SMU? Really?

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Anonymous wrote:I suspect your kid is having a panic moment and is looking for a sure thing. It's very hard to play the long game with college admissions and be the kid that doesn't know there college until March/April. I'd encourage him to keep his options open and would definitely not rush into a SMU ED2. If he was a potential candidate for Dartmouth, there will be other stronger options and he can probably get into SMU RD.

OP here. I'm going to ignore the posts about grammar, because those posters can read someone else's prose. This was always among DS's plan, but we have been trying to nudge him away from the school, because we'd like to see him go to college that opens doors nationally, not just regionally.

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Hope Hicks alma mater.

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Anonymous wrote:Hope Hicks alma mater.

she was kind of a hero in the end, you know.
I can see this connection.

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Anonymous wrote:Hope Hicks alma mater.

Also Lauren Graham's and Brian Baumgartner's. They have quite the range.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I suspect your kid is having a panic moment and is looking for a sure thing. It's very hard to play the long game with college admissions and be the kid that doesn't know there college until March/April. I'd encourage him to keep his options open and would definitely not rush into a SMU ED2. If he was a potential candidate for Dartmouth, there will be other stronger options and he can probably get into SMU RD.

OP here. I'm going to ignore the posts about grammar, because those posters can read someone else's prose. This was always among DS's plan, but we have been trying to nudge him away from the school, because we'd like to see him go to college that opens doors nationally, not just regionally.

SMU Cox opens doors nationally. If business is his focus.

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Anonymous wrote:After not getting into ED Dartmouth, DS is thinking of applying (and likely committing) to SMU. Last year, while going on college tours, DS definitely loved the campus most, but me and DH are very concerned about job prospects of going to a non-elite school like SMU. DS definitely fits the student body profile, I have to admit. But there's something about this choice that is very disappointing.

Why doesn’t he just go to UVA instead? No way I’d let my child go to Texas.

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Anonymous wrote:After not getting into ED Dartmouth, DS is thinking of applying (and likely committing) to SMU. Last year, while going on college tours, DS definitely loved the campus most, but me and DH are very concerned about job prospects of going to a non-elite school like SMU. DS definitely fits the student body profile, I have to admit. But there's something about this choice that is very disappointing.

Why doesn’t he just go to UVA instead? No way I’d let my child go to Texas.

Virginia, a bastion of progressive politics
-Cackling in Massachussets.

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Anonymous wrote:I suspect your kid is having a panic moment and is looking for a sure thing. It's very hard to play the long game with college admissions and be the kid that doesn't know there college until March/April. I'd encourage him to keep his options open and would definitely not rush into a SMU ED2. If he was a potential candidate for Dartmouth, there will be other stronger options and he can probably get into SMU RD.

OP here. I'm going to ignore the posts about grammar, because those posters can read someone else's prose. This was always among DS's plan, but we have been trying to nudge him away from the school, because we'd like to see him go to college that opens doors nationally, not just regionally.

It he graduates at or near the top of his class at Cox, it will open doors nationally. I would think that if he's close to a candidate for Dartmouth ED, that would not be a problem at Cox or nearly anywhere.
Sounds like you are honing in on the "push factors" - i.e., why you want to nudge him away from SMU. Seems to me you need to come up with an alternate that offers some "pull factors" - ways to pull him away from SMU toward a different school. If you don't like SMU, find a better alternative that you, DH and your kid can all agree on.

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Anonymous wrote:I suspect your kid is having a panic moment and is looking for a sure thing. It's very hard to play the long game with college admissions and be the kid that doesn't know there college until March/April. I'd encourage him to keep his options open and would definitely not rush into a SMU ED2. If he was a potential candidate for Dartmouth, there will be other stronger options and he can probably get into SMU RD.

OP here. I'm going to ignore the posts about grammar, because those posters can read someone else's prose. This was always among DS's plan, but we have been trying to nudge him away from the school, because we'd like to see him go to college that opens doors nationally, not just regionally.

