<p>Anyone else notice: It’s always the new posters who think the most of HPU?</p>
<p>How does that have anything to do with the price of tea in China?</p>
<p>My son likes warm weather schools more than cold weather schools. What other colleges did your son consider? Will he be able to continue his favorite h.s. extracurriculars at High Point? I was interested in the pep band but that link doesn’t work.
[High</a> Point University 2010 / Site Map / P](<a href=“http://www.highpoint.edu/sitemap/#P]High”>http://www.highpoint.edu/sitemap/#P)
<a href=“http://www.highpoint.edu/organizations/index.cfm?DeptCategory=14&PageID=2062[/url]”>http://www.highpoint.edu/organizations/index.cfm?DeptCategory=14&PageID=2062</a></p>
<p>That is pretty amazing that the classroom discussions are vibrant, personal, challenging dialogues vs. lectures.</p>
<p>@NewCollegeDad:</p>
<p>Good luck to you and your son, and I hope he has a worthwhile experience.
But… It does sound to me like you’ve been somewhat taken in by High Point’s marketing machine.</p>
<p>Most of what you mentioned is somewhat superficial and doesn’t address the fact that many of the core academic areas are severely under-resourced and others have faculty that appear of dubious quality (check some of the earlier posts in this thread for details, I don’t need to re-hash it here).</p>
<p>Also, for a university this size which has been going through such rapid expansion it is troubling that they are sitting on virtually no endowment. Given that their tuition/fees are actually fairly low and they are providing such an “upscale” living environment, one can only conclude that they are skimping on faculty. Take a quick look at their faculty guide and look at the size of the faculty they have in key departments and compare it to other schools their size. You might find these results troubling.</p>
<p>And sorry in advance for this, but I just have to say it: College should not be teaching your kid the proper way to dress for a business meal. That was your job.</p>
<p>I haven’t read all of the posts so I apologize if I am repeating someone’s post, but compare High Point to Denison, just as an example. I chose history because almost every college has a history major. I was not a history expert but the faculty at both schools both look pretty reasonable to me.</p>
<p>High Point history faculty:
[High</a> Point University–History & Political Science Faculty](<a href=“http://acme.highpoint.edu/~history/Hist_Faculty/facultylist.htm]High”>http://acme.highpoint.edu/~history/Hist_Faculty/facultylist.htm)</p>
<p>Denison history faculty:
[History</a> - Denison University Faculty](<a href=“Academics | Denison University”>Denison University | A top liberal arts college located in Ohio)</p>
<p>bahahaha oh here we go again…remember when everyone was bashing me on high point bahahahahaa i might not even go there anymore because i got into loyola from the waitlist on friday :D</p>
<p>MidWest Mom,</p>
<p>If I recall correctly, HPU has 30-some musical ‘organizations’, from show choirs to pep and jazz bands, etc. so I would think continuing that would be a great opportunity.</p>
<p>soze,</p>
<p>HPU is adding 20+ faculty for the Fall term. The average SAT scores of incoming freshmen is up 30 points from last year.</p>
<p>Regardless of your personal agenda, HPU is demonstrating positive growth and positive experiences.</p>
<p>Freshman-to-Sophomore retention at HPU is more than 90% this year.</p>
<p>I’ve done just fine with my son, thanks. He’s a great kid. And regardless of what we’ve taught him, anything that enhances the way he interacts with others in ANY setting is of value to me, whomever may provide it.</p>
<p>And thanks to you, I now have multiple examples to show him how to observe arrogant, stubborn and rude people like you on message boards, and how to use that view to feel even better about himself and his family.</p>
<p>So don’t worry soze, you CAN have a positive effect on people, regardless of how hard you try not to.</p>
<p>Here’s a gem from soze on another discussion that says all we need to know about him/her:</p>
<p>“Perhaps it’s just the yankee in me talking, but unless you’re a white protestant, I would not go near any college down south. Between past history, recent history and current history… I’d say that region just is not quite so “welcoming.””</p>
<p>As a ‘Yankee’, White Catholic from Ohio, I can assure you North Carolina is more welcoming than our home state. We have made NC our home, as have hundreds of thousands of others from ‘up north’.</p>
<p>@NewCollegeDad</p>
<p>Nice to see that you’ve spent the time picking through my past posts.
