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<p>And the rejects could have filled Deep Springs! </p>
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<p>Who do they want now? I can be flexible in my matrimonial planning…</p>
<p>Also, I live near Olympia. :)</p>
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<p>That reminds me of my visit to Cornell, where I saw the saddest game of informally ultimate frisbee in my life. Hotelies versus engineers. Oh dear, so many bruised noses…</p>
<p>I have a huge soft spot for D’s college, Elon. Such a beautiful campus, so welcoming and well-run. I wish I could work there.</p>
<p>I also really like a college near us, Stonehill. Pretty campus, and I’ve known 5 students who’ve gone there and they’re about the 5 nicest kids I’ve ever met. (All from our church or D’s HS friends). Toured there with S and liked everything they said. They offered S a nice merit package, but he felt it was too close to home, he wanted a change of scene/pace. </p>
<p>I really don’t like my alma mater’s arch rival, Lehigh. The first time I saw the campus was when I was touring colleges. Took one look and didn’t want to get out of the car, and have disliked it ever since. Can’t give you a valid reason why, it’s a strong academic school. But I just don’t like it. (Clearly I was meant to go to Lafayette).</p>
<p>(Cosmicfish, H can’t stand Ohio State either. He says it’s totally unfair of him, as he’s never been there and doesn’t know any alum. He just thinks its too big.)</p>
<p>I have always had a soft spot for St. Johns Annapolis. If I could go back 30 years, I would love to be there. S1 was interested, but didn’t end up applying. He would have fit in perfectly, and so much closer to home-oh well. S2 has no interest so far.</p>
<p>No hate for any school, but got incredibly annoyed with Cornell College. The mail and phone calls really seemed to stress Cornell, but not the college in Iowa part.</p>
<p>Lived in Ithaca and was annoyed at Cornell’s dominance. Now that D1 attended, I realize it is a great place with many, many opportunities. Love it.</p>
<p>Three generations at Bucknell. Beautiful campus and many great opportunities if you take advantage, as with any school.</p>
<p>Think a particular SUNY schools is not a great choice right now. Very poor administration leading to poor academic standards.</p>
<p>MOWC – katwkittens – please tell me why you both like Sewanee. It’s on S’14’s list of schools to visit this summer. Interested in hearing your points of view.</p>
<p>I don’t loathe any school, but I am no fan of Emory. Poor advising, minimal financial aid, no guaranteed housing. Yet my daughter says she’s happy there so not too much I can do about it.</p>
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<p>Weird. When I got in to Emory’s MPH program, a lot of people on another forum site raved about the welcoming response they got from Emory and how personable they were. I <em>never</em> experienced anything of the sort. There was a problem with my SSN and it took me almost a week to get it resolved. Every other school I contacted got it within one day. When I contacted faculty with questions, I was given very short and almost brushed-off questions. I thought this was the norm until I started talking to profs at other colleges who were more than happy to help. Emory was my top choice program up until I tried to actually interact with anyone.</p>
<p>Oh yes, and for such a highly ranked program, they gave me the worst FA package by far of any of my programs. Those ranked above and below them gave me money, but not them.</p>
<p>Classof2015- Sewanee is very special because of it’s mountain top setting, gorgeous woods and trails and stone buildings. It’s gorgeous and peaceful. It could get to feeling small very fast, though. Lots of outdoor activities like rock climbing and hiking- also lots of drinking. I’ve spent some time up there for retreats and just to hang out. Both of my kids love it there, but weren’t about to spend 4 years there!</p>
<p>Well i could never admit this to my extended family, but i dislike Notre Dame…and i went to school out there, (to St Mary’s). Don’t know why i have this antipathy, since many of my friends from there still love it, and have sent their children there.</p>
<p>morrismm - a particular SUNY school or SUNYs in general? Just curious because we’re looking at 5 of them with my daughter and I would love to know which to avoid :)</p>
<p>My son has had such fantastic opportunities at Bucknell, even though he has only been there one year. Every time I visit I fall more in love with the school.</p>
