Sporty families bragging about offers and committing to awful colleges in the middle of nowhere?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No one likes to hear bragging, but it seemed kind of mean-spirited for OP to say "awful colleges in the middle of nowhere." So the braggarts are annoying, but so is OP.

If a college is struggling financially, confronting with enrollment decline, admits everyone with a pulse, has no brand to speak of, dismal graduation rate, extremely low salaries on US Gov college scorecard...is it not objectively awful? We have to walk on eggshells and pretend it’s good because Olivia is going there to play soccer after 10 years of relentless bragging by her parents?

I don’t have a strong view on this subject, but this post is a prime example of just how truly obnoxious DCUM posters can be when they decide to dig in to defend a position with which others disagree. Did someone really never tell you that you’re not going to win the Internet?

DP. I want OP to keep posting because I am finding the crazy to be entertaining.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one likes to hear bragging, but it seemed kind of mean-spirited for OP to say "awful colleges in the middle of nowhere." So the braggarts are annoying, but so is OP.

If a college is struggling financially, confronting with enrollment decline, admits everyone with a pulse, has no brand to speak of, dismal graduation rate, extremely low salaries on US Gov college scorecard...is it not objectively awful? We have to walk on eggshells and pretend it’s good because Olivia is going there to play soccer after 10 years of relentless bragging by her parents?

I don’t have a strong view on this subject, but this post is a prime example of just how truly obnoxious DCUM posters can be when they decide to dig in to defend a position with which others disagree. Did someone really never tell you that you’re not going to win the Internet?

DP. I want OP to keep posting because I am finding the crazy to be entertaining.

So true! It’s a blast. It’s what happens when you’re last pick in 2nd grade dodgeball. So hard to let that go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tell me more, OP. I especially want to hear more about all the colleges whose financials you researched after you saw a FB post. How far back into the published board minutes did you go? Who was the 4th largest endowment gift from this year? Tyvm.

+1. All colleges are equal. Admissions standards, graduation rates, faculty, resources, name rec, credit ratings and endowments mean nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tell me more, OP. I especially want to hear more about all the colleges whose financials you researched after you saw a FB post. How far back into the published board minutes did you go? Who was the 4th largest endowment gift from this year? Tyvm.

+1. All colleges are equal. Admissions standards, graduation rates, faculty, resources, name rec, credit ratings and endowments mean nothing.

Definitely tell us about how you researched graduation rates and credit rating of colleges after you saw a FB post. Also, how long after the post did you do this research? How did you decide which things to research first?

There is so much to learn!

[Anonymous]

My brother-in-law played tennis at a tiny private college few have ever heard of. His college probably won't exist in the fall. Corona and the recession are going to wipe out many LACs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My brother-in-law played tennis at a tiny private college few have ever heard of. His college probably won't exist in the fall. Corona and the recession are going to wipe out many LACs.

Name?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My brother-in-law played tennis at a tiny private college few have ever heard of. His college probably won't exist in the fall. Corona and the recession are going to wipe out many LACs.

Did he get a good merit aid? Is he still playing tennis? What’s his career? Surely he is destined to be a ditch digger once his LAC goes under.

[Anonymous]

Most SLACs are "in the middle of nowhere". For some that is part of the appeal. Even if some don't like that aspect, being in the middle of nowhere adds to the intensity of relationships and forces many to socialize with folks they might never have given a second thought to in a large university or school in the middle of a city.

[Anonymous]

"Sporty families" have actually figured out the secret sauce for success. Be sporty. Be fit. Look attractive. Charm people. Network in part through sports.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My brother-in-law played tennis at a tiny private college few have ever heard of. His college probably won't exist in the fall. Corona and the recession are going to wipe out many LACs.

Did he get a good merit aid? Is he still playing tennis? What’s his career? Surely he is destined to be a ditch digger once his LAC goes under.

All LACs give good merit aid as the high tuition rate is fake and the steep discount is a bribe to lure kids to go there over a college with more resources, name rec and a higher powered network. I don't know about y'all but I'd be pretty bummed out if nobody had ever heard of my alma mater... and then X amount of years after graduating, the college no longer existed.

[Anonymous]

Depends if you got a great education while you were there, and it positioned you to get where you wanted to get.

Some people aren't all about impressing others with their CV.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Sporty families" have actually figured out the secret sauce for success. Be sporty. Be fit. Look attractive. Charm people. Network in part through sports.

This may come as a shock to you but there are plenty of sporty, fit, charming, and attractive kids... who are ALSO academic overachievers! Shocking, right. The dull college athletes end up selling insurance or becoming real estate agents.

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Anonymous wrote:"Sporty families" have actually figured out the secret sauce for success. Be sporty. Be fit. Look attractive. Charm people. Network in part through sports.

Wow, not a character trait among that "secret sauce" list. All surface qualities.

I so hope my kid brings more than that to the table by the time he becomes a contributing member of society.

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It isn’t necessarily bragging. Some parents are proud of their child for many different things and they want to share it. I see dance recital pictures, poms performances, music performances, artwork, poetry, and lately their kids sewing face masks, baking cookies, whatever. I am happy when my friends post about their kids every once in a while. Nothing wrong with it. Let parents be proud.

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Two of my three kids play college sports at a SLAC. Maybe even a worthless one in your opinion but they love it, it makes their whole college experience better, and there is much to be learned from being on a team at many levels. If you don’t get it, you don’t get it. I don’t think OP has ever been on a team, hence the unbelievably self centered perspective on other people’s kids.