Apr 28, 2009 · Worst College Names. Student Lounge. College Life. Harry_Balzak April 28, 2009, 5:47pm 1 <p>Let’s have ...

Jun 6, 2005 · <p>Some colleges definitely have better sounding names than others. I do not mean name recognition, just simply how the name sounds. For example i you were to say “I graduated from (insert college’s name)”. </p> <p>Worst: Rice, Tufts Best: Vanderbilt, Yale</p> <p>This may be silly but i just thought i would share, any other opinions are welcomed.</p>

Dec 31, 2023 · Those who keep their names are likelier to be liberal, highly educated or Hispanic — and this minority is more likely to make unconventional choices with their children’s names, research shows. Hispanic or Latino people sometimes use a double surname convention, which would only be seen as unconventional to those not familiar with that ...

Oct 29, 2011 · <p>I am back with another question about essays: should I abbreviate college names in essays, especially if the college in question is well-known? For an essay I’m writing, I’ve abbreviated the college name after its first mention, and while it’s a bit weird to me, I feel that colleges know what school you’re referring to and it helps me save space on an essay that is …

Apr 25, 2016 · I have been helping my daughter with college options. She is pretty familiar with local colleges and large universities. But the names of some unfamiliar schools are sufficiently off-putting to her that she is uninterested in them. Not the best approach to be sure, but she is 17 after all. I assume others have found the same thing. What schools were in your no fly zone? …

Aug 27, 2022 · I have mentioned this before but, since you are working on the website, I will mention it again. Every time we use a college name in a thread, we receive an alert that someone else in that thread has already posted that hyperlink. The hyperlink isn’t to an external page but is a hyperlink to the school’s forum on CC. The alert eliminates everything in the preview pane …

Oct 25, 2010 · Interesting College Names. Pre-College Issues. High School Life. everary October 25, 2010, 9:14pm ...

Mar 31, 2024 · Hi, if anyone knows the names of the regional AOs for Northern Virginia from Georgetown and Brown University, please let me know who they are! Wanted to email them regarding application questions. Mwfan1921 March 31, 2024, 11:45pm

Oct 4, 2014 · <p>In one of my essays (with a prompt that is open-ended), I find that mentioning my name allows me to develop the essay further, and I wish to include it (I don’t want to go in further detail about it because I don’t want to reveal the subject of my essay). However, I realized that including my name in the essay would give away my ethnicity, and obviously this plays a …

Nov 19, 2007 · <p>So, I was having a conversation with my uncle, and he was making a joke to the similar sounding nature of Samford to Stanford when you say it quickly.</p> <p>Then I got to thinking about colleges that are ambiguous in their names, such that if you told someone where you went, they might be overly impressed.</p> <p>While some of the following are good …