Okay, so where is DS/DD going to go to college next fall?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Add my name proudly to the list of "Meddling Parents". I drew a mental radius of several thousand miles around every university that DD's idiot boyfriend was being recruited and she wasn't allowed to even apply. Otherwise DD would be going to Arizona State next year instead of the wonderful and competitive colleges she is choosing from now.


BTW DD and her idiot boyfriend broke up last week.

If I were her, I'd still get as far away from you as possible. You sound awful.

NP here and she sounds like a good mother to me. Would you let your 17 year old daughter go to a far lesser university just to be with her high school boyfriend?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Add my name proudly to the list of "Meddling Parents". I drew a mental radius of several thousand miles around every university that DD's idiot boyfriend was being recruited and she wasn't allowed to even apply. Otherwise DD would be going to Arizona State next year instead of the wonderful and competitive colleges she is choosing from now.


BTW DD and her idiot boyfriend broke up last week.

If I were her, I'd still get as far away from you as possible. You sound awful.

And you sound like a high school girl.

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Barnard College. It was her first choice and she went EA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Add my name proudly to the list of "Meddling Parents". I drew a mental radius of several thousand miles around every university that DD's idiot boyfriend was being recruited and she wasn't allowed to even apply. Otherwise DD would be going to Arizona State next year instead of the wonderful and competitive colleges she is choosing from now.


BTW DD and her idiot boyfriend broke up last week.

If I were her, I'd still get as far away from you as possible. You sound awful.

NP here and she sounds like a good mother to me. Would you let your 17 year old daughter go to a far lesser university just to be with her high school boyfriend?

Who said she was 17?

The idiot boyfriend at Arizona State might treat her better than some guy who ends up date raping her at Columbia.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Add my name proudly to the list of "Meddling Parents". I drew a mental radius of several thousand miles around every university that DD's idiot boyfriend was being recruited and she wasn't allowed to even apply. Otherwise DD would be going to Arizona State next year instead of the wonderful and competitive colleges she is choosing from now.


BTW DD and her idiot boyfriend broke up last week.

If I were her, I'd still get as far away from you as possible. You sound awful.

NP here and she sounds like a good mother to me. Would you let your 17 year old daughter go to a far lesser university just to be with her high school boyfriend?

Who said she was 17?

The idiot boyfriend at Arizona State might treat her better than some guy who ends up date raping her at Columbia.

Most high school seniors are 17 when they start the application process.

And the idiot boyfriend and the girl have already broken up so I doubt he os treating her anyway at all.

Seriously, PP, how old are you?

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Anonymous wrote:Barnard College. It was her first choice and she went EA.

I graduated from Barnard and loved it there! Congratulations!!!

[Anonymous]

Exchange student got into Arizona State and two other no-name schools. Her grades and SATs were terrible, so ASU is better than I had hoped for her. She is happy to go as she was looking for a party school in a warm location ... she is filthy rich and plans to have fun and shop her way through uni, not learn.

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PS if she was my kid, I would be appalled at her lack of ambition and drive. As it is, if she makes it out of high school without getting pregnant or expelled, I'll consider it a successful year.

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Anonymous wrote:DD is taking a Gap Year and going to Europe to nanny for my sister and take a few language classes. She is leaving the day after graduation.

I am not surprised that she is the only one on DCUM taking a Gap Year as she is the only one in her entire class doing it. I hope it isn't a mistake.

Kudos to your daughter. Not a mistake at all. A gap year will expand her worldview and her education. It also shows she can think for herself and is not a lemming.

+1000

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Anonymous wrote:Exchange student got into Arizona State and two other no-name schools. Her grades and SATs were terrible, so ASU is better than I had hoped for her. She is happy to go as she was looking for a party school in a warm location ... she is filthy rich and plans to have fun and shop her way through uni, not learn.

One of the smartest, nicest guys I knew in HS started at Davidson, found it too parochial, and transferred to Arizona State. He's done great for himself. Some of you are just ridiculously stuck on top-rated schools (and likely brand-name merchandise as well).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exchange student got into Arizona State and two other no-name schools. Her grades and SATs were terrible, so ASU is better than I had hoped for her. She is happy to go as she was looking for a party school in a warm location ... she is filthy rich and plans to have fun and shop her way through uni, not learn.

One of the smartest, nicest guys I knew in HS started at Davidson, found it too parochial, and transferred to Arizona State. He's done great for himself. Some of you are just ridiculously stuck on top-rated schools (and likely brand-name merchandise as well).

ASU is a party school for dumb but rich east coast kids. And a totally different breed from the Arizona kids who attend ASU. Everyone at ASU knows the difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Exchange student got into Arizona State and two other no-name schools. Her grades and SATs were terrible, so ASU is better than I had hoped for her. She is happy to go as she was looking for a party school in a warm location ... she is filthy rich and plans to have fun and shop her way through uni, not learn.

One of the smartest, nicest guys I knew in HS started at Davidson, found it too parochial, and transferred to Arizona State. He's done great for himself. Some of you are just ridiculously stuck on top-rated schools (and likely brand-name merchandise as well).

ASU is a party school for dumb but rich east coast kids. And a totally different breed from the Arizona kids who attend ASU. Everyone at ASU knows the difference.

PS I think PP's point about not allowing her daughter to apply to ASU was because she was ONLY applying to be with then-boyfriend. A damn good reason not to let your kid apply to any school.

[Anonymous]

Texas Christian University. He is thrilled. We are not quite as happy but...

[Anonymous]

+1 for a Gap year - our DD is probably headed for one as well. More kids could use life experience before heading off to college - short term summer overseas experiences just can't compare.

[Anonymous]

Yale. And we still can't quite believe it!!! She has worked so hard for the last four years but I know a part of her acceptance was just good luck.