I’m flattered that my historical legacy was of such importance to you.</p>
<p>And don’t you think it’s a bit unfair that you didn’t point out that quote was in response to an African-American’s question about deciding to attend school in either St. Louis or NC? Would you not agree that as a white guy from Ohio, your perspective on living in NC would not quite be the same as it would be for everybody?</p>
<p>Are you rationalizing your inflammatory comment??? Really? How is that response appropriate for ANY post, regardless of the race of the people involved? Wow.</p>
<p>@NewCollegeDad</p>
<p>What’s “inflammatory” about that comment? There is history there to back this up.</p>
<p>On a personal note:
Once, when I was in NC for a business meeting I was told, in a very matter-of-fact way, by a supposedly ‘educated’ person that Catholics can’t be “real Americans” because their first allegiance is to the Pope in Rome. Now I know that there are stupid people everywhere (and I’m sure you think <em>I’m</em> one of them), but you can’t deny that you are far more likely to encounter this sort of thing down south.</p>
<p>In any case, this has gotten far, far off the subject. So I’m done here.</p>
<p>Anyone who forms an opinion like that based on “Once…” has other things that need addressing, so it’s good you’re done here. Now you have time to work on your issues.</p>
<p>Back on topic,</p>
<p>High Point seems to be the right school for a lot of kids, and that number is increasing. Scores are increasing. Curriculum is improving, staff is increasing. Sounds like a good kind of growth.</p>
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<p>What possible problem would an AA have in deciding to attend school in St. Louis? St. Louis isn’t the south.</p>
<p>@Pizzagirl:
Exactly! that was my whole point. He was choosing between schools in St. Louis and NC and I was pointing out that he <em>might</em> just want to consider the location might make a difference.</p>
<p>(shows the danger of pulling quotes out of context)</p>
<p>Funny, the only people I know who went to High Point are Jewish. They loved it there. I know it was the right choice for a neighbor’s child who was a late bloomer. He goofed off and got into trouble in high school, but the personal attention he received at HPU turned him around. He’s now in grad school for microbiology and doing great research. His sister and her best friend are there now.</p>
<p>Also, when a different young lady (actually, she wasn’t Jewish) from our town passed away, busloads of her HPU classmates drove for many long hours to attend the funeral. I was impressed by their devotion to her, since she was only a freshman at the time.</p>
<p>I know nothing about HPU’s academic quality, but the atmosphere seems to be quite nurturing.</p>
<p>What Jewish has to do with it, TheGFG if I might ask? I’m Jewish by the way</p>
<p>I think the Jewish reference is that at some point in this long and winding HPU conversation, posters have asked if HPU is Jewish-friendly and generally gotten a negative response. To many people, it sems to have a Christian vibe, even though it is not a Christian college per se.</p>
<p>I just had the opportunity to speak with a recent graduate (last year) from our high school who just finished her freshman year at High Point. She has decided to transfer to a college in NYC - it suits her major better. Her take on High Point - overall - she liked it very much. Obviously beautiful campus, dorms and facilities. She felt the academics were good and the faculty available. Her cons were the country club feel and silly rules that made it seem more like hs than college. That’s her 2 cents.</p>
<p>rockvillemom - what silly rules, if she mentioned any specifics?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Most colleges do not have rules about when members of the opposite sex can be in the dorms - or if they do - they are ignored. Maybe a few all girls schools still do this. She said that HPU still had strict rules about no boys in a girl’s dorm after midnight on weekdays and 2am on weekends. Apparently the RAs do enforce. So, that led to her comment about it being too much like hs. They are not allowed to have alcohol in their rooms. Apparently she did put a few beers in her suite’s refrigerator and one of the other kids told on her. I realize that some parents would not have any objections to these rules - but it seems to lead to tattletale issues and some kids feeling like they are being treated like children rather than young adults.</p>