SMU? Really?

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Anonymous wrote:DD and I really loved the school and felt it had the best vibes of anywhere we visited. Students are more "traditional" so that may be a concern. Would not recommend a liberal student go to SMU, even though Dallas is very liberal.

I would not describe Dallas as "very liberal".

A higher percent of people in Dallas voted for Kamala than people in New York. Seems fairly liberal to me.

Have you ever been there?

Yeah, it's fine. Not sure why people think it's some conservative land. Highland park, where SMU resides, is very conservative, because the city is the wealthiest in Texas. Dallas is a majority minority city that is quite liberal. It has a pretty substantial gayborhood and just doesn't have that conservative of a vibe either. Now, if you are talking about your company trip to Irving-yeah, that place is conservative.

Dallas is a tiny dot of blue surrounded by a sea of red. The people around SMU in Highland or University Park (Park Cities) are not 'very liberal' which is where kids spend most of their time.

I mean so is NOVA…
And so is the entire map of US counties, if you want to get technical.
So what’s your point?

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Anonymous wrote:That is really strange. Look at some other colleges. It’s too far away, too religiously conservative. And it’s Texas. No one will take him seriously.

Eff off. Seriously.

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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.

This.

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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.

"BURN THE WITCH!" /s

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Anonymous wrote:DD and I really loved the school and felt it had the best vibes of anywhere we visited. Students are more "traditional" so that may be a concern. Would not recommend a liberal student go to SMU, even though Dallas is very liberal.

I would not describe Dallas as "very liberal".

A higher percent of people in Dallas voted for Kamala than people in New York. Seems fairly liberal to me.

Have you ever been there?

Yeah, it's fine. Not sure why people think it's some conservative land. Highland park, where SMU resides, is very conservative, because the city is the wealthiest in Texas. Dallas is a majority minority city that is quite liberal. It has a pretty substantial gayborhood and just doesn't have that conservative of a vibe either. Now, if you are talking about your company trip to Irving-yeah, that place is conservative.

Dallas is a tiny dot of blue surrounded by a sea of red. The people around SMU in Highland or University Park (Park Cities) are not 'very liberal' which is where kids spend most of their time.

I mean so is NOVA…
And so is the entire map of US counties, if you want to get technical.
So what’s your point?

Um I don't give a rats ass about NOVA but I have lived in Texas and am moving back. You NOVA folks don't know much about Texas.

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Girlz are foyine at SMU, and you can stack cheese if you're in Cox and the right fraternity.

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Anonymous wrote:Girlz are foyine at SMU, and you can stack cheese if you're in Cox and the right fraternity.

It's all good as long as you're the right type. A friend's daughter just transferred out for being black balled and not getting into a sorority. She was Jewish and deemed not a fit.

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Anonymous wrote:If he were a girl you’d be even more concerned. Do you want him to get a job down there and stay?

While I share your politics, as a parent who has sent two kids far from my home, people say this to me all the time. And what I say is "I hope they stay and make their own path. Nothing would make me happier than to know my kid created a new life for themselves with friends and a job they chose in a new city. Isn't that the point of all of this."

I always wonder why parents are so eager for their kids to break away, instead of keeping to a tight family bond. Maybe that's just the way of the Western world.

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Anonymous wrote:Girlz are foyine at SMU, and you can stack cheese if you're in Cox and the right fraternity.

What is "foyine"??

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Anonymous wrote:If he's interested in staying in Texas/Dallas especially, it is a really good option. Those kids make bank out of SMU and live corporate careers in Uptown till they have families and move back into Highland Park. Very cyclic community but the lifestyle is pretty great, since, you know, they have money.

It's really not that bad an option if he fits in with the student body.

I'm an SMU grad from the early 90s living in Arlington. SMU did not open up any doors in the DC Metro back then, but it was great if you wanted to live in Dallas.

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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?"

And you're complaining about SMU?

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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.

You’ve got to be effen kidding me. Outside of this pretentious echo chamber of DCUM, SMU is known to be a great school. Also known as a rich kids’ school, but a great school nonetheless.

Yeah so far the biggest condemnation of substance is that this school is filled with rich kids…ok? Like all these ivies and t20s that these parents want their kids in aren’t? All that sounds different for op is their child went from a libertarian state to a conservative one, big whoop.

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OP - it’s you, you’re the problem.

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Anonymous wrote:If he were a girl you’d be even more concerned. Do you want him to get a job down there and stay?

While I share your politics, as a parent who has sent two kids far from my home, people say this to me all the time. And what I say is "I hope they stay and make their own path. Nothing would make me happier than to know my kid created a new life for themselves with friends and a job they chose in a new city. Isn't that the point of all of this."

I always wonder why parents are so eager for their kids to break away, instead of keeping to a tight family bond. Maybe that's just the way of the Western world.

At their age, they are too young to know if they want a "tight family bond" with regards to proximity. It's better for kids to move back willingly if they truly want it. Less resentment
I want (for them) what they want, even though it will hurt when/if they move away.

You are right It's maybe a Western thing. My parents aren't and saying among us 2nd gens is that parents should give kids wings to fly and roots that give them a center, but our culture specializes in large gnarly roots that choke as well as the wings being tossed into the rubbish bin, because you could fly off to who knows where.

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Parents here need to discover that your kids are independent being and also deserve to be treated so as they transition to adulthood. I find it a day when parents limit their children’s potential by constantly trying to make decisions for them and forcing them to stay close to home. They aren’t abandoning you for choosing to leave across the country if that’s where they think they will thrive best.