<p>Obviously my family thinks very highly of Rhodes. The campus is beautiful. The profs have been engaging when we have been on our "stealth visits". My D felt that there was variety enough in the food choices (actually she knows she'll be sneaking away to get ribs and tamales at our favorite spot on Beale).</p>
<p>1600 kids. 2 Goldwater's this year. A Rhodes last year. Excellent post grad office. Research and internship opportunities at St. Jude's , UT Med School, and Children's Hospital. An inclusive Greek system that by and large defies the stereotype (with some glaring exceptions). 93% acceptance rate to med school recently, twice the national average usually . Excellent Physics department that churns out future Phds at record pace. </p>
<p>We have visited 4 times together and she has been once on her own. Even prior to her scholarship being raised, Rhodes had moved past several excellent choices on the basis of her weekend there last month . Even though it was more expensive she had already decided that she preferred it to Hendrix, Millsaps, Hanover, Texas Tech Honors, and even Case. The scholarship took out everybody else (including the schools mentioned by mini). </p>
<p>She felt strongly that there existed on campus a critical mass of students with energy and intellect to do great things. As many as Yale? No, and maybe not even as many as Scripps but still enough to push each other, demand from each other, challenge each other to reach higher longer farther. She felt the physical plant and modalities were in place to let them do those great things. (That new library is outrageous.)</p>
<p>That's what she was looking for and the choice was made.</p>