Sorry, Harvard. Everyone Wants to Go to College in the South Now
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I shared this post with a friend of mine that grew up in the Bronx and he shouted out: ********!
He said, "Many people in my old neighborhood would have stopped him and told him what a sweet gesture he made, so they could get him in a better position to rob him. You got to figure if the guy could afford to buy flowers, he probably had more cash on him."
Not so sure. Alabama had their first black student president a few years ago. He was from Virginia and got a full ride. He turned down the Ivies.
Happens, always has.
Whether someone is better off going to Harvard or Yale versus a state school, irrespective of geography, depends on the individual.
Not sure what you mean … the old 1600 scale isn’t that much different than the new 1600 scale (scores ticked down last year). Regardless, 1450 on the SAT isn’t likely to get you into Harvard. The average score at Harvard is 1520. The average SAT score at Davidson is a 1422. A ton of AP courses is the norm for even 2nd tier schools. Tufts is a 2nd tier option up this way and the average SAT score is 1465.
An acquaintance of mine attended Davidson on a football scholarship. He said (at that time) ALL students had their laundry cleaned for free and a beautiful golf course that was free to the students.
He said that once his kids left the nest and he divorced his wife, he dreamed of going back to live as a perpetual student at Davidson.
That reminds me, for my first year in Stuart Hall, ‘74-‘75, we had a maid cleaning our rooms.
One of my best interns went to Davidson and she raved about their Eating Houses. Bright kid.
Duke credits many if not 90% of ap courses. You need to get a 4 or 5 at end of year test to qualify depending on class. If you get a 3 which is good you do not get credit.
Many of these schools have a lower acceptance rate now. Duke had a 5.1 percent rate. It’s lowest ever!
Another reason some of the kids are going to southern schools, more accept a 3 compared to here in the mid Atlantic where many are only taking 5’s. Good student two years ago went to Auburn for engineering because he got credit on the Calc BC test for a 4, (and a couple others as well) giving him about 12 more credits compared to his other schools.
Davidson is the quintessential "pre" school as in pre med and pre law. Sort of like F&M used to be. Couple of kids my kids grew up with went there and had very developed pre med process. Fairly rigorous school
they still do the Laundry for students, they also have about 300 (500?) acres over on Lake Norman to play on. Have a beach, a marina etc.
I don’t think anyone takes a 3. 4 or 5 is the norm for all schools depending on the class north or south.
I thought they had gone to a 2400 scale but I guess I am wrong on that. Heck it appears Davidson does not require SAT score anymore..... only 11% it seems enrolled from the NE.
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depends on the course and major of study for the kid. Many times a 3 goes in as a gen ed credit in that discipline but you can do a search through apstdents.collegeboard.com and see which schools take it. Some like Ithaca and Boston U are even listed to take a 1 on the exam but it does not declare if its for credit of just for placement.
A 1 for Boston. That is crazy. When my kids had the a 3 think for 1 class each I said whaaaaatttt!! They didn’t get a 3 again.
I’ve heard a lot about this “body paint” thing. Might be worth looking into.
There's been a bunch of movement in the scaling, but it's back to a 1600 scale now. It was 1600 ... but then just after I graduated it was kept at a 1600 scale, but the scores were tweaked to be higher, and that pissed me off because then we'd be competing with kids with higher SAT scores for grad school openings (not sure if it actually factored in, but it pissed me off, regardless). Then they went to a 2400 scale in the aughts. And I think about a decade ago they went back to a 1600 scale, but it's slightly "easier" (as in, the same performance nets you a higher score) than it was before they switched to a 2400 scale.I thought they had gone to a 2400 scale but I guess I am wrong on that. Heck it appears Davidson does not require SAT score anymore..... only 11% it seems enrolled from the NE.
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Yeah, I saw that with Ithaca and Boston and thought it was crazy but again they might not actually give the kids credit, it may just be for placement purposes. Especially if they’re in a liberal arts major then they probably get their math class waived.
If you go to the site, I posted it had ones for quite a few schools. Like I said it might not mean credit, but it means placement. It’s right on the college board site.
To be fair, that was in the article itself and the WSJ ain’t exactly bastion of conservatism it used to be.
Well, I’d disagree strongly on that point. But seeing as how we don’t do politics here (save that for the cess poll that’s 24/7’s board), I’ll leave it alone.
They lean right. Always have. Always will. The article isn’t exactly late breaking news or entirely true with the misleading title, but they don’t care, their audience will eat it up and not question it.
Just because it wasn’t the times or the post doesn’t mean it wasn’t true. Why bring an agenda into this.
The article brought an agenda into this. He's just calling out that agenda.
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