Disclosure: This review is by an Asian Dad so I CAN have some fun with this....
1. University of California, Irvine 10,450 (University of Chinese Immigrants)
2. University of California, Berkeley 9,873 (Berzerkly)
3. University of Califfornia, Los Angeles 9,784 (University of Caucasians Living Among Asians)
4. University of California, Davis 9,120
5. University of California, San Diego 8,830
6. University of Hawaii, Manoa 8,546
7. San Jose State University 8,109
8. San Francisco State University 7,355
9. University of Washington 7,155 (Wow, whoda thunk WA would be the only state besides Hawaii in top 10?)
10. California State University Long Beach 6,777
UBC = University of a Billion Chinese
There's a website someplace with dozens more wacky names....
11-20 at weblink above.
Berkeley and UCLA used to be the top picks for Asians until the Asian quota wars of the 80s, then the ones who didn't get in used Irvine as their fall-back. The irony is that the "diversity" policy ended up creating continental America's just about only predominantly or nearly-so Asian college. A decent school though. U Washington is also way up there. UCI = university of chinese immigrants :) University of British Columbia is big too.
Stanford is like MIT and Harvard AND the UWash Huskies football rolled up into one posh Silicon Valley location. All 7 kids in my family at least got admission to this school AND MIT in the 1970s-80s, but good luck on getting in these days though. Even if you have top test scores admission odds are pretty ugly, so you'd need a pretty good story of stuff you've done in your life, or how you've overcome hard luck. Other people told me they preferred a small school like Whitman in Wall Walla for small classes, this place is the size of a good sized state university.
Here's info on the Stanford tour. It's weekdays only though. U Washington has a weekend tours, but then that's the UW.... There is a general walking tour every day of the week at the bottom of this article.
Discover Stanford is a two-part program designed to help high school juniors and seniors explore the programs, places, and people that define Stanford’s commitment to undergraduate education within the setting of a world-class university.
Part 1: Campus Tour
This one-hour walking tour is led by a current student and provides an overview of the undergraduate experience, focusing on academic programs, residential life,* and extra-curricular activities. * Please note that for privacy and security reasons, this tour does not enter student rooms.
The second portion of the Discover Stanford program is a one-hour information session conducted by a representative from the Office of Undergraduate Admission. The representative will discuss characteristics that make Stanford distinctive, as well as Stanford’s admission process and commitment to financial aid.
Further information about applying to Stanford is available at the Stanford Undergraduate Admission Web site.
About the Tour
Highlights
The Discover Stanford program includes a campus tour and an admission and academic information session.
Duration
Approximately 2 - 2 ½ hours
Cost
Free
Schedule
Monday & Friday 9:30am & 2:00pm (1:30pm, effective September 30)
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday 2:00pm (1:30pm, effective September 30) (Also 9:30am during peak visitation periods.)
The tour may not be offered during academic breaks and holidays.
Reservations
The Discover Stanford program requires reservations, and sessions fill quickly. Thus we recommend that you make your on-line reservation well in advance. Make Reservations.
Announcements
Visitor Center
The Visitor Center will be closing at 3p on Friday, 9/25 for a Staff Meeting. The Campus Walking Tour will still depart from the front steps of Memorial Auditorium at 3:15p.
Hoover Tower
The Hoover Tower Observation Platform will be closed from August 14 - September 29.
Group Tours
Group Tours will not be offered from August 14 - September 29.
7 days a week 11:00am & 3:15pm
The tour may be limited or closed during academic breaks and holidays.
See our Calendar for details.
Reservations
No reservations are required for parties of 9 or fewer. We cannot accommodate parties larger than 9 on the Campus Walking Tour. Groups of 10 or more must book a group tour.
Wrap up: Faux MIT near Boston lags Ivys and best public Ivys, but outranks many other MIT-alikes for those with less-than-top scores.
Smaller technical engineering school about an hour out of Boston in the shadow of MIT. Robert Godard, father of American rocketry got his start here. I think of it like a faux MIT, (think Hyundai vs Honda or Lexus vs Mercedes) but with lower test scores. Some people compare it with Boston University, and some say it's better for engineering geeks than BU. Ratings seem to put it lower than the best public universities for engineering like Berkeley or U Washington. But at #68, at least it's ranked by US News as a national university, (#555 by Forbes) and its engineering program is ranked by US News better than many of the other MIT-wannabes like Rochester Institute of technology. It's best claim to fame is #3 ranking of salaries of graduates trailing only behind MIT and Harvard in the college galaxy that is Massachusetts.
