Why is this board so active? Are this many people obsessed with college?

[Anonymous]

It's four years, a blip, a stain on the arc of a sparkling lifetime. And it costs SO MUCH MONAYYYY.
Honestly, go in-state, save your clams, network your buns off, and live life!!

[Anonymous]

so why are YOU on here checking on this board's activity DAILY then? maybe you should "live life"?

[Anonymous]

It’s not cheap for everyone to stay in state. It’s currently cheaper for a neighbors kid to go to college nearly 3000 miles away than state school, and she’s satisfied.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Yassss! But seriously! It's only college!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yassss! But seriously! It's only college!

My choice to attend my college was a very transformative experience. Sounds like you didn’t really like college…

[Anonymous]

Lots of us from outside the region who now come here bc it was featured on other college boards

[Anonymous]

College admission and consulting are huge global business.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Yassss! But seriously! It's only college!

My choice to attend my college was a very transformative experience. Sounds like you didn’t really like college…

You have absolutely no way of knowing that the "transformation" had anything to do with the specific college you chose.

[Anonymous]

This is a troll post.

MYOB, Karen. Leave people alone.

[Anonymous]

I wish my kid could get into UMcP! Then id stop stressing.

But this is the DCUM demographic. I joined when it was listserve in 2005. Years ago it was all baby and preschooler questions, then the birthday party questions and then the sports stuff took off. College forum now very popular. Obviously new people have joined but there’s an aging cohort on dcum and we are all sending our kids to college now.

[Anonymous]

It’s a very stressful time. I never paid much attention to the college board, but my kid is a senior now and we’re going through the process. Part of the reason why this board is so helpful is because it’s anonymous. You wade through a bunch of crap and trolling, but you also get a lot of useful nuggets.

[Anonymous]

My son is almost done w college, but yet I can’t stop reading this board.

[Anonymous]

How we approach the admission process, and by extension the four years of college, says a lot about what we value in life. Values aren’t easy — they come into conflict with one another, sometimes forcing hard choices. We let go of some in favor of others.

The college process is a microcosm of that conflict — one that sets our kids on a path. It’s interesting to see not only what people choose, but how. It has helped me work it out for myself, so I can be of more use to my own kids as they make hard choices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How we approach the admission process, and by extension the four years of college, says a lot about what we value in life. Values aren’t easy — they come into conflict with one another, sometimes forcing hard choices. We let go of some in favor of others.

The college process is a microcosm of that conflict — one that sets our kids on a path. It’s interesting to see not only what people choose, but how. It has helped me work it out for myself, so I can be of more use to my own kids as they make hard choices.

THIS! YES!
Also - the economic factor. College as a percentage of income has grown more than when we were headed to college. With tens of thousands (or hundreds of thousands!) of dollars in play -- you want to make sure you are doing your homework and not making a poor choice/investment.