Okay, so where is DS/DD going to go to college next fall?

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Anonymous wrote:University of Wisconsin Madison

Great school, academics, lots of different social outlets for all different types of students, nice campus, wonderful city!

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Emerson college in Boston

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like University of Notre Dame but we are still trying to sway DC to another choice.

Why?

DH and I both graduated from Notre Dame and it is not the same school anymore. It is so right-wing now and DC will be uncomfortable there. We are hoping he chooses University of Michigan and it looks like he is going to! Yay!

Notre Dame really has taken a bad turn as of late. I agree with your concerns, PP. We took DC for a visit there two years ago and it was oppressive and weird. Not the school my Dad talked about in the 1970's at all.

I realize its hard to wrap your narrow mind around the concept that not everyone thinks the same way you do, but a conservative environment is not a 'bad turn'. Many people are not keen on their kid being taught by the left wingnut crowd that is so prevalent at many universities.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like University of Notre Dame but we are still trying to sway DC to another choice.

Why?

DH and I both graduated from Notre Dame and it is not the same school anymore. It is so right-wing now and DC will be uncomfortable there. We are hoping he chooses University of Michigan and it looks like he is going to! Yay!

Notre Dame really has taken a bad turn as of late. I agree with your concerns, PP. We took DC for a visit there two years ago and it was oppressive and weird. Not the school my Dad talked about in the 1970's at all.

I realize its hard to wrap your narrow mind around the concept that not everyone thinks the same way you do, but a conservative environment is not a 'bad turn'. Many people are not keen on their kid being taught by the left wingnut crowd that is so prevalent at many universities.

PP stated her reasons clearly - her child will be uncomfortable in a right-wing environment. If your child would be happy in a right-wing environment then send him/her to Notre Dame.

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Anonymous wrote:Looks like University of Notre Dame but we are still trying to sway DC to another choice.

Why?

DH and I both graduated from Notre Dame and it is not the same school anymore. It is so right-wing now and DC will be uncomfortable there. We are hoping he chooses University of Michigan and it looks like he is going to! Yay!

Notre Dame really has taken a bad turn as of late. I agree with your concerns, PP. We took DC for a visit there two years ago and it was oppressive and weird. Not the school my Dad talked about in the 1970's at all.

I realize its hard to wrap your narrow mind around the concept that not everyone thinks the same way you do, but a conservative environment is not a 'bad turn'. Many people are not keen on their kid being taught by the left wingnut crowd that is so prevalent at many universities.

PP stated her reasons clearly - her child will be uncomfortable in a right-wing environment. If your child would be happy in a right-wing environment then send him/her to Notre Dame.

+1. Different stokes for different folks.

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Anonymous wrote:University of Wisconsin Madison

Great school, academics, lots of different social outlets for all different types of students, nice campus, wonderful city!

+1

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Boston College

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Nice to see a good variety of schools on this thread. Query whether/if those that normally post (i.e., the "Ivy Police") will start attacking!

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What's a "Boston College"?

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Anonymous wrote:What's a "Boston College"?

Similar to a "Boston University".

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Anonymous wrote:What's a "Boston College"?

Is this sarcastic or have you really never heard of Boston College? You're like the PP who had never heard of Scripps...you guys need to do some serious research before you and your kids head into the college application process!

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Anonymous wrote:University of Wisconsin Madison

Great school, academics, lots of different social outlets for all different types of students, nice campus, wonderful city!

+1

I am so glad to see this. DS applied there as his 'safety' and it turned out to be one of the few schools who accepted him. He is choosing between three, all OOS, and really leaning toward UW-Madison. It is so far away from here that I literally cry every time I think about him going there (not in front of him, of course). The funny thing is that I encouraged him to go out of state the whole time he was in high school. Now that he is heading that direction, I am freaking. I'll deal with it though, and glad to see posts like this!

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Anonymous wrote:What's a "Boston College"?

Is this sarcastic or have you really never heard of Boston College? You're like the PP who had never heard of Scripps...you guys need to do some serious research before you and your kids head into the college application process!

Not the PP, but calm down. BC has certainly come up in the world, but it is not in the same league as the Claremont Colleges.

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Anonymous wrote:What's a "Boston College"?

Is this sarcastic or have you really never heard of Boston College? You're like the PP who had never heard of Scripps...you guys need to do some serious research before you and your kids head into the college application process!

Not the PP, but calm down. BC has certainly come up in the world, but it is not in the same league as the Claremont Colleges.

I don't know about that, especially for people living on the east coast. I find it very difficult to believe that anyone who lives in DC or the surrounding area has never heard of Boston College.

Come on - it's a great school and very well-known.

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Anonymous wrote:Nice to see a good variety of schools on this thread. Query whether/if those that normally post (i.e., the "Ivy Police") will start attacking!

Actually very few Ivy acceptances listed on this thread. I think I have seen one Yale and one Dartmouth...