Venn diagram of selective colleges and pleasant campuses/dorms/food

[Anonymous]

Definitely Rice.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Would you actually choose your college based upon this? Not fit or quality of education?

Are you superficial and status seeking in other aspects of your life?

OP here. Yes, Yes, and No I don't think comfort is superficial or status-seeking, and if you took two seconds to think about it, I don't think you believe that either. I am specifically looking for VERY SELECTIVE institutions (as I said in my post) which are ALSO comfortable. What's the problem with that?

I'm a foreigner who did not experience an American campus experience. I had a 30 minute metro commute from my very comfortable home to classes at my universities - in my capital city, that's normal. Undergrads live at home if they can. There are no dorms, except a few for international students. When I inquired about campuses in the States, I was pretty shocked to learn that students were supposed to share tiny rooms, often with no A/C in places where climate change now makes early fall and late spring uncomfortably warm. I've heard that sometimes the food is not great either. This sometimes occurs even on beautiful campuses with superb athletic facilities and state-of-the-art science labs, libraries, etc.

I am not one of those who thinks that sacrificing a decent quality of life is a "rite of passage" for a college student, having never lived through that myself.

This is why I ask about the overlap between very selective colleges/universities and those that are comfortable. I'd rather my kids not be miserable for 4-5 years!

Chill out rich international lady.
You can always send your kid to Columbia and buy them a fancy $10 million condo overlooking Central Park to live in so they bypass the dorms. They can commute via subway. Many rich internationals do just that. Most college dorms and cafeterias are just fine. Kids are not miserable for 4-5 years like you seem to think. This is not military boot camp

Don't be dismissive and flippant. Surely we can talk about colleges with updated dorms, A/C, more single rooms than before (that's what the kids are asking for these days), and better, healthier food options without immediately going into xenophobic rants against rich foreigners?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you actually choose your college based upon this? Not fit or quality of education?

Are you superficial and status seeking in other aspects of your life?

OP here. Yes, Yes, and No I don't think comfort is superficial or status-seeking, and if you took two seconds to think about it, I don't think you believe that either. I am specifically looking for VERY SELECTIVE institutions (as I said in my post) which are ALSO comfortable. What's the problem with that?

I'm a foreigner who did not experience an American campus experience. I had a 30 minute metro commute from my very comfortable home to classes at my universities - in my capital city, that's normal. Undergrads live at home if they can. There are no dorms, except a few for international students. When I inquired about campuses in the States, I was pretty shocked to learn that students were supposed to share tiny rooms, often with no A/C in places where climate change now makes early fall and late spring uncomfortably warm. I've heard that sometimes the food is not great either. This sometimes occurs even on beautiful campuses with superb athletic facilities and state-of-the-art science labs, libraries, etc.

I am not one of those who thinks that sacrificing a decent quality of life is a "rite of passage" for a college student, having never lived through that myself.

This is why I ask about the overlap between very selective colleges/universities and those that are comfortable. I'd rather my kids not be miserable for 4-5 years!

Chill out rich international lady.
You can always send your kid to Columbia and buy them a fancy $10 million condo overlooking Central Park to live in so they bypass the dorms. They can commute via subway. Many rich internationals do just that. Most college dorms and cafeterias are just fine. Kids are not miserable for 4-5 years like you seem to think. This is not military boot camp

Surely we can talk about colleges with updated dorms, A/C, more single rooms than before (that's what the kids are asking for these days), and better, healthier food options without immediately going into xenophobic rants against rich foreigners?

Apparently we can’t. And don’t call me Shirley.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you actually choose your college based upon this? Not fit or quality of education?

Are you superficial and status seeking in other aspects of your life?

OP here. Yes, Yes, and No I don't think comfort is superficial or status-seeking, and if you took two seconds to think about it, I don't think you believe that either. I am specifically looking for VERY SELECTIVE institutions (as I said in my post) which are ALSO comfortable. What's the problem with that?