I've seen the campus, it's got trees and some newer buildings, including the student union. Computer workstations are everywhere. The music program is pretty good, and the athletics appear to be better than MIT. Worcester has a few colleges but it's not the trendiest college town as Worcester has declined a bit from its industrial revolution heyday. The small retail area just off campus has some beat up pizza shops with t-shirt clad students walking by, though there are modern malls in town. Freshmen live in dorms but upper classmen shack up in old wood 3-story houses in the neighborhoods, not like MIT which has massive dorm complexes and lots of frats. In engineering, it's not ranked as highly as the best public universities such as University of Washington, or private ones like Stanford or MIT, but holds its own with many of the better ones like U Mass Amherst and other 2nd string tech schools like Rochester Institute of Technology. The athletics is nothing like the U Washington Huskies, but at least its stadium is on par with a school district like Bothell's Pop Keeney field where MIT is more like a high school field.
Main competition for case study student from Seattle: University of Washington, Santa Clara University, Boston University, Rochester Institute Technology
WPI better
WPI is better on US News engineering and Forbes than Rochester Institute, Boston University
WPI worse
Santa Clara University is about as good in engineering, better Forbes rating, nicer city
University of Washington has better engineering rating, better Forbes rating, better US News national rating
Pro
No. 1 for student/faculty interaction in the National Survey of Student Engagement
WPI is #3 top earning university in Massachusetts after MIT and Harvard
Industrial Engineering program ranked #4 in 2006 by Princeton Review
WPI is #555 Forbes vs #567 for Rochester Institute
WPI is US News #68 National, Rochester Institute of Technology is #9 Masters North
No. 9 by The Princeton Review for "best career prospects" for graduates of the MBA program.
No. 51 by US News 2008 best engineering program for college with doctorate, equal to Tufts, Drexel, higher than Boston University (61), Illinois Institute of Technology (61) Rochester Institute of Technology (70)
Interactive Media and Game Development major like Digipen
Less than an hour out of Boston, which has a nice autumn, and lots but not insane amounts of snow in winter.
If your math is high enough they don't need to look at your SAT reading
Good music department
WPI is relatively small but not tiny
Con
WPI is #555 Forbes vs #150 Santa Clara University
WPI lower than University of Washington national ranking #68 US News National vs #42
US News engineering #51 ranking below Rensselaer Polytechnic (21), University of Washington (21) Columbia University (25)
Forbes #555 lower than #178 University of Washington, #342 Boston University
U Washington top 10 computer science department
It's in Worcester, old New England industrial mill town
Not lampooned by College Prowler
Stadium and athletics better than MIT but it's nothing like U Washington Huskies football team
Location: Worcester Mass, less than 1 hr west of college center-of-the-universe Boston off I 90. Ex-industrial town that hosts a lot of other colleges. I took a tour of Worcester to see what there was to see in 1980s and concluded there wasn't much to see there, but NYC and Boston aren't far away.
Admit rate: 66%, comparable to better public universities like U Washington
Cost: expensive, but they have a lot of money, though not as much as MIT
Forbes ranking: 555
US New ranking: 68 National University
Out of state: 46%
ACT 25/75: 24 29
SAT Math 25/75 630 720
Asian: 6% That's pretty low for a tech school, and even fewer other minorities. It's a male-heavy student body and this Asian dad wonders how many Asian women will get on a bus for parties at this school from Boston vs MIT or BU, but there are nearby colleges in town. Asians like tech schools, but also population centers with significant Asians populations.
So You've Decided to Go to College in Seattle
by Brendan Kiley
Seattle has its own Seven Sisters—you may recall, or may even have been rejected by, the famous East Coast consortium: Vassar, Wellesley, Mount Holyoke, et al.—each with its own sisterly identity. Seattle's are the University of Washington (the busty prima donna), Seattle University (the pretty, smart, sanctimonious one), Seattle Central Community College (the one in a middling rock band), Seattle Pacific University (the forgettable one), Cornish (the insufferably arty one), Art Institute of Seattle (the would-be arty one who will actually wind up designing price tags), and ITT Technical Institute (the one who keeps trying to convince you to host a Tupperware party). (see link for more)
It doesn't really matter what people think about your school because you are who you are and you're attending your school for your own intensely personal reasons and etc., but to preempt any unpleasant surprises:
If you attend the University of Washington, people will think you're dumb, unless you're studying science, in which case people will think you're smart but dorky. If you're attending the University of Puget Sound, people will assume you're smart, but not smart enough for a fancy East Coast school. If you're attending Seattle Central Community College, people will assume you have drug and/or achievement issues. If you're attending Seattle Pacific University, people will assume you're either celibate or a closet case or both. If you're attending Seattle University, people will think you're relatively intelligent and maybe Catholic but nothing special. If you're attending Cornish College of the Arts, people who know their local art history will associate you with John Cage and Merce Cunningham. People who don't will think you couldn't—or wouldn't—hack it at a normal college. If you're attending Pacific Lutheran University, nobody will know what to think of it because nobody's ever met anybody from Pacific Lutheran University. Best to not admit you're from a college at all. Say you're an arborist and make up some s*** about elms or cedars or something.
