Big Greek and Football Schools: The Only Real College Experience

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Anonymous wrote:The vibe at NESCACs is so subdued, everything seems muted, like a black & white painting. In the winter they’re so depressing.

Oh, I loved winter the most. So quiet and peaceful. I went to big football games at my sibling’s school but loved living and working on a smaller campus.

“Quiet and peaceful” is for old people. Not college students.

Not all college students. You’ve got blinders on.

Who wants to go to college with 18 year olds in search of peace and quiet?? Shoot me now.

All the kids waitlisted at the SLACs.

You really need to get out more.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it somehow so crazy to imagine that all people might benefit from having some fun, at regular intervals, throughout their lives? This idea that scoring high on the SAT means you need to be chained to a wheel of misery from the age of 17, or 34, or whatever, just … why? Why not enjoy your life at each stage?

Why is it so crazy to imagine that “fun” is different for different people? For some people, the big college experience is fun. For others, the SLAC experience is fun. To each, their own.

+1. I'm a Chicago grad and I had fun when I was there. It wasn't a wheel of misery in the slightest. Not everyone would find that environment enjoyable but I did.

You’d have more fun in a big football school—or just about any other school really.

Why?

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Anonymous wrote:🤮🤮🤮

What's about smart, young, fun and good looking kids having a great time and getting a good education at a big state school that playing big time football?

“The only real college experience”

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Yes, that's what I said. Real. Not nerdy and egg headed.

So college is about football, not academics? Explains why the US has fallen grievously behind.

Except it hasn't. And who said "not academics?" Many big football schools have outstanding academics.

But being cute and tailgating is more important. You said so yourself.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it somehow so crazy to imagine that all people might benefit from having some fun, at regular intervals, throughout their lives? This idea that scoring high on the SAT means you need to be chained to a wheel of misery from the age of 17, or 34, or whatever, just … why? Why not enjoy your life at each stage?

Why is it so crazy to imagine that “fun” is different for different people? For some people, the big college experience is fun. For others, the SLAC experience is fun. To each, their own.

Let’s be honest: the majority of students who find themselves at small liberal art colleges selected them because at 17 they lacked the confidence to see themselves thriving at big schools. And in retrospect many regret it.

Nope. I went to one of the top private schools in the country and big football schools were just not considered. No one remotely considered any of the SEC schools, you would have been laughed at. I hadn’t even heard of Clemson or Auburn until about 10, 15 years ago. It was either Ivy or top SLAC.

Yes. My private high school in the Midwest was the same. No one went to SEC schools and even our state flagship was mostly (and looking back, I think unfairly, overlooked) It was all about the Northeastern and Midwestern private H’s and LAC’s.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes it's the best college experience for people whose life ends after college.

I always laugh at this “retort” because we all know that the adults who are most likely to angle to drop the name of their alma mater into any conversation that they conceivably can are Ivy and SLAC graduates.

Where did you go to college?

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Anonymous wrote:How many times are going to post stuff like this? Please touch grass and heal.

Yeah, I don’t understand the purpose of these posts. Does OP just want everyone to jump on and agree? How many more posts at this topic are necessary? There’s just no value added.

Because OPs kid goes to a state university that accepts everyone and is trying to feel better about themselves.

LOL. Not only is this not true, I'm not the one being defensive. Which says a lot.

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Anonymous wrote:Almost everyone in DC is ugly, so I guess your children will never know what this is like.

That’s such an original thought.

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Anonymous wrote:The vibe at NESCACs is so subdued, everything seems muted, like a black & white painting. In the winter they’re so depressing.

Oh, I loved winter the most. So quiet and peaceful. I went to big football games at my sibling’s school but loved living and working on a smaller campus.

“Quiet and peaceful” is for old people. Not college students.

Not all college students. You’ve got blinders on.

Who wants to go to college with 18 year olds in search of peace and quiet?? Shoot me now.

Yes, would someone please shoot this tiresome poster? Thank you.

