@SabPardo , I grew up in So Cal and,LMU was one of the few colleges I had heard of. Now I am aware of a few Loyolas. It’s great they gave you money as a transfer.
I also knew of Occidental and Chapman. Occidental seems to have been mentioned a little more on CC in the last year or so, but I dont know much about it.
@CADREAMIN I appreciate the kind words. Thank you for lending a hand throughout this transfer process!
@Lindagaf I live across the street from Oxy and it is definitely on the rise. The campus has a really positive vibe to it as well.
You’re welcome @SabPardo , happy to see you landed there! Meet as many people as you can and find a professor that is doing something that interests you and see if can join in somehow. Use their career services and get to know people in there as well. Get into things, hang out around campus, and make as many connections as you can while there.
SMU in Dallas
@SabPardo Congrats! LMU seems like it is gaining even more recognition. I am still undecided about committing to LMU.
I think UC Santa Barbara is underrated for California students especially. Most students think of it as a party school, and while it is not a forgotten school by any stretch of imagination, I do think it is underrated. Lots of room for growth.
Other universities that come to mind are GW & AU in DC. Both have new presidents that are fundraising heavily and aiming to expand their respective schools with AU about to start an expansion of their science program along with building new facilities.
Trinity U in San Antonio also. I am always surprised that they are not more well known especially with the size of their endowment and no application fees.
@miacgl Is your decision solely based on the COA at this point? I would love to see another transfer Lion at LMU!
Boston University
@HeyItsNick I had never heard of Trinity Univ in TX until a few months ago (I live in the mid-Atlantic). Two kids from my son’s private high school are attending this fall. They were recruited for football but not sure how they heard of the school initially.
After DS attended a pre college NC State program this week…I think it is an absolutely incredible university. I was a bit concerned about a large flagship until I got to attend the end result of his week at state. They invest in interdisciplinary research, focus on applying knowledge, partner heavily with industry, push hard for undergrads to participate in research, have every lab and facility you can ever imagine…and they are humble, professional, happy and care.
It will be a great privilege and incredible opportunity to attend NC State if he gets in.
Xavier is the new Butler. Small-mid size, mid-size city campus, the resources of a bigger school but small class sizes, more affordable, good merit aid. Big time basketball.
A hidden gem is Stony brook. Check it out.
Eckerd College in Florida?
I know that the reason why they’re underrated is partly attributed to their status as an LAC, but I believe that even in the LAC realm, Union College in the Albany, NY area is greatly underrated. They were ranked highly by Princeton review for supporting women in STEM, their career services office is off the chain, and they were once an NESCAC member school until the late 80s when they wanted to play D1 Hockey while having every other sport play D3, which wouldn’t fly with the member schools – that’s how Connecticut College took its spot. Their acceptance rate is 38%, they hit the 7,000 applicant mark last year, and more and more of these prospective students are applying from places outside of the Northeast. Check it out.
^Agree @bigboyk_ , we were pretty wowed by this one and the handful of kids we know who have gone there are thriving.
I haven’t visited, but I am definitely applying for a fly-in date. I got introduced to it because I was nominated for the posse scholarship in DC which expanded my access to other LACs. It has a campus that’s fairly diverse, very strong academic reputation (many people have gone from there to Ivy MBAs), it’s not too hipster like oberlin but not too fratty like, say, Trinity. Schenectady’s a quaint little town with great access to Albany and NYC and even Boston, and Union seems to have a great work-play balance. Compared to other campuses I’ve been looking at, it seems very relaxed and Nott Memorial’s very pretty. The students there also seem to really care about the community around them and it’s fairly diverse compared to other competitors in NY. They also got a new President from Tufts who pumped up their numbers to be what they are today, and it’s very popular. I wouldn’t be surprised if in the next 5-10 years, it’s compared to Colgate and the like.
Sorry to hijack the thread like this, but I also want to put in votes for Connecticut College (“the armpit of the NESCAC”) , Denison (that Denison-Kenyon argument is about to rage in the next 5 years and Adam Weinberg, their President, is outstanding – NOT a safety anymore), and UMD (NY and NJ kids are flocking to it – a girl at my school got into UT-McCombs but NOT UMD).
@bigboyk_ totally agree. in my opinion, schools like union, franklin & marshall, rhodes, and sewanee are super underrated. perhaps in terms of rankings, they’re not necessarily “underrated”, but in terms of recognition on here, they definitely are.
Also, for Union, can’t forget about Minerva houses. @kalons can I PM you my final list – I remember you! – Thanks so much for your help on a thread I made earlier this year!
@bigboyk_ you can, of course, pm me! 