So far in our search, I like the idea of a Catholic college more than the generic conservative Christian one, they seem to be pretty strong academically (Santa Clara, Seattle University), and not as kooky liberal as the big godless state schools or liberal christian campuses (SPU in Seattle let students be homeless for a weekend as an activity) or quite as uber-family values as some of the christian ones. Here's something that caught my eye. Again, this must be one of the schools that figured out that "other" for religion means evangelical non-denominational, which is where we go now, though I and prospective freshman are baptized Catholic.
Lifestyle Responsibilities
As a Christian college, Corban is committed to providing a Christian education for life and service. It is our conviction that learning and the Christian faith are inseparable. We are committed to the Bible as our standard of faith and practice. We believe that the Christian life is positive rather than negative. We also believe, however, that it is in the best interest of the College to be specific with respect to certain standards.
Corban students are responsible to abstain from practices that are biblically condemned. In addition, students are responsible for upholding behavioral standards that promote a community atmosphere conducive to growth. These require a member of the Corban community to abstain from sexual impurity, as well as the possession and use of alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and non-medicinal drugs. Students are responsible to use care in their choice of entertainment and to refrain from all morally degrading aspects of the theater, entertainment media, and literature. Corban students are also responsible for being faithful in church, chapel, and class attendance.
All applicants accepted will be supplied with a Student Handbook and asked at registration to sign a contract agreeing to abide by the standards of the College. It is suggested that you read the handbook carefully before enrolling. While it is recognized that some may not have personal convictions wholly in accord with these responsibilities and standards, the underlying purposes and ideals necessitate the student's willingness to modify his or her own personal conduct while under the jurisdiction of the College, fully understanding that this is in the best interest of the academic community he or she has chosen to join.
Are you struggling or have you struggled with lifestyle issues (drinking, drugs, sexual impurity, or degrading entertainment) that would conflict with these behavioral standards?
On top of an official transcript and test scores, you need your Christian Character Reference (ow wow...)
Now that would scare away some people, but for other people who run their lives at a "higher stanard" like the Kosher hot dog ad, this might be a selling point.
If you're virtuous enough to apply to a place like this, here's there "premier" application
Well, their card said they do Washington State, or maybe they just meant DC. But for the rest of you, here is their schedule. Good fallback for a geek school if you can't get into top 10 engineering school like MIT, or alternative to a giant state university like the University of Washington if you don't mind upstate NY. Rochester has a bunch of other colleges in town as well.
RIT will offer Admission Interviews in selected cities for interested high school and transfer students. An Admission Interview is not an admission requirement, but is encouraged for interested students who want to learn more about the university and the admission process.
Students should come prepared to speak about themselves and their academic interests, have specific questions and bring a copy of their most recent transcript. Interview requests will be honored on a space available basis and will last approximately 30 minutes.