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<p>Actually, during most of my time at Stuy, Asian-Americans were barely over the 50% mark…with around half that being Chinese-Americans like yours truly. It did skyrocket after I graduated. </p>
<p>Very different from now when I hear it’s ~60-70% Asian-Americans.</p>
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<p>One benefit of a 4-year college education on top of a Stuy education for most of us is learning/refining social skills outside of the exceedingly competitive hardcore academic nerd campus culture and more importantly…restoring a sense of academic/personal confidence which tends to take a bit of a beating in that HS academic/cultural climate. </p>
<p>Moreover, employers may be wary considering there is a hacking subculture among some of the hardcore CS/engineering nerds and the film “Hackers” was filmed on the campus. Some of my classmates were extras. :)</p>
<p>The only people who like Duke are Duke Alumni and their parents.</p>
<p>Love UMd-CP and UNC-CH, where my kids went/go. </p>
<p>Hate Duke. See above.</p>
<p>Love the Naval Academy and St. Mary’s College of Maryland because of the waterfront location.</p>
<p>Good. Duke got 32,000 applications this year. I can only imagine how much harder it would be to get in if everyone didn’t hate it.</p>
<p>My list of don’t likes are just because of the alumni I know irl and the posters here: Duke, Alabama, Notre Dame… Alabama may be tops on my list because of the rabid roll tide brainwashing on this forum. In fact, say the name of the school, and actually the other big Alabama school and you’re likely to get alumni pm’ing you to cheer-lead the school - are these people on their payroll for heavens sake?</p>
<p>I love UNC Chapel Hill so much. I’ve been to the school so many times. It’s so beautiful and I only have good memories of the school. UNC can do no wrong in my eyes. It’s the perfect school to me and better than any Ivies. It’s my dream school.
The only school I kind of wrinkle my face up and go “ew” in my mind when someone says they’re attending is NC State. I just can’t help it. I know it’s a great agricultural, engineering, and science school. But to me I just see the ugly brick monotone campus. I think of how all the hicks I’ve ever known are nc state fans. I think of how scattered the campus is throughout raleigh. I think of farming (<em>cringe</em>). I think of how unintelligent their basketball players are that represent the school compared to duke and unc players. I just only associate negative things with NC State. Can’t stand the place one bit. Definitely won’t be applying.</p>
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Lolololol. I totally agree with you. The only people that like duke are current students/ alumni and their parents. Even people that don’t live in North Carolina know about duke and hate it. I wouldn’t go there even if I got a full ride.</p>
<p>MOWC – thanks for the insight on Sewanee! Definitely worth a visit.</p>
<p>It’s interesting to hear I’m not alone with my take on Emory. I think for every school has positives and negatives, but with Emory, the public face of the institution is at odds with the individual experience. I guess you could say the same of shopping at Bloomingdale’s…</p>
<p>Having been a student at Oxford, and one, who for extra curricular reasons, worked closely with those that started at the “Main” campus, my experiences seemed to be somewhat common, although more prevalent among students who wished to major in things other than the traditional pre-law/ pre-med/ business majors. I do think of Emory as a school without an identity, one that struggles with what it wants to become, and consequently, creates a somewhat underwhelming experience for students. It also might have to do with the extreme administrator bloat which I encountered when I tried to have Pres. Wagner conduct a forum for Oxford students to ask questions about the state of the university, the Oxford-Emory relationship, etc and had to go through six different administrative channels before I could finally arrange it. However, I know people that absolutely love it, that credit it with finally challenging them across every venue, so certainly my experiences shouldn’t be generalized to all students.</p>
<p>Obviously I have a huge soft spot for what will be my alma mater (Wake Forest). The campus is beautiful and the education is like nothing else. </p>
<p>I am not a fan of Dook, because, come on, Dook. I’m also not a fan of UNC because I had a terrible accepted students day experience. Also not a fan of OSU because I find the fact that they call themselves “THE Ohio State University” just a little too pretentious for my liking.</p>