Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
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Anonymous
| My academic self would love to go to Stanford. I love the sunshine, weather, campus, and the smart/entrepreneurial student body. So intellectually energizing. My fun self would love to go to UC Santa Barbara. Again, I love the sunshine, weather, beach, beautiful campus, beautiful people, beautiful vibe. |
Anonymous
| Brown, northwestern, Wisconsin, ucla |
Anonymous
I agree - for west coast and sunshine, both answers are the obvious choices for each category. I went to a school very similar to UCSB for undergrad, and it was idyllic. If I got a do-over, it would be a NE NESCAC or IVY to get a totally different experience. |
Anonymous
| Middlebury |
Anonymous
| I would choose Kelley Business School. I absolutely love IU, it checks all the boxes, and is a beautiful campus to boot. Plus, Kelley grads make pretty good money, I forgot the exact amounts. |
Anonymous
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you mean they'd just let me in?
then Yale or Oxford. |
Anonymous
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Pomona
Bowdoin Carleton St. Olaf Whitman |
Anonymous
| UVA, Dartmouth, or Brown. |
Anonymous
| Nearing the finish line for the Chinese Language Flagship program with 8 choices: Western Kentucky, URI, Ole Miss, CUNY Hunter, Minnesota, Indiana, Arizona State, and North Georgia. Child chose Hunter, wanting to go to a college in a big city. I'd pick Ole Miss, for the best Flagship program design and Oxford. Mississippi is exotic to my Northeastern background and Oxford oozes literary mystique. |
Anonymous
why? I really like what I know about it but why your top choice? |
Anonymous
| University of Michigan because the place is so alive, vibrant and positive, with so many different opportunities (though it may feel too big, or too cold, for some). |
Anonymous
| I'd go to one of the top LACs if I could do a do-over. In real life, I went to Yale. |
Anonymous
Wasn't my post but it would be up there for me too, so I'll answer. Top academics, LAC, plus the skiing! |
Anonymous
| Bowdoin. |
Anonymous
| I don’t care for heat of south, and prefer east coast. Like having a lot to do that’s walkable, but not such a vibrant city that it detracts from building a strong school community. Mid-size, very academic, not finance bro vibe, too pre-prof or dominating Greek life. Based on that I think I’d go Brown or one of the Boston schools. |