Dress is casual and interviews will take place in public hotel areas, coffee shops or conference rooms facilitated by an Admissions representative. To schedule an admission interview, please call our office at 585-475-6631 or register online below. Appointments are made on a first-come first-served basis. Error Submitting. Please fill in the following fields and press submit again: - Interviews Location Required
Select a radio button from the left column for the corresponding event. Press continue button below
State & City
Location & Address
Date & Time
Status
AZ, Phoenix
Phoenix Airport Residence Inn
801 North 44th Street
September 27th, 2009
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Open
AZ, Phoenix
Phoenix Airport Residence Inn
801 North 44th Street
September 26th, 2009
4:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Open
CA, Menlo Park
RIT Menlo Park Office
535 Middlefield Road, Suite 190
October 8th, 2009
3:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Open
CA, Menlo Park
RIT Menlo Park Office
535 Middlefield Road, Suite 190
October 29th, 2009
3:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Open
CA, Pasadena
Courtyard Inn Los Angeles Pasadena/Old Town
180 North Fair Oaks Avenue
December 8th, 2009
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Open
CA, San Diego
Courtyard San Diego Downtown
530 Broadway Street
December 6th, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Open
CO, Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Marriott
5580 Tech Center Drive
October 6th, 2009
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Open
CO, Denver
Panera Bread - Cherry Creek North
240 Milwaukee Street
October 9th, 2009
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Open
CT, Cromwell
Courtyard Hartford Marriott
4 Sebethe Drive
September 21st, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Open
CT, Danbury
Courtyard Marriott Danbury
3 Eagle Road
October 19th, 2009
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
At Capacity
CT, Farmington
Hartford Marriott Farmington
15 Farm Springs Road
October 21st, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Open
DC, Washington
Embassy Suites Washington DC - Convention Center
900 10th Street NW
October 24th, 2009
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Open
FL, Boca Raton
Embassy Suites Boca Raton
661 NW 53rd Street
October 14th, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Open
FL, Fort Lauderdale
Embassy Suites Fort Lauderdale - 17th Street
1100 SE 17th Street
October 15th, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Open
GA, Atlanta
Atlanta Marriott Perimeter Center
246 Perimeter Center Parkway NE
September 27th, 2009
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Open
IL, Chicago
Four Points Sheraton Chicago/Downtown Magnificent Mile
630 N Rush
October 2nd, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Open
IN, Indianapolis
The Westin Indianapolis
50 South Capitol Avenue
November 15th, 2009
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Open
MA, Amesbury
Fairfield Inn Amesbury
35 Clarks Road
October 26th, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Open
MA, Fitchburg
Courtyard Marriott Fitchburg
150 Royal Plaza Drive
September 21st, 2009
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Open
MA, Hadley
Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites
400 Russell Street
September 25th, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Open
MA, Lowell
Courtyard Marriott Boston Lowell/Chelmsford
30 Industrial Avenue East
September 22nd, 2009
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Open
MA, Natick
Courtyard Marriott Natick Boston
342 Speen Street
November 6th, 2009
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Open
MA, Natick
Courtyard Marriott Natick Boston
342 Speen Street
November 7th, 2009
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Open
MA, North Darmouth
Residence Inn New Bedford Dartmouth
181 Faunce Corner Road
October 12th, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Open
MA, Pittsfield
Crown Plaza Hotel
Route 7 & West Street on Park Square
September 24th, 2009
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Open
MA, Springfield
Springfield Marriott
2 Boland Way
September 20th, 2009
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
At Capacity
MA, Westborough
Courtyard Marriott Westborough
3 Technology Drive
September 16th, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
At Capacity
MA, Worcester
Courtyard Marriott Worcester
72 Grove Street
November 5th, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
At Capacity
MD, Annapolis
Courtyard Annapolis
2559 Riva Road
October 22nd, 2009
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Open
MD, Baltimore
Hilton Baltimore
401 West Pratt St
September 20th, 2009
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
At Capacity
MD, Columbia
Hampton Inn Columbia
8880 Columbia 100 Parkway
September 24th, 2009
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Open
MD, Frederick
Courtyard Frederick
5225 Westview Drive
October 20th, 2009
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Open
MD, Gaithersburg
Hilton Washington DC North/Gaithersburg
620 Perry Parkway
September 23rd, 2009
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Open
ME, South Portland
Wyndham Portland Airport Hotel
363 Maine Mall Road
September 28th, 2009
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
At Capacity
ME, South Portland
Wyndham Portland Airport Hotel
363 Maine Mall Road
September 26th, 2009
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
Open
MI, Troy
Courtyard Detroit Troy
1525 East Maple Road
October 6th, 2009
4:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Open
MN, Minneapolis
Hilton Minneapolis
1001 Marquette Avenue
September 29th, 2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Open
MO, St. Louis
St. Louis Galleria Residence Inn
1100 McMorrow Avenue
October 18th, 2009
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Open
NC, Charlotte
