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I always chuckle when I suggest a college name to a family and someone responds, \u201cI\u2019ve never heard of that.\u201d Um, yeah. That\u2019s why you need me. I\u2019m a professional educational consultant. I know about more colleges than the average Joe. <\/span>Fear not, for behold: I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all anxious students and misguided but well-meaning parents of the world<\/span><\/i>. There are many, many more awesome colleges out there than the relatively few you have heard of!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, there\u2019s actually a naive arrogance or even complacency in assuming that the only <\/span>good <\/span><\/i>colleges out there are only the ones you\u2019ve heard of. Relying on the colleges discussed only within your family or social circle, or relying on rankings to decide which colleges are <\/span>good<\/span><\/i> for any unique individual implies that the, oh, I\u2019d say nearly 2,000 other colleges and universities in the US<\/a> are completely irrelevant. Guess who has heard of those colleges? The faculty, the administration, the employers, the graduate school admissions committees, and the generations and generations of people who have graduated from those colleges and gone on to amazing graduate programs and successful careers and happy lives!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The reality is: the most selective (and most popular) colleges are not adding thousands or even hundreds of beds any time soon. The 5% acceptance rates aren\u2019t going to change unless some kind of seismic shift happens in secondary education or college admissions. There is no way left to game the system.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So, the only choice in doing this process right and effectively is to go back to the basics: focusing on quality of education, comfortable and safe campuses, nurturing faculty, nice students who will become lifelong friends, and exciting opportunities for intellectual and personal growth. Students: you aren\u2019t choosing a vacation destination. You\u2019re choosing the place that will give you the environment you need to become the best you in four years. You don\u2019t need lazy rivers or fancy laundry apps or concierge services in the dorms or an algorithmically-selected roommate who is exactly like you. You need good \u2018ole fashioned college.<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, I\u2019m going to showcase over the next few issues some universities that bust the myths of popularity, places that people need to start considering seriously in order to escape the mania college admissions has become.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

First, I always like to find examples of influential people who went to underrated colleges:<\/span><\/p>\n