<p>i will be honest and say it is not my number one but i would be happy to attend. it is not at the bottom....that's for sure.</p>
<p>it's my top! i'm itching to know!</p>
<p>I know!!! Me too! It's tied for me right now between Conn and one other school. I must know!</p>
<p>So ConnColl is 10-15 min from the beach?! That's a lot nearer than what I thought! I looooooooooooooooooove it!</p>
<p>I just got my acceptance letter from Conn! Financial Aid was somewhat less than desirable, but I didn't expect much.
Anyway, few questions: how are the vegan dining options? As far as social diversity, is it all preppy kids? It didn't seem like it when I visited (twice), but I could have been wrong. CC kids seem to have a preppy reputation.<br>
Finally, tell me something random or obscure about CC that might help to set it apart. It can be anything, preferably something I can't read about on a website or college book. It's a weird question, I know, but if I had to respond to it about my HS, I'd say: the chicken sandwich has garnered a cult following at lunch; there are cameras everywhere, and people actually check the monitors; behavioral science is a great class to take as a senior, whether you're a science person or not -- it's easy, pretty interesting, and has a good teacher.
Random stuff. Be creative.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Our tour guide said not to take Greek because the Greek they offer is Ancient Greek and impossible!</p>
<p>for vegan dining- you will be fine! there is an entire vegetarian dining hall, an incredible salad bar in the main dining hall (which always has tofu, several kinds of beans, hummus), and at least one hot vegan option at the vegetarian station.
conn has had a preppy reputation in the past, but if you actually go to campus you will see its not the case at all (as you mentioned). very welcoming and friendly student body.</p>
<p>My son is going to Vassar instead of Conn College, and I have mixed feelings about this. I loved Conn College and thought he would be very happy there. His friend, with great stats and extracurriculars, was waitlisted, so it must have been tough this year.</p>
<p>My second son is going to apply next year, and after seeing this year's results, and knowing my son's grades, which are not as good as my older son's, I am nervous. He is a great soccer player though, maybe that will help.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>adigal, I'm passing up Conn for Vassar as well...I just feel that for the same amount of money, Vassar is the better choice. Something about all the pianos at Vassar, maybe :-P I did like Conn, but I liked Vassar more. It's just something about the atmosphere, I guess.</p>
<p>Please don't take this as anything against Conn College--mother was a professor there. Loved it, loved people, pretty campus,etc. BUT New London, CT is the pits--there is nothing, nothing to do there. Little cultural activity, no fun, bad restaurants. Middletown, CT (home of Wesleyan) is also pretty bad--these comments are not indictments of the schools but of the scuzzy towns they are located in. Other small N.E. LACs maybe in small towns but they are "college towns" with natural beauty in close proximity. New London and Middletown have colleges in them, but are def. not hospitable places.</p>
<p>have to disagree w/ you on Middletown. Restaurants are plentiful and not bad at all. And the Connecticut River is a wonderful natural resource.</p>
<p>middletown has some fantastic restaurants.
and while new london isnt the most exciting place in the world, mystic is 10 minutes away and has some wonderful restuarants too- it was featured on the food network...</p>
<p>Conn College is not the only LAC to be in a dive town. Bates, Union, and Colby also qualify. It might even be healthy for the children from the top 5% in the economy to see how the other 95% live. Trinity, Vassar, and Medford are not in wealthy areas. Hamilton, Williams, Kenyon, St. Lawrence, Denison, Dickinson, Gettysburg and Colgate are in the middle of nowhere.</p>
<p>My family and I toured MANY colleges in many different locations. We were forever hearing the same things about the importance of surrounding area, be it a city or small town:it's not THAT impt as the school itself and the schools activites and what you make of it..... Even when we went to a school in D.C. the kids were saying they may of gone into "town" once or twice, maybe not even in freshman/soph year. Sometimes we talked to others who said "maybe when the weather was nice". It's impt to remember that its for 4 yrs of college, not somewhere you may live for the rest of your life.</p>
<p>I am a rising senior who is very much considering apply to Conn ED. It's really either that or F&M, but I am leaning towards Conn.</p>
<p>I've toured 14 schools so far and Conn was the very first and it still stands out in my mind far above the others!</p>