Th Ballantyne Hotel
10000 Ballantne Commons Parkway
October 4th, 2009
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Open
NH, Keene
Holiday Inn Express
175 Key Road
September 14th, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
At Capacity
NH, Manchester
Courtyard Marriott Manchester
700 Huse Road
October 13th, 2009
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Open
NH, Nashua
Courtyard Marriott Nashua
2200 Southwood Drive
November 4th, 2009
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Open
NH, Portsmouth
Fairfield Inn Portsmouth Seacoast
650 Borthwick Avenue Extension
October 28th, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
At Capacity
NJ, Paramus
Paramus Courtyard Marriott
320 Route 17 North
September 15th, 2009
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
At Capacity
NJ, Princeton
Princeton Hampton Inn
4385 US 1 South
October 6th, 2009
3:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Open
NJ, Whippany
Hanover Marriott
1401 Route 10 E
September 16th, 2009
3:30 PM - 7:30 PM
At Capacity
NY, Albany
Albany Marriott
189 Wolf Road
October 26th, 2009
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Open
NY, Amherst
Panera Bread Amherst
8200 Transit Road
October 15th, 2009
4:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Open
NY, Auburn
Cayuga Community College (transfer students only)
Cayuga Community College
October 15th, 2009
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Open
NY, Binghamton
Fairfield Inn Binghamton
864 Front Street
October 12th, 2009
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Open
NY, Binghamton
Broome Community College (transfer students only)
Broome Community College
November 5th, 2009
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Open
NY, Corning
Corning Community College (transfer students only)
Corning Community College
October 19th, 2009
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Open
NY, East Syracuse
Hilton Garden Inn
6004 Fair Lakes Road
November 4th, 2009
3:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Open
NY, Fishkill
Residence Inn Fishkill
14 Schuyler Blvd.
November 2nd, 2009
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Open
NY, Horseheads
Hilton Garden Inn Elmira Corning
35 Arnot Road
October 17th, 2009
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Open
NY, Lockport
Panera Bread Lockport
5744 Transit Road
October 12th, 2009
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Open
NY, Melville
Marriott Melville Long Island
1350 Old Walt Whitman Road
November 22nd, 2009
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Open
NY, Middletown
Courtyard Marriott Middletown
24 Crystal Run Crossing
November 3rd, 2009
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Open
NY, Middletown
Orange County Community College (transfer students only)
Orange County Community College
November 4th, 2009
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Open
NY, New York
Grand Hyatt New York
109 East 42nd Street at Grand Central Terminal
November 21st, 2009
8:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Open
NY, Orchard Park
Panera Bread Orchard Park
3995 North Buffalo Road
October 14th, 2009
4:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Open
NY, Oswego
Best Western Captain s Quarters
26 East 1st Street
September 26th, 2009
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Open
NY, Poughkeepsie
Poughkeepsie Days Inn
536 Haight Avenue
November 2nd, 2009
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Open
NY, Poughkeepsie
Dutchess Community College (transfer students only) Counseling and Career Services SS301
Dutchess Community College
November 2nd, 2009
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Open
NY, Rome
The Wingate by Wyndham Rome
90 Dart Circle
October 3rd, 2009
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Open
NY, Syracuse
Onondaga Community College (transfer students only)
Onondaga Community College
October 14th, 2009
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Open
NY, Tarrytown
Springhill Suites Tarrytown Greenburgh
480 White Plains Road
October 26th, 2009
4:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Open
NY, Troy
Hilton Garden Inn Troy
235 Hoosick Street
October 10th, 2009
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Open
NY, Utica
Radisson Hotel Utica Centre
October 12th, 2009
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Open
OH, Columbus
Fairfield Inn & Suites Columbus OSU
3031 Olentangy River Road
October 6th, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Open
OH, Warrensville Heights
Cleveland Marriott East
26300 Harvard Road
October 12th, 2009
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Open
OH, West Chester
Courtyard Cincinnati North at Union Centre
6250 Muhlhauser Road
October 10th, 2009
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Open
OK, Tulsa
Starbucks
1832 Utica Square
September 13th, 2009
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
At Capacity
OR, Portland
Courtyard Marriott Portland Downtown/Lloyd Center
435 NE Wasco St
Which High School Students Are Most Likely to Graduate From College?
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Parents: Stop fretting so much about which high school your youngsters attend or how they score on the SATs. If you want your student to make it to a bachelor's degree, it's far more important for him or her to earn at least B's in high school and reach for the best possible college. Oh, and saving a few thousand bucks by sending your kid to a community college could turn out to be an expensive mistake.
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This is my first try at writing notes about places that send brocures to my kids who are shopping for colleges. Northwest University seems to be one of a number of Christian colleges that probably sent us mail because I check of "Other" on religion, which is amazingly the only place for generic non-demoninational Christians since they list just about every other demonination known to man.
