College advice for someone living in the Midwest!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think some are being unnecessarily harsh. OP’s DD doesn’t feel like she fits in as a Missourian and wants to go back to the familiar. It’s an understandable human impulse. OP, there are some LACs in PA that may give merit as well, Muhlenberg is one and you might look at Gettysburg and Ursinus, too. If she’s open to Catholic schools like St. Joe’s there are more options in PA that give merit.

Because the daughter clearly thinks she is better than everyone else in the Midwest. She spent year mocking flyover country. No slac is going to change her mind.

Karma is real.

Where did she say the daughter “spent year” mocking flyover country? Nowhere. Your Midwestern insecurity is showing.

If a kid is unhappy with ever single in state college choice that's a parenting failure. Op raised an entitled brat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think some are being unnecessarily harsh. OP’s DD doesn’t feel like she fits in as a Missourian and wants to go back to the familiar. It’s an understandable human impulse. OP, there are some LACs in PA that may give merit as well, Muhlenberg is one and you might look at Gettysburg and Ursinus, too. If she’s open to Catholic schools like St. Joe’s there are more options in PA that give merit.

Because the daughter clearly thinks she is better than everyone else in the Midwest. She spent year mocking flyover country. No slac is going to change her mind.

Karma is real.

Where did she say the daughter “spent year” mocking flyover country? Nowhere. Your Midwestern insecurity is showing.

Nice try. Your bitterness is showing.

So you admit that the kid never did what you accused her of doing. Good, glad we got that cleared up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think some are being unnecessarily harsh. OP’s DD doesn’t feel like she fits in as a Missourian and wants to go back to the familiar. It’s an understandable human impulse. OP, there are some LACs in PA that may give merit as well, Muhlenberg is one and you might look at Gettysburg and Ursinus, too. If she’s open to Catholic schools like St. Joe’s there are more options in PA that give merit.

Because the daughter clearly thinks she is better than everyone else in the Midwest. She spent year mocking flyover country. No slac is going to change her mind.

Karma is real.

Where did she say the daughter “spent year” mocking flyover country? Nowhere. Your Midwestern insecurity is showing.

If a kid is unhappy with ever single in state college choice that's a parenting failure. Op raised an entitled brat.

Or maybe the kid just doesn’t like Missouri? Really not that hard to understand.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Look at California LACs. They are likely to see a fall-off in applications. There are also a couple of LACs in Oregon and Washington State. I can’t recall the names. Also, I think there are universities in New Mexico that offer in-state tuition for certain GPAs. It’s been posted here before.

I'm curious about how you know that the California LACs will see a fall-off in applications. Is it because of the wildfire or something else? Which LACs in particular?

I don’t “know.” I said “likely” — I think many people would be nervous about starting as a first year at Pepperdine, Occidental, etc. I knew people who even a couple of years ago who were thinking along these lines, much less now. But, no one knows for sure at this juncture. Just throwing out ideas.

Thank you for clarifying. Makes sense that it's all under speculation. Do you think the same can be said about the Claremont Colleges too? I have a DC to apply for colleges down the road, and so I am looking into various options.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think some are being unnecessarily harsh. OP’s DD doesn’t feel like she fits in as a Missourian and wants to go back to the familiar. It’s an understandable human impulse. OP, there are some LACs in PA that may give merit as well, Muhlenberg is one and you might look at Gettysburg and Ursinus, too. If she’s open to Catholic schools like St. Joe’s there are more options in PA that give merit.

Because the daughter clearly thinks she is better than everyone else in the Midwest. She spent year mocking flyover country. No slac is going to change her mind.

Karma is real.

Where did she say the daughter “spent year” mocking flyover country? Nowhere. Your Midwestern insecurity is showing.

If a kid is unhappy with ever single in state college choice that's a parenting failure. Op raised an entitled brat.

You are literally spending your time in this forum to insult a child you know nothing about. Wow. Just...wow...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think some are being unnecessarily harsh. OP’s DD doesn’t feel like she fits in as a Missourian and wants to go back to the familiar. It’s an understandable human impulse. OP, there are some LACs in PA that may give merit as well, Muhlenberg is one and you might look at Gettysburg and Ursinus, too. If she’s open to Catholic schools like St. Joe’s there are more options in PA that give merit.

Because the daughter clearly thinks she is better than everyone else in the Midwest. She spent year mocking flyover country. No slac is going to change her mind.

Karma is real.

Where did she say the daughter “spent year” mocking flyover country? Nowhere. Your Midwestern insecurity is showing.

Op says the kid is uphappy with ALL in state options and will only consider the coasts. It's pretty obvious what happened.

No need to be rude about it. Kids in different areas have different cultures. As an ex-Californian, my best friend in my new Pennsylvania middle school was another ex-Californian. We're still friends today even though she returned to California.

I came to PA from a MoCo "W school" feeder middle school that was pretty nasty. I later chose not to raise my kids in the DCUM heartland because of that. Even though I enjoyed living and working in the DMV as a young adult. I've found parents on here that say my old middle school is still nasty for the same reasons it was 40 years ago. It's validating.

I live in the Rust Belt Midwest now. My quality of life is great. But I am a bit non-Midwest for this area. I have two kids born here so I see how they indoctrinate kids firsthand.

People have different life experiences. If OP's kid wants to GTFO of Missouri, then help her.

[Anonymous]

Op, if your daughter ends up settling for a Midwest college, try to get her a roommate from NYC or NJ. When your kid hears the roommate complaining incessantly about the local pizza, bagels, & corned beef, she will be glad she stayed in the Midwest.

[Anonymous]

I