It he graduates at or near the top of his class at Cox, it will open doors nationally. I would think that if he's close to a candidate for Dartmouth ED, that would not be a problem at Cox or nearly anywhere.
Sounds like you are honing in on the "push factors" - i.e., why you want to nudge him away from SMU. Seems to me you need to come up with an alternate that offers some "pull factors" - ways to pull him away from SMU toward a different school. If you don't like SMU, find a better alternative that you, DH and your kid can all agree on.

DP but 100% Agree! SMU offers the lifestyle that men in finance are interested in. Find similar, more prestigious schools.

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Anonymous wrote:After not getting into ED Dartmouth, DS is thinking of applying (and likely committing) to SMU. Last year, while going on college tours, DS definitely loved the campus most, but me and DH are very concerned about job prospects of going to a non-elite school like SMU. DS definitely fits the student body profile, I have to admit. But there's something about this choice that is very disappointing.

‘Me and DH’…I can understand why your DS didn’t get into Dartmouth 😂

I was waiting for someone to say that! (I did not have it in me to be the a$$hole this morning!)

+2 It is a little jarring. Surprising a person with such poor grammar has a kid applying to an Ivy.

The wealth or lack of wealth of one's grandparents is irrelevant. My gramma was poor, but I still had opportunities at top schools.

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Anonymous wrote:After not getting into ED Dartmouth, DS is thinking of applying (and likely committing) to SMU. Last year, while going on college tours, DS definitely loved the campus most, but me and DH are very concerned about job prospects of going to a non-elite school like SMU. DS definitely fits the student body profile, I have to admit. But there's something about this choice that is very disappointing.

‘Me and DH’…I can understand why your DS didn’t get into Dartmouth 😂

I was waiting for someone to say that! (I did not have it in me to be the a$$hole this morning!)

+2 It is a little jarring. Surprising a person with such poor grammar has a kid applying to an Ivy.

Somebody is a classist freak. Maybe you should have enrolled in SMU. You'd be welcome.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:After not getting into ED Dartmouth, DS is thinking of applying (and likely committing) to SMU. Last year, while going on college tours, DS definitely loved the campus most, but me and DH are very concerned about job prospects of going to a non-elite school like SMU. DS definitely fits the student body profile, I have to admit. But there's something about this choice that is very disappointing.

‘Me and DH’…I can understand why your DS didn’t get into Dartmouth 😂

I was waiting for someone to say that! (I did not have it in me to be the a$$hole this morning!)

+2 It is a little jarring. Surprising a person with such poor grammar has a kid applying to an Ivy.

Somebody is a classist freak. Maybe you should have enrolled in SMU. You'd be welcome.

Classist? It is basic 4th grade grammar.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:After not getting into ED Dartmouth, DS is thinking of applying (and likely committing) to SMU. Last year, while going on college tours, DS definitely loved the campus most, but me and DH are very concerned about job prospects of going to a non-elite school like SMU. DS definitely fits the student body profile, I have to admit. But there's something about this choice that is very disappointing.

‘Me and DH’…I can understand why your DS didn’t get into Dartmouth 😂

I was waiting for someone to say that! (I did not have it in me to be the a$$hole this morning!)

+2 It is a little jarring. Surprising a person with such poor grammar has a kid applying to an Ivy.

Somebody is a classist freak. Maybe you should have enrolled in SMU. You'd be welcome.

Classist? It is basic 4th grade grammar.

Anyone can be intelligent, no matter their parent's education. Seems the conservative trolls are back.

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When OP submits her post to The New Yorker as an editorial, she can worry about grammar.
She's typing to moms in their pajamas, and I would bet half of you are drunk given the comments I'm reading.
I'm sure there's a grammatical error or a misplaced comma in there but IDGAF

[Anonymous]

I understand the disappointment. If your child is an attractive, white and rich, it may be a good fit.