girls with helicopter parents go. (My youngest is a junior and I can tell you exactly which two girls in his class probably have it firmly in their sights.) Our half Asian high school has only sent white girls to Duke in the last five years…no Asians no boys.
Another pink college: Vassar, my alma mater, originally had the colors Rose and Silver-Gray. We were told that the reason for those colors was that they represented to Matthew Vassar, the founder “the rose light of the dawn of women’s education breaking through the grey of former years.” Once men were admitted, an alternative to the rose/pink color was developed: burgundy or maroon. (Some say it was because men didn’t want to wear pink; the dean at the time said it was because they wanted to make a change to sports uniforms which were more readily available and more cost-effective in maroon/burgundy than pink). I wish I still had my gray Vassar sweatshirt with pink lettering - it’s been lost somewhere many years ago.
“Our half Asian high school has only sent white girls to Duke in the last five years…no Asians no boys.”
Guess the kids at that HS never heard of Ken Joeng.
Duke reports 25% Asian for their most recent class fyi. And majority/minority.
Perhaps those grinding away don’t have a job waiting at mom’s firm or with dad’s golf buddy – no matter how much time and money they waste for four years. Starting on third base can certainly make you appear intellectual.
“Or how about the lamest collegiate songs…”
Georgia and Auburn both use “Battle Hymn of the Republic” as a football song. So two schools in the same conference use the same song that was the anthem of a army that conquered (and decimated) both states. Lame.
@wis75 Agreed. In my town the different cultures have their own organizations and list servs. (Yes we still use those.) Majority of people from China, India, and Korea…though many other countries are represented in town. We moved from a town in Pennsylvania that was almost 100% caucasian. The diversity here has been really good for my kids. As they have looked at colleges, they are clearly leaning toward more college with more diversity. It is simply what they are used to and like.
Something not often mentioned, both in college and in various city cultures is the dominant flavor of religion, even among Christian branches. Bible Belt mores sure are different than some other places. Wisconsin’s ethnic groups historically have been different than in some other parts of the country. Duke- it’s in the SOUTH culturally…
Just for the record, I hate Duke generally and Grayson Allen in particular.
Also, I am a smart, white (long in the tooth) girl who likes a good party. I was not offended by that comment.
And while I’m at it, I ran across a thread today asking about “bro culture” at Duke. What the heck does that mean? Believe me when I tell you my beautiful, smart, white, funny, sweet, serious athlete son totally got the message from Duke that he was NOKD. Apparently a certain type of boy is the devil (but not a blue devil.)
Can someone please direct me to the no pearl clutching allowed thread?
“The Good Old Song by UVa - who sings a re-worded Auld Lang Syne at a football game?”
Everyone
“The Good Old Song by UVa - who sings a re-worded Auld Lang Syne at a football game?”
Everyone"
The lame non-fight song goes nicely with the weak sauce Cavalier mascot.
Battle Hymn isn’t a great fight song for a southern school. Dixie (which Ole Miss used to use) makes a lot more sense. But Dixie has issues…
I learn so much on CC, I had to look up NOKD. For those of you who are equally ignorant, it means “NOT OUR KIND, DEAR”. I’m so happy, I can use it everywhere, thanks!
“I was champion on the boxing team at Vassar!”–Thurston Howell III
(Note: Quote was made in 1965, four years before the school went co-ed. Howell III also said repeatedly he graduated from Harvard and showed a disdain for everyone from Yale. Apparently, he was a transfer student.)
Catching up on my hate.
@Hanna:
Vixens? That’s reason enough to hate right there.
@BennyBop I wonder if he boxed with Jane Hathaway at Vassar?
One of the reasons “Fight On!”, both the term and song, are repeated over and over is precisely because they annoy rival schools.
@cleoforshort For UofSC, when we toured the Capstone dorm last week the young woman from the Capstone program that showed us the dorm was “like, yeah…um, doo-dee-doo-dee-doo…so yeah, awesome”. This after she had walked past the line of 40+ parents and students waiting at the elevator for the next person to escort a group up to the student rooms and asked the person at the front desk if there were any more people coming for tours of the dorm. We had to force D out of the elevator when we got to the dorm room floors since she had decided “heck no” the minute the elevator doors opened and she got a look at the hallway. Then there’s the questionable team name and accompanying chant…“Game”…"*****" (couldn’t post without deleting the text referring to a rooster).
Funny thing is that overall UofSC moved up on her list thanks to the really great involvement of students and faculty during our Big Friday College of Engineering tour and walk through of the very nice Green Hall apartment-style dorms.
Good bbq is in Memphis. KC BBQ just sucks…
@memmom2018 I was forced to go vegan due to what is more than likely genetically induced high cholesterol. If one more person talks about BBQ, University of Chicago, or how lovely the Carolina campuses are, I’m going to curse you with having to eat whole foods vegan pizza for the rest of your life Take it from me, you don’t want to go there. Now let’s get back to the theme of this threadbare thread. Winners will get my vegan recipe for yellow peeps and whole wheat matzoh s’mores, and a months supply of laxative.
I have to say that this is the best thread on CC. So fun to read!
I’m going to do more sharing about schools that didn’t make D’s cut but will say, the student guide and tour can really make or break the visit.
Already mentioned that our least favorite was definitely ND, more so because of general fit for D, but also because it seemed like the exteriors were gorgeous but interiors were tired and uncared for. Gave the impression that it was all for show. No one seemed to be interested in talking about career readiness (d is going to be studying engineering). We also hated the food.
Northwestern got the award for snottiest student presenter. Lost count of how many eye rolls my D gave me during the presentation. Had the NOKD vibe the whole way through his speech. The kids who did our actual tour were way more down to earth but talked a lot about the crime. The one guide told us about his laptop being stollen the week before finals. He told the story to highlight how supportive his classmates were in lending notes but all D heard was laptop stollen from right next to him.
OSU - The admissions person’s presentation was about how everyone could go to OSU regardless of grades (basically starting at a satellite school) and touted the transfer rate to main campus. A turn off for my high achiever. While on the tour, our student guide said it was really difficult to get undergrad research opportunities (in contrast for what the staff had shared), and when asked why he choose OSU, the answer was he waited until the last minute to apply and it was his only option. The pan handlers and drug users hanging out at the student union didn’t help either.
We also didn’t have the best experience at Cornell. (Pains me to say that as it is our alma matter). Big disconnect from what staff shared and the student experience, especially related to collaborative learning. In the end, she didn’t even apply because she wanted a program that dove right into engineering classes and where her AP credits would take care of some general ed requirements.
This thread definitely highlights the importance of a feet on the ground visit, regardless of school reputation!
Cornell had what appeared to be the most stressed and sad looking students and the campus seemed so spread out it’d be hard to make it between classes on time. Would be a better place for grad school, IMHO.