<p>jags 861:</p>
<p>It does happen. According to this link, about .7% of those who turned down UVA admissions decided to go to JMU. Scroll down about halfway.</p>
<p>Wabash:</p>
<p>Why did I leave? I got a tenure-track job offer at a much-better-paying university!!!</p>
<p>Tarhunt:</p>
<p>I don't understand what's a "tenure-track job" ?</p>
<p>Wabash:</p>
<p>Colleges have different sorts of jobs available. One is "instructor," which generally doesn't pay well and is usually taken by someone who has little or no shot at tenure. A tenure-track job is one where, if you kiss the right body parts of certain people long enough and well enough, work 20 hours a day to carry a ridiculous course load while also researching your buns off and trying mightily to get published in the most prestigious forums, you might get tenured and not have to worry overmuch about losing your job in the future.</p>
<p>Eventually, it's even possible to work your way out of abject poverty IF you have a tenured position ;-).</p>
<p>So, once your "tenured" you no longer teach you just write pappers?</p>
<p>No, they teach, but they don't teach very well. It's sort of like how guys don't stay in shape once they get married.</p>
<p>It's sort of like how guys don't stay in shape once they get married.
Or if you cook like me ( I like to- but not everyday) ;) , your husband wears the same size jeans he did in high school.
( and he really likes to rub it in, by pointedly weighing himself in the morning, even though he hasn't gone up or down by more than a few lbs, for years)</p>
<p>I think tenure profs are still very good, but unfortunately budget constraints limit number of tenured positions, and many good prfs from overseas for instance, can't get a work visa extended unless they are on a tenure track</p>
<p>Lets not go off topic about this.</p>
<p>Thankfully the minority of odious bigots at HSC is a minority which will soon,hopefully,be gone.not only at HSC,but everywhere else.The real character of HSC is personified by a recent black graduate who was president of the student body,an All American basketball player,a dean's list graduate in physics,elected to ODK,and who now admirably serves as a trustee of the college.His brother was an equally class act as a quarterback at Virginia Tech.
Any guy with class and integrity,regardless of color,would fit right in at HSC and quickly be a brother.</p>
<p>Earlham College -- another very good LAC college that most people haven't heard of.</p>
<p>I really like this thread!</p>
<p>I'm not sure how well-known these are, but I think these colleges are extremely unique and I was amazed when i heard about them-</p>
<p>St. John's College (annapolis/Santa Fe)- like 500 students, AMAZING LAC that has no majors, departments, etc. Students follow a curriculum reading original sources- the "Great Books"- I think you can learn a great deal here, rather than rote facts, you own the information as your own and learn to think. Sounds so cool!</p>
<p>Marlboro College- anothe small LAC in VT, I don't know everything about it, but it is one of 4 to receive PRinceton Review's highest Academic Index (99), and coming in you develop your own individualized course of study. </p>
<p>I know these are almost complete opposites, but both fascinate me.</p>
<p>of course there is always Deep Springs College</p>
<p>located in sceneic DEATH VALLEY CA!!</p>
<p>I'm a big fan of Deep Springs. I like the philosophy of the school, but let's get real. It's almost impossible to get into. I believe they take 13 males per year out of 200+ applicants. The average SAT score, last time I looked, was about as high as Caltech's. </p>
<p>I think it's a great place to go to school for certain kids, but it's a pipe dream for most.</p>
<p>Two intellectual campuses in Ohio:
-Antioch
-Ohio Wesleyan</p>
<p>University of Cincinnati for Music is one of the top conservatories in the US. Their program in Design, Art, Architecture and Planning (DAAP) is top rated even among more notable schools such as RICE and CMU etc. They also have strong programs in criminology,pharmacy and engineering. Cincinnati also provides a very hands on program with one of the strongest coop programs in the country. In fact, they founded the coop concept of education.</p>
<p>RIT, also has some strong hands on programs especially in engineering and design. Strong coop program</p>
<p>Tarhut:</p>
<p>That may be true, but EVERY GUY how gets in, recieves a FULL RIDE!</p>
<p>Ohio Wesleyan intellectual?</p>
<p>Wabash:</p>
<p>As I said, a great school. Free just makes it better. If you can get in. Which is a big if.</p>
<p>dke, sure, have you visited the school lately or are you familiar with the student body in recent years?</p>
<p>stud05, no I haven't known any recent students. Has it changed alot? It was a party place with middling academics.</p>