Top ten dream colleges and universities
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Anonymous
I don't know anyone who dreams about living in Michigan or Ithaca but plenty dreaming of Columbia and NYC. |
Anonymous
One person's dream is another person's nightmare. |
Anonymous
Most of it is wishful thinking of biased heads, not reality. Columbia and NYC would stay as desirable, probably more after free publicity. |
Anonymous
No $hit, we have NEU booster and now Columbia/NYC booster. Why is it hard to believe people despise the place? |
Anonymous
You don't get it. These colleges don't need boosters. They are established and in demand. Mediocre schools need boosting. |
Anonymous
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Even though Princeton Review didn't ask me, I'll tell them my list as a parent:
Princeton Harvard Stanford Georgetown School of Foreign Service Claremont McKenna College Middlebury College Williams College Northwestern Any of the 3 main service academies (USMA, USNA, & USAFA) Davidson College Amherst College Duke U Penn-Wharton Dartmouth Rice Notre Dame USC-film/acting/screenwriting Almost any state flagship honors college maybe SMU and about a dozen others. (Is that ten yet ? If not, I have more.) |
Anonymous
Same. Never understood. Its a good university and I'm sure Michigan is a fun state to live in. But, when you are a teen dreaming why did this show up? over like Berkeley. Trying to understand not trying to disparage Michigan. |
Anonymous
Columbia is in Manhattan NYC, the land of Ellis Island. From the beginning, it was set up to educate the locals who were more immigrants than established WASPs. Some 200 years later, diversity is in its blood. It's mostly diverse whites from my visits. It's nothing like what I see on TV in recent days. So, Columbia may not for everyone. If your kid is a grinder who dream of being part of the established in the US, go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton. If your kid is a grinder who also like to have fun, there's no place like NYC. |
Anonymous
Do you feel now that you have done something meaningful with your day? |
Anonymous
You are projecting from a small universe. I know not one kid who wanted to go to a large state school. |
Anonymous
DP- It is you that might be projecting from a small universe. I know not one kid that wanted to attend a SLAC or Ivy. |
Anonymous
Ann Arbor is a safe, fun place to live for four years. The whole town revolves around the school. It is respectable academically (and very strong for many grad programs). If you have an interest, they likely have work going on in that area. The football culture is contagious (and I say this as someone who is not into sports). Just a great place to finish growing into an adult. |
Anonymous
It I was not claiming that my circle represents the majority. Just trying to encourage you to put your head up and look outside your bubble. |
Anonymous
why not Yale? on that tour, those kids seemed really happy. unlike, say, Princeton. |
Anonymous
The only entry that seemed out of place to me was NYU. Sure' it's fine if you want to study acting but not exactly the same league as the others. |