College A or B?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should name B because you might get helpful feedback on how conservative/religious it actually is.

This is true.

[Anonymous]

Why ED if there is no runaway favorite?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A

You never even visited school B so ED sounds very risky to me.

A is “known for” the preferred major while B merely offers it. Is your DC fairly sure about this major? Are the other options strong and varied at both schools?

B is “not diverse in any way” and “too small.”

"A" as long as A has a wide variety of other majors and you can easily switch to the ones your kid might be interested in. Given that most kids switch majors 1-2 times, that is a key thing to consider

[Anonymous]

I want to say A, but....... How much do they cost???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A.
Food options for kid with dietary needs should be one of your top priorities. There’s so much to adjust to freshman year already.

And eating meals with others is an important way to build friendship and even just have some companionship. If you can’t eat in the main dining halls but everyone else can, loneliness can become a huge issue.

You get it, it is a huge factor in so many ways - health, socialization, peace of mind knowing don’t have to worry or think about food. It was such a luxury not have to factor this in for older 2. Choice B has options, just smaller so less overall.

Food is important.

Also, unless your kid is Conservative/religious and really wants that vibe, I would say no. For one of my kids that would have been a Huge No.

The other ended up at a Jesuit school in the midwest, so while there were some conservative kids (just like on all campuses), vast majority are open minded and moderate to liberal. However, diversity was not as much of a thing (Catholic school in midwest--66% white kids, 13% hispanic (as one would expect at a jesuit uni in the midwest), and then only 5-6% asian.

So it's not as diverse as that kid would have wanted, but they found their group and most of their Friends are moderate and open minded 20 somethings now.


Whereas my kid at a much more diverse university has friends who are much more diverse---40% of friends are asian (my kid is half asian), a few hispanic and some black kids as well. And then some white Americans too. So a much more diverse group. More importantly, the friends are all liberal, some very very liberal and active about it. For my kid who wanted a progressive campus and somewhere that supports diversity (my kid refused to look at schools in the south or smaller towns in midwest because of that), they are very happy.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don’t worry about the major. Something like 70% of college students change their major at least once.

You have to know your kid. My DD picked her whole list mostly on strength of major. She's had a passion for the field for years, had exposure to it throughout high school, and it's really impossible to see her doing something else. Her particular path in the field is up in the air but the general field won't change. So a school that had a depth of offerings in that was the top priority. So for her A would be the choice.

This 100%! My first, I knew they most likely would end up switching majors (ADHD kid who wanted an undergrad major leading to PT school---I suspected they would struggle academically in undergrad and definately by grad school/med school. ) They did and was happy they picked schools to apply to (and ultimately select) that were strong overall schools and easily allowed you to switch into other majors. They majored in business/finance and excelled at that.

My 2nd has known engineering since early HS. And by junior year picked the type. Now a junior in college, majoring in that Engineering, has a 4.0 in that engineering specific courses and excelling at it. They had a path, and I figured theirs would only modify to another form of engineering or CS---so we made sure they were at a school with great engineering and CS and that you could easily switch into any major within that.

[Anonymous]

Definitely A. Thank us later.

[Anonymous]

A