You do realize you don't have to follow this thread, right?

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Anonymous wrote:What is this weird emphasis on good looking? It’s really sad that it sounds like some ninth grader writing this but I know it’s some 50+ parent.

Most good looking people are nice, and confident -- and that makes them fun. DCUM hates good looking people for some reason.

Most people are nice and confident. You must look deeper.

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Anonymous wrote:Zero 0️⃣ interest in that.

Uh huh. Says the kid sitting alone in the cafeteria.

Found the parent of the school bully.

Hardly. I just feel sorry for them. Big difference.

It’s the bully, not the parent of the bully. Still living in the HS cafeteria.

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Anonymous wrote:Can we all agree to this? I mean, so much fun, so much variety, and more often than not plenty of smart kids and top academic opportunities?

Who wouldn't want to be a smart, good looking and outgoing Greek guy or girl at an SEC, Big Ten or ACC school? What a time and place to be young.

lol nice joke. College is not about sports. A top school that also has some sports, sure(Stanford, Duke, Notre Dame), but picking predominantly for sports and greek is a waste of funds.

Exactly. Will add that ND also offers residential life that is more inclusive, more organic, and less expensive than Greek life in SEC schools. And probably more fun. Plus, ND will beat plenty of SEC teams with Freeman at the helm.

Ha ha. If you can afford Notre Dame, you don’t have to worry too much about paying for Greek life at an SEC school. This response is laughable.

OK you got me. But it is still more inclusive and the football team is better than most SEC schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it somehow so crazy to imagine that all people might benefit from having some fun, at regular intervals, throughout their lives? This idea that scoring high on the SAT means you need to be chained to a wheel of misery from the age of 17, or 34, or whatever, just … why? Why not enjoy your life at each stage?

Why is it so crazy to imagine that “fun” is different for different people? For some people, the big college experience is fun. For others, the SLAC experience is fun. To each, their own.

Let’s be honest: the majority of students who find themselves at small liberal art colleges selected them because at 17 they lacked the confidence to see themselves thriving at big schools. And in retrospect many regret it.

Nope. I went to one of the top private schools in the country and big football schools were just not considered. No one remotely considered any of the SEC schools, you would have been laughed at. I hadn’t even heard of Clemson or Auburn until about 10, 15 years ago. It was either Ivy or top SLAC.

How narrow was your view.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it somehow so crazy to imagine that all people might benefit from having some fun, at regular intervals, throughout their lives? This idea that scoring high on the SAT means you need to be chained to a wheel of misery from the age of 17, or 34, or whatever, just … why? Why not enjoy your life at each stage?

Why is it so crazy to imagine that “fun” is different for different people? For some people, the big college experience is fun. For others, the SLAC experience is fun. To each, their own.

Let’s be honest: the majority of students who find themselves at small liberal art colleges selected them because at 17 they lacked the confidence to see themselves thriving at big schools. And in retrospect many regret it.

Nope. I went to one of the top private schools in the country and big football schools were just not considered. No one remotely considered any of the SEC schools, you would have been laughed at. I hadn’t even heard of Clemson or Auburn until about 10, 15 years ago. It was either Ivy or top SLAC.

That was then and this is now. And top private schools is where people go to die. They're just not reality. Or fun.

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Anonymous wrote:How many times are going to post stuff like this? Please touch grass and heal.

Yeah, I don’t understand the purpose of these posts. Does OP just want everyone to jump on and agree? How many more posts at this topic are necessary? There’s just no value added.

Because OPs kid goes to a state university that accepts everyone and is trying to feel better about themselves.

LOL. Not only is this not true, I'm not the one being defensive. Which says a lot.

No one is being defensive but it's the only logical reason for why your post reeks of being a pick me.

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My DS is happy to go to a big football school IF the academics are also strong.

She said there's no way she wants to join a cult (i.e. be a sorority pledge and at someone else's mercy):

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1290807.page;jsessionid=C20B37B4DAF647AFA391C8E780546291