Any colleges you wouldn't allow your kid to go to?

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Anonymous wrote:Any mediocre out of state "state" school.

If we're going for mediocre, we're not paying out of state tuition.

No "party" schools.

Well then, here's your list: BYU.

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Not allowed? Dunno.

Won't pay for? NYU, private engineering without a lot of funding, any Wesleyan except Wesleyan....

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any school we can not afford

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We are Virgina residents, so any OOS college (save for maybe HYP), whether private or public, that does not make up the difference in tuition with financial aid (or at least be within a few thousand dollars per year). I'm not paying $60K for my kid to go to say, Wake Forest, when we have a plethora of instate options for less than half the price.

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Anonymous wrote:Not allowed? Dunno.

Won't pay for? NYU, private engineering without a lot of funding, any Wesleyan except Wesleyan....

Hmmm, I feel the same way about NYU after reading all the NY Times stories about where the tuition money goes, and after hearing from friends about the undergraduate experience there. I guess I'd consider NYU for a few fields in which it does have a great rep - film, business and philosophy (go figure). But DC isn't interested in any of these.

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Anonymous wrote:Penn State. Once those kids came out to support their football coach during the pedophilia scandal, that was it for me. I will never be able to see the name "Penn State" on a resume and convince myself that that applicant is endowed with common sense.

+1. I thought the same!

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Anonymous wrote:I would not release the 529 funds for Santa Cruz, Evergreen State, Oberlin or anywhere else they would likely go up in smoke.

That's interesting. I know a couple who both went to Oberlin for undergrad.I would be shocked if either one ever did much pot; they're both fairly liberal politically but otherwise quite conservative/straight-laced. When I met them over 15 years ago, just prior to when they got engaged & long before they had children, they were already very much like this & ,according to mutual friends who knew one or both of them long before I did, they always have been. He's in his early 50s now, however, & she's in her mid-40s so I wonder if school has changed a lot since they attended or if they're just outliers?

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Anonymous wrote:I would not release the 529 funds for Santa Cruz, Evergreen State, Oberlin or anywhere else they would likely go up in smoke.

That's interesting. I know a couple who both went to Oberlin for undergrad.I would be shocked if either one ever did much pot; they're both fairly liberal politically but otherwise quite conservative/straight-laced. When I met them over 15 years ago, just prior to when they got engaged & long before they had children, they were already very much like this & ,according to mutual friends who knew one or both of them long before I did, they always have been. He's in his early 50s now, however, & she's in her mid-40s so I wonder if school has changed a lot since they attended or if they're just outliers?

You do realize that schools can change don't you? When I went to college the term "hipster" didn't exist, pot was not legal anywhere in the U.S., the drinking age was 18 - very different campus environment.

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Anonymous wrote:JMU. Them kids, all they do is drink.

Class of 96 here and I would love for my kids to go to JMU! I still have close college friendships and got into a great masters program.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not release the 529 funds for Santa Cruz, Evergreen State, Oberlin or anywhere else they would likely go up in smoke.

That's interesting. I know a couple who both went to Oberlin for undergrad.I would be shocked if either one ever did much pot; they're both fairly liberal politically but otherwise quite conservative/straight-laced. When I met them over 15 years ago, just prior to when they got engaged & long before they had children, they were already very much like this & ,according to mutual friends who knew one or both of them long before I did, they always have been. He's in his early 50s now, however, & she's in her mid-40s so I wonder if school has changed a lot since they attended or if they're just outliers?

You do realize that schools can change don't you? When I went to college the term "hipster" didn't exist, pot was not legal anywhere in the U.S., the drinking age was 18 - very different campus environment.

Um, PP, I do believe the poster above you already answered your question for you in her post. Given she stated that she was wondering whether or not the school had changed would seem to be a clear indication that she is, in fact, aware that schools can & do sometimes change.

Anyway, as to the "tuition going up in smoke" comment made by the first poster quoted, if I had to chose between my college kid getting drunk on a regular basis(like many seem to at a lot of schools) & smoking pot on a regular basis, I'd definitely chose the latter.

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Anonymous wrote:Any of the military academies and any school that allows ROTC on campus. I say no to militarism.

And I would say the opposite but DC is not athletic enough to qualify for West Point, the other academies, etc. etc. I would be very proud to have my son graduate from any of the service Academies.

+1. Very well said.

+2. I have two boys in college on ROTC Scholarships. The Army is sending my oldest to medical school. He'll graduate with no student debt and a guaranteed job. He'll owe the Army six years, but I suspect he'll make it a career. The other is a sophomore engineering major. I am so proud of them.

...and my husband went to VMI. Be afraid, pp. We are everything that is wrong with this country.

Good for you 23:05. I would be thrilled to have my kids in the academies, but they are not athletes.

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Anonymous wrote:George Mason.

Totally disagree. DS is there in 3rd year. What a powerhouse that place has become. Consistently Ranks 1-6 in "Up and Coming Univ. in U.S."

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Anonymous wrote:George Mason.

Totally disagree. DS is there in 3rd year. What a powerhouse that place has become. Consistently Ranks 1-6 in "Up and Coming Univ. in U.S."

Lmao!

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How about the BS online schools like Strayer?

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My kid is a person with free will. I can refuse to pay for a school, but it may not stop her from applying and if she can figure out a way to pay for it, I don't know that we could prevent her from going. With that being said, we will certainly use our parental influence on the decision. In no particular order...

Any of the service academies -- don't want my daughter near the sexual assault factory that is the military

Penn State

Any low tier OOS school -- we have plenty of choices in VA, pick one here

Any of the super conservative schools -- Liberty, Bob Jones, Oral Roberts, etc.