I'm a foreigner who did not experience an American campus experience. I had a 30 minute metro commute from my very comfortable home to classes at my universities - in my capital city, that's normal. Undergrads live at home if they can. There are no dorms, except a few for international students. When I inquired about campuses in the States, I was pretty shocked to learn that students were supposed to share tiny rooms, often with no A/C in places where climate change now makes early fall and late spring uncomfortably warm. I've heard that sometimes the food is not great either. This sometimes occurs even on beautiful campuses with superb athletic facilities and state-of-the-art science labs, libraries, etc.

I am not one of those who thinks that sacrificing a decent quality of life is a "rite of passage" for a college student, having never lived through that myself.

This is why I ask about the overlap between very selective colleges/universities and those that are comfortable. I'd rather my kids not be miserable for 4-5 years!

Chill out rich international lady.
You can always send your kid to Columbia and buy them a fancy $10 million condo overlooking Central Park to live in so they bypass the dorms. They can commute via subway. Many rich internationals do just that. Most college dorms and cafeterias are just fine. Kids are not miserable for 4-5 years like you seem to think. This is not military boot camp

Surely we can talk about colleges with updated dorms, A/C, more single rooms than before (that's what the kids are asking for these days), and better, healthier food options without immediately going into xenophobic rants against rich foreigners?

Apparently we can’t. And don’t call me Shirley.

? Missed the reference there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous[b wrote:]UCLA

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No. Housing crisis. google it. Food is iffy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Would you actually choose your college based upon this? Not fit or quality of education?

Are you superficial and status seeking in other aspects of your life?

OP here. Yes, Yes, and No I don't think comfort is superficial or status-seeking, and if you took two seconds to think about it, I don't think you believe that either. I am specifically looking for VERY SELECTIVE institutions (as I said in my post) which are ALSO comfortable. What's the problem with that?

I'm a foreigner who did not experience an American campus experience. I had a 30 minute metro commute from my very comfortable home to classes at my universities - in my capital city, that's normal. Undergrads live at home if they can. There are no dorms, except a few for international students. When I inquired about campuses in the States, I was pretty shocked to learn that students were supposed to share tiny rooms, often with no A/C in places where climate change now makes early fall and late spring uncomfortably warm. I've heard that sometimes the food is not great either. This sometimes occurs even on beautiful campuses with superb athletic facilities and state-of-the-art science labs, libraries, etc.

I am not one of those who thinks that sacrificing a decent quality of life is a "rite of passage" for a college student, having never lived through that myself.

This is why I ask about the overlap between very selective colleges/universities and those that are comfortable. I'd rather my kids not be miserable for 4-5 years!

Chill out rich international lady.
You can always send your kid to Columbia and buy them a fancy $10 million condo overlooking Central Park to live in so they bypass the dorms. They can commute via subway. Many rich internationals do just that. Most college dorms and cafeterias are just fine. Kids are not miserable for 4-5 years like you seem to think. This is not military boot camp

Surely we can talk about colleges with updated dorms, A/C, more single rooms than before (that's what the kids are asking for these days), and better, healthier food options without immediately going into xenophobic rants against rich foreigners?

Apparently we can’t. And don’t call me Shirley.

? Missed the reference there.

Then stay away from the fish tonight!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Definitely Rice.

+1
I was just about to post about Rice. Rice has nice dorms and great food.

[Anonymous]

WashU and Rice were the best we saw and tasted.

[Anonymous]

Claremont McKenna was great. Pretty good food with the choices from all 5Cs and the Athenaeum option multiple times a week, and the dorms in at least one quad opened to the outside (motel style) which was perfect for SoCal weather.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Definitely Rice.

+1
I was just about to post about Rice. Rice has nice dorms and great food.

From what we've seen, for sure Rice.

They are doing that residential college thing. It's good.

Vanderbilt and WashU were also fine.

[Anonymous]

OP, I got, and appreciated!, the Shirley reference. Thanks for the laugh! (Airplane!)

[Anonymous]

Duke

[Anonymous]

Boston College

[Anonymous]

Emory.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Boston College

No! They have mice in the dorms on Newton campus.