My daughter just got her ED2 admission to DavidsonCollege. Is there anyone else out there in the same boat? Since we are on the west coast, I just wanted to start collecting information on how to best manage the move in process, etc…
Congrats to your D! I think she’s going to love it!!
I am parent of a sophomore at Davidson. What questions do you have? I’m happy to help.
Hi there! My son was accepted to Davidson and is deciding between Davidson and another school. A concern he has is the small size. He currently attends a high school with over 3000 students. He loves Davidson, and is thrilled to have been accepted. Any insight as to whether your student has had any issues with the size?
Congrats to your son!
It’s not been an issue at all for my D so far. She went to a fairly small (but not tiny) HS so Davidson was still a jump.
I think a lot depends on personality. My D goes to campus parties to an extent, but she’s also very happy to mostly hang with her close circle of friends. But she has larger sets of friends from her eating house and also as she’s taken more classes in her major she’s gotten closer to many students through labs and study groups.
Finally, she’s met a lot of students through a couple of campus activities that she’s very involved in.
All in all she has a number of different social circles. They overlap some but are also somewhat distinct, if that makes sense.
My D was also accepted at some much large colleges and they were serious contenders. In the end, she felt the advantages of small classes and close connections with faculty and students weighed in the direction of a small school.
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