<p>At Parents Weekend at Stanford, I met someone whose son was an English major, CS minor. She said he hoped to do technical writing.</p>
<p>Doddsdad, Interesting that two of the most well known (and very different) schools are the ones that are going to be dropped.</p>
<p>Great job. I am sure in the end your son will make a great choice.</p>
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. Doddsdad, I went back and reviewed some of the earlier posts in preparation for my "quiz" later this evening. That is a fine piece of writing.I should have commented at the time.</p>
<p>Also , on less of a suck-up note, LOL, I figured out your reference to KYTNOHIN from post one in this thread. Finally. How embarrassing. I guess the NSC won't be calling me with any "code breaking " questions, huh? Jeez. Maybe this is why darling D wants me to pretend I'm unable to speak English when we're in public together. Or maybe its the shoes.</p>
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<p>"How bizare, curious & strange it is!"</p>
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<p>SBMom,
I knew someone could translate that quote. Thanks!</p>
<p>doddsdad: those are excellent reviews. We also visited Kenyon and Denison and I'm a little familiar with Hanover since I know several kids who go there (a jr. and a freshman - both really like it by the way). When I look at the schools he's left with I see a great list of safeties, matches and reaches - some offering very good merit $$ and all schools he likes. I think you've done a great job!</p>
<p>C-mudge,
Thanks for the compliment. I still like your doodling idea. We could all send our kids to Centre, push them to the top of USN&WR, and have a CC day at Keeneland in conjuction with College Day during the spring meet. There are worse ways to spend a day. </p>
<p>Dstark,
I thought the schools he rejected were interesting too. Vandy and Oberlin were probably the most conservative and liberal schools respectively, so maybe he's looking for moderate? For our list, they are also arguably the most challenging academically, so that might work for moderation too. Now we have to decide if we have the money, desire and need to visit any other colleges this summer.</p>
<p>Fredo,
Do you think the Hanover students you know would post their impressions on CC? There is a Hanover board, but I don't think it has any posts. I'd like to know about the academic rigor, especially whether the students are engaged, have high expectations and challenge themselves and the faculty. I know the Hanover faculty is accessible and supportive of the students, and I'll bet both faculty and students are capable of meeting a high standard. But if the "average" Hanover student has modest expectations of themselves and their professors, who knows? </p>
<p>When I read this over again, I think these concerns could apply to most schools, even the "elite."</p>
<p>My only regret is that I have only one more child to send off to college, and there seem to be so many wonderful schools out there! Doddsdad has made me want to send her to all of them. They should be paying you commission!</p>
<p>doddsdad: I am spending the weekend with a mom of the jr girl and I'll get her feedback on your questions. This girl is bright (I think her high school stats were ~3.5/1400+ and I consider that bright, not average, as some on this board would say!). I think she's been pushed academically at Hanover - no coasting there is my impression. The freshman boy I know has some mild LD issues and he has struggled a little but I think that's a reflection on his focus first semester on social activities i.e. the fun of being at college, more than the academic rigor.</p>
<p>I will try and get you some more concrete info and get back to you later in the weekend.</p>
<p>Thanks Fredo,
I don't know about everyone else, but I know C-mudge and I would like to know. I think 1400+ and 3.5 are bright anywhere!</p>
<p>doddsdad
Thank you so mcuh for being tour guide for us all!
My d liked Grinnell best. Her heart was already taken before we arrived at Kenyon!</p>
<p>If anyone has read this far...</p>
<p>First: Consider the possibility that you are addicted to CC. Fortunately, I don't know of any effective cure. </p>
<p>Second: I clearly need an editor to catch mistakes and chant "brevity, brevity..." </p>
<p>Third: I'm glad that the reviews were helpful. I owe a debt to the people who make up this online community.</p>
<p>Fourth: The review of our last visit is posted on the Parent Cafe.</p>
<p>I think it would be better this way...:p</p>
<h2>Hogwarts review</h2>
<p>If anyone has read this far...</p>
<p>First: The moderators should have made this one, a featured thread, long time ago...</p>
<p>Second: If doddsdad had stressed on 'brevity', we all wouldn't have had this wealth of knowledge about the colleges.</p>
<p>Third: It is actually the otherway round. We all, who make a community here at CC, owe a debt to doddsdad for his amazing reviews.</p>
<p>Just my three cents :)</p>
<p>Doddsdad:</p>
<p>I just realized there is a featured thread "Which college is most like Hogwarts Academy" Maybe you could cross-post there, too? :) :)</p>
<p>Marite,
If a crossthread is what I think it is, Ivyqueen has already made one from the "other" Hogwarts thread. Thank you for the Hogwarts inspiration (I think.) Before this college search and CC entered my life, I never thought that I might have Obsessive Compulsive characteristics, especially a writing compulsion. </p>
<p>Blip,
Thank you! That was very nice of you to say! I think I may want to adopt you to be my Nepalese Cyber-Son! Maybe I'll have two children at Kenyon next year!...wait a minute...$80,000 a year! Er..ah..Blip..I like you but I'm sure your parents are wonderful and cyber-son doesn't actually imply paternity and I've never actually been to Nepal, although I'd like to visit....</p>
<p>I know that Cur might have addressed this but I'm having a senior moment. What was the greek scene like at Hanover?</p>
<p>Good question Carolyn. I should have said something about it in the Hanover review. The greek scene seems to be fairly big. I'm reasonably sure it was about 50% of men and women who are greek. The AC kinda blazed through that question, saying something like, "It's about 50/50 so it doesn't matter whether you join or not. Most students just treat it as one more thing to do." It was interesting, but the tour guide used almost the same words when she mentioned it, something like, "Most students just think of it as one more thing to join." The houses are big and owned by the college. The student newspaper said something about housing being tight, and the college had the option of using the rooms in the chapter houses if the occupancy was below a set percentage. Apparently that was true for at least one house, but the college hadn't exercised their option and the house was working on increasing membership. There are quite a few clubs, organizations, etc. and I didn't get a feel for how much the greek scene may or may not dominate the social scene. The Hanover AC gave S a pamphlet entitiled "119 Things to do at Hanover." Most of the listed activities/ideas are not greek, but the greeks are prominent.</p>
<p>hahahaha.....
Don't worry.......I am on a nearly free ride at Kenyon(have to pay only 2k to the college)..So you won't have to pay at all....:D</p>
<p>And I will be more than happy to welcome a sibling at Kenyon next year.....
Hope that cleared your dilemma.:p</p>
<p>You are welcome to visit Nepal</p>