<p>Any opinions? HC has a fiercely loyal alumni network that gives it an edge in the college-competitive New England/Mid-Atlantic area...how does CC do there? Once again, im interested in what New Englanders think about this school.</p>
<p>Conn Coll is a little harder to get into, and a little less preppy and conservative. HC probably has better school spirit due to D1 sports. WHat are you interested in studying?</p>
<p>im interested in social sciences, mostly in political science, history, economics...generally international relations but these schools dont offer this program (thats why im applying to bucknell).</p>
<p>International Relations is one of the strongest departments at Conn, plus they have fantastic study abroad programs and fully funded international internships.</p>
<p>Connecticut College is considered liberal and isn't very well known, even in the northeast. In general, I don't believe it is very popular with corporate recruiters, and it may be a little bit artsy and not pre-professional.</p>
<p>Agree, HC is more well known with very good alumni network.</p>
<p>funny you say that, dukeclassof09, because i just got an alumni magazine from conn, and i was impressed with how many recent grads are currently in phd programs, law school, and med school. also, of course its not pre-professional, most LACS arent.</p>
<p>huskem55,</p>
<p>I believe your selectivity perception re: HC v. Conn College is no longer valid after this year and needs to be taken with a grain of salt. </p>
<p>First, ConnCollege has for many years not required the SATs, thus the average score when compared to Holy Cross' has been inflated for obvious reasons. Further, with HC now in Conn College's SAT optional camp, this perceived gap should shrink rather quickly.</p>
<p>Second, HC's applicant pool grew over 35% this year alone. As a result, Holy Cross will accept only 30-32% of this year's applicants. HC expects the applicant pool to continue to grow year over year so the percent admitted should continue to further decline.</p>
<p>Finally, as to selectivity, Holy Cross has consistently ranked equal to or higher than Conn College in USNWR's student selectivity rankings.</p>
<p>I am not snubbing Conn, just want to clarify what I think might be misplaced perceptions for a prospective student.</p>
<p>Specific to HC: The alumni community is fiercely loyal, offers terrific intern opportunities (one fantastic program is sponsored by the New York Alumni Club and garners rave reviews), and for LAC places extremely well into law school, med school, and b-school programs. I would suggest you visit the HC website to see some alumni of note, which bears this point out.</p>
<p>Best of luck in your decision-making process....both are great schools.</p>
<p>this is the last comment i'll make in this thread:</p>
<p>-conn is ranked 25th in LAC selectivity, its USNews ranking is lower than that though because its 100th in faculty salary.</p>
<p>-although conn may not be known to the average person, its well known to the people who matter. Exhibit A: I just came back from a grad school interview day from a program that received over 600 applications for 6 slots. They interviewed the top 30 candidates. In talking to the other applicants who were there, the following schools were represented: Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, Duke, Cornell, Chicago, Rice, and....Connecticut College. Every professor that I interviewed with talked fondly about Conn and asked me about certain professors that teach there. So believe it or not, Conn IS well known among academics (and I wasnt even at the top of my class there). </p>
<p>Anyways, to the OP, the only way to get a sense of the different schools is to actually visit them. Good luck, you cant go wrong with either!!!</p>
<p>Holy Cross is ranked 15th among all LAC's in 2005 fund-raising -with over $28 million contributed to HC. This places Holy Cross in the same leagus as Amherst, Williams, Wellesley,and Bowdoin as far as fund-raising. Colgate generated over $40 million.</p>
<p>Can't go wrong with either, they're both good schools. If you're looking for name recognition (in the general public, not academia) go with Holy Cross--people, at least in Massachusetts, seem to constantly confuse it with UConn (which isn't bad either...just not the college you'd be going to).</p>
<p>just to clarify, people might confuse Conn College with UConn....not Holy Cross with UConn.</p>
<p>Good Luck.</p>
<p>"just to clarify, people might confuse Conn College with UConn....not Holy Cross with UConn."</p>
<p>Haha, good call.</p>