Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?

[Anonymous]

Me: Williams, Williams (applied early)

DH: Princeton, Williams. We’re both glad he didn’t get into Princeton early

[Anonymous]

Duke/ Notre Dame

Best decision of my life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Brown/Brown. It had its ups and down socially (as it would have for anyone who wasn’t a former NYC private school kid at the time) but was a great experience academically and set me up for a great life.

What’s with NYC private school kids? To this day!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth; Wesleyan

Must’ve been a tough loss. Wesleyan is one ugly, miserable looking college

Well, aren’t you a ray of sunshine? Willing to bet the Wesleyan grad is a lot happier with life than you are.

So odd. I just met a friend for lunch in Middletown and the campus is so lovely.

[Anonymous]

So odd. I just met a friend for lunch in Middletown and the campus is so lovely.

I think the PP was being sarcastic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dartmouth; Wesleyan

Must’ve been a tough loss. Wesleyan is one ugly, miserable looking college

Well, aren’t you a ray of sunshine? Willing to bet the Wesleyan grad is a lot happier with life than you are.

Why? Wesleyan is a pretty desolate school.

[Anonymous]

Wesleyan CT, Barnard

It was meant to be. Loyal and active Barnard alumna now. Husband is CC undergrad.

[Anonymous]

Wanted: Middlebury
Got: Pomona

So happy to have gone there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colby/Bucknell

Got into Colby but parents said it was too far away. Enjoyed Bucknell and probably wouldn’t have liked in the end how small Colby was size wise.

What's it like to work on The Street?

[Anonymous]

These answers must be mostly made up. I am the only parent here whose parents told them they had to go to one of two zero status schools that they could afford and my choice had nothing to do with what I “want”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These answers must be mostly made up. I am the only parent here whose parents told them they had to go to one of two zero status schools that they could afford and my choice had nothing to do with what I “want”?

I’m the PP who went to Williams and married a Williams alum. Happily for me my parents paid for college. My husband had a Pell grant, other scholarships, loans, and a campus job. Even so, his parents didn’t want him to look at Williams because they assumed they couldn’t afford it and - after financial aid - it ended up being less than some of the other colleges with lower “sticker prices”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colby/Bucknell

Got into Colby but parents said it was too far away. Enjoyed Bucknell and probably wouldn’t have liked in the end how small Colby was size wise.

What's it like to work on The Street?

LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These answers must be mostly made up. I am the only parent here whose parents told them they had to go to one of two zero status schools that they could afford and my choice had nothing to do with what I “want”?

I know. I wanted to go away, but went to local CC (was wonderful) and then to a state college.

[Anonymous]

I was lucky that I was an only child and my parents were ok with paying for the "expensive" schools

Expensive at the time was about $25k/year

My school was about $20K/year - and it was/is private and a T50.

This was the mid-late 90s

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Colby/Bucknell

Got into Colby but parents said it was too far away. Enjoyed Bucknell and probably wouldn’t have liked in the end how small Colby was size wise.

What's it like to work on The Street?

Yeah, and that pipeline!