I'd say that if you're into a Christian college, traditional values, don't mind Idaho, and you're test scores aren't spectacular, try this place out.
Test scores are a tad above the 500 definition of average:
SAT Math 525 average
430-600 range of middle 50%
SAT Critical Reading 535 average
460-590 range of middle 50%
SAT Writing 440-560 range of middle 50%
ACT Composite 23 average
19-25 range of middle 50%
25 percentile is similar to:
19 George Fox University
19 University of Idaho
18 Oregon Institute of Technology
Well below:
21 Washington State University
23 University of Washington
66% of students are admitted, which is pretty hard for a school in this test score range, since places like U of Washington with higher scores are more like 70%.
They don't give out ethnicity of student body, but it's probably consistent with Idaho, which is pretty much white, though my church has a black pastor that did fine in a college in Idaho.
Here are their some claims to fame out of their brocure:
Ranked by US News and Princeton Review as one of top universities in the west. Well for US News, it is Tier 1, but #54 for Universities-Masters in the West, maybe top tier, but not a top college. It's mentioned in Princeton Review's Book "The Best Western Colleges"
Only 1300 students with average class size of 12. That's really small, like some high schools.
Student faculty ratio is just 15. Grad students do not teach
Business majors scored better than 95% of national business students on ETS exam
Nearly 100% of premed students get into medical school
8 new buildings in past 10 years
100% job placement for education graduates
Nursing largest major on campus
They have a lot of Christian Ministry majors such as:
Children's ministry
Christian education
Worship Leadership
Youth Ministry
Parachurch Ministry
Worship & Music Ministry
Church Leadership
Commercial Music
70% of professors hold doctorates (that's GOOD??? Usually you need a PhD to teach)
20 miles west of Boise "the largest metro area" ... in a state that's not very populated....
Crazy activities
* Roller scamming (can anybody explain what that is??)
* TWIRP (The woman is required to pay) More on that later....
They make you sign a pledge like this:
lifestyle expectations include, but are not limited to issues such as alchol use, tobacco use
illegal drug use, and sexual purity. ... I agree to live my life in harmony with the printed and
announced policies that will be in effect (Man do the Mormons have rules like this at BYU???)
Intramurals: Powder Puff Football (they probably have a lot of women)
All campus chapel services 3 mornings a week
Every freshman dorm wing has its own Bible study leader (it's that kind of a place)
Sample student profile:
Tyler Hill Video Game Tester Microsoft Game Studios, Seattle Wash Class of 2004 (some of these people do land cool jobs)
Sample Employers
Harborview Medical Center Seattle (best trauma center in Seattle/Northwest)
Hewlett Packard
NASA
Peace Corps
US Army Military Intelligence (hows that for contrast)
US Drug Enforcement Agency
Walt Disney
World Vision (Christian )
$21 million in aid per year, 95% of students get aid
Average difference in loans for graduates compared to public education is $4,000 (that means you'll have to pay $4,000 more at end of 4 years)
This is really interesting: You can get standard admission as a junior if you meet 2 of 3 a) 2.5GPA or better out of 4.0 b) top 50% class rank c) ACT composite 18 or above or SAT 870 for above math + reading. Homeschool students need transcript of list of courses and grades received.;
Cross cultural experience requirement means that “a semester studying abroad, a missions trip or summer overseas internship is just part of the deal, not an extra”
No restrictions on car (It’s Idaho, what do you expect?)
NNU’s forsenic team is nationally recognized
Now more on that .... TWIRP is the largest group date you will ever go on…... ladies find a date, and take the guys out for a two day extravaganza
wingeding .. ta of a dorm wing plans a group outing and chooses a wing from a dorm of the opposite sex (no mixed gender dorms??) to take along. Sounds like the Christian version of a frat party.
Well it's senior year for some high schools student we know, so we're off college hunting. In my generation, we had 7 kids that got written up in the hometown paper as that Chinese family where everybody played violin and got admitted to MIT and / or Stanford (yes it's true) fro m 1976 to 1986. That's a pretty hard act to follow, as all we pretty much had to do was have a 1 income Boeing engineer dad with 7 kids to get a nearly free ride from either school, and score in the top 95-99 percentile on the SATs, which we did without prep classes.
As I dig up stuff, I'll start leaving a trail and notes for other people. You might have seen my notes on my statistics site as I spent a lot of time commenting on the admissions / Asian quota wars of the late 1980s and mid 1990s, but this time the focus will be on tracking down suitable colleges a rung or two down from the top 5 Stanford or MIT.
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