<p>how far is the college from downtown new london? a walk? do you need a car to get there?</p>
<p>about how safe is teh campus and the town?</p>
<p>how far to the nearest airport that wd go to chicago?</p>
<p>did I read coll board right that the m/f ratio is 38/62? was CC at one time an all girls college?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>The campus is beautiful and safe and off a two lane divided road … and there really isn’t anything directly off campus. Downtown is about a mile away and the school runs shuttles to downtown … which is a very nice town on the water which is nice … I guess it would be walkable but it wouldn’t be a very interesting walk.</p>
<p>thank youu</p>
<p>The campus is quite beautiful … it is set off the divided road a bit so you don’t even see the road from the campus … and the school also own the land on the other ride of the road (the athletic facilities are here) and this section borders the river and overlooks the Coast Guard Academy (which is literally right across the river … it is a great campus just a bit of an awkward location to the town</p>
<p>Connecticut College was founded in reaction to the 1909 decision of Wesleyan University to stop admitting female students, which it had done since its establishment (or shortly thereafter). CC was still a women’s college, I believe, when I was in college in the 1970s; can’t recall when it went coed but someone on this forum will.</p>
<p>Great school. Still something of a secret outside of the Boston, NYC metro areas.</p>
<p>about how safe is teh campus and the town?</p>
<p>the town is safe and students frequent the bars, cafes, and restaurants. New London is a strange town in its range of personality, broken down by sections:
Conn College is in north New London which is mostly the college and Coast Guard Academy, and is very woodsy and quiet.<br>
Downtown New London is fairly vibrant with many shops and housing.<br>
Just north of downtown is an area around Williams Street with nice old homes where a few Conn College students or graduates choose to live every year.<br>
*Just south of downtown is a sketchier area. When there is crime in New London, it tends to be exclusively in this neighborhood amongst people who know each other.<br>
Just south of that neighborhood is an upscale suburban area referred to as South of Hospital. It features large expensive homes, Mitchell College, and Ocean Beach.<br>
It is an odd hodgepodge, but between the ample stores, and nice beaches, New Lo isn’t a bad place to attend college.</p>
<p>how far to the nearest airport that wd go to chicago?
I would imagine that Hartford/Bradley would have flights to Chicago. That’s about an hour away.</p>
<p>did I read coll board right that the m/f ratio is 38/62? was CC at one time an all girls college?</p>
<p>It is more like 40/60 but is often more like 42/58 for what those percentage points are worth. It used to be a women’s college but went coed in 1969, the same year Yale, Wesleyan, and Trinity (all formally men’s schools) also went coed. Honestly, had I not been told it was a former women’s college, I wouldn’t know based on the culture of the school. Although the fact that almost all of the buildings are named after women is a tip-off.</p>
<p>i have heard that the payscale of many conncoll graduates is very low, so much so that the graduates go to another bigger universities for another degree…im actually an ed applicant for the class of 2015 but my parents feel that conncoll shouldnt be even on my list ! as im an international, i cant even visit to talk to the guys over there…all i have heard from my seniors is that conncoll n LACs in general r only gud if u intend on going to a better grad school …can anyone explain abt this-both the money thing n the grad school bit? im scared like hell…help plz!</p>
<p>bradley (hartford) airport is a bit over an hour away, providence airport is about 45 minutes away.</p>
<p>dont be afraid of grad school acceptances- conn alumni do just fine in terms of grad schools, i have friends who are at/have graduated from programs at Wharton, Harvard, Yale, Michigan, Columbia, Northwestern, Chicago, Georgetown, NYU, Cornell, and UNC just to name a few off the top of my head</p>
<p>I came in here to ask about Conn. College, but first I want to reply to the poster who might be applying to Conn against his/her parents’ advice. </p>
<p>It is impossible to talk about a “payscale” after college. What profession are you going to go into? (you don’t have to know yet; which is the point)</p>
<p>A bachelor’s degree from a large school does not lead to a higher salary than a bachelor’s degree from a small LAC. Which liberal arts college? Which large college? Do you really think that a graduate of e.g. Williams College (a small LAC with a stunning reputation) is in a worse position than a graduate of a huge state school with a mediocre reputation? (not naming names!)</p>
<p>What your parents are saying doesn’t seem to be based upon anything real, sorry to say. (but better for you!) Connecticut College is one of many, many excellent colleges that will lead you to a good career path.</p>
<p>Now, about “having” to follow up your bachelor’s degree from a small LAC with graduate school in order to be employed: whether or not you have to go to graduate school after college depends entirely upon what field you want to go into. If you want to go into a field that requires a graduate degree, then you have to go to graduate school (!), no matter how large or well-known* the school you got your bachelor’s degree from.</p>
<p>(* I have a funny feeling that when your parents are talking about small vs. large they’re really talking about “schools that nobody’s heard of” vs. “famous schools.” Could I be right?)</p>
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<p>And now, my own question about Connecticut College! My son is considering it. It has a lot of the qualities he’s looking for: Small LAC (which I agree with!); good students; nice area just a few hours from our home; pretty good possibility of his getting in. So, fine, BUT: when I mention Conn to some of my friends whose kids have recently graduated from various colleges, they say, “Too Preppy.”</p>
<p>So – how “Preppy” is Conn? (to give you an idea here, my son will also be applying to Hampshire, NYU, and Goucher. Maybe Skidmore (a partial list)). He currently is studying in depth the oeuvres of Kurt Cobain and Trent Reznor (not for school, for personal edification). He is not into sports (he might kick a soccer ball occasionally but could not tell you much about how football is played). He has probably never heard of either Abercrombie or Fitch. He is urban, not suburban, but resonates quite well with all humans. So would you say that Conn. is significantly “preppier” than the schools I mention above and therefore a poor fit for a Nine Inch Nails fan from the inner city? Thank you.</p>
<p>Hampshire is the kicker on your list because it significantly more “artsy” than the other schools you mentioned. I think of Hampshire in comparison to Sarah Lawrence, Bennington, Eugene Lang, and Bard, all of which are truly the most liberal LAC’s. </p>
<p>Conn is culturally comparable to Goucher, Skidmore, and Wesleyan in that it supports a strong arts and alternative community, but the culture of the school also embraces athletics and also carries a sizable preppy contingency. They promote well-roundedness in arts, athletics, etc. and the respective student bodies at these places are not easily pigeon-holed as preppy or artsy. </p>
<p>If your son can tolerate proximity to a population of preppy people than Conn and Skidmore are colleges he should consider–at the colleges he will find a strong community of like-minded, alternative, individuals. If he tours the school make sure to check-out the MOBROC Barn and Coffee Grounds to meet some students who can give him more of an inside scoop into his scene of interest. </p>
<p>Personally, I have very alternative tastes, play in a few bands, and am a classic film buff, but I didn’t want to be in an environment where students were competing with each other to be more different. I’m glad I share a campus with a sizable group of preps. They often carry different outlooks than me and many of my friends and it is refreshing, not threatening.</p>
<p>Thank you, CamelMan21, for such a thoughtful post. We’re definitely going to visit Conn. very soon.</p>