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

[Anonymous]

a lot of insecure people trying to justify their spend on crappy LACs and shit schools like emory/northeastern/wake

[Anonymous]

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

Do you have any advice for anxious high-school parents?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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!!

Ok but just because you and your kids didn’t get into and/or couldn’t afford a top school doesn’t mean the rest of us have to follow your path.

You do realize that if our kids at top schools all went in state, your kid probably wouldn’t have gotten in!

[Anonymous]

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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.

Nor do you about where you were born, your marriage, your choice in employment…? Except you do. It was very important for me to choose the specific college I did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote: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!!

Ok but just because you and your kids didn’t get into and/or couldn’t afford a top school doesn’t mean the rest of us have to follow your path.

You do realize that if our kids at top schools all went in state, your kid probably wouldn’t have gotten in!

Goodness, someone is very full of themselves.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote: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!!

Ok but just because you and your kids didn’t get into and/or couldn’t afford a top school doesn’t mean the rest of us have to follow your path.

You do realize that if our kids at top schools all went in state, your kid probably wouldn’t have gotten in!

Goodness, someone is very full of themselves.

This forum is somehow both hostile/elitist or hostile/medicore. People call you a striver or an idiot depending on the college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

And in-state is no longer a "safety" of the yesteryears

[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 is drivel.

[Anonymous]

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

Like which ones?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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 is drivel.

No offering any explanation makes this a drivel post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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. [b]

And some comic relief in the arduous journey

[Anonymous]

I think it's a lot of the same people -not many- posting over and over again to be honest.

[Anonymous]

^many are college "consultants" or podcast hosts

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think it's a lot of the same people -not many- posting over and over again to be honest.

Yeah, it's pro ably just Jeff posting. Between this and the Politics forum he and team are busy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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!!

In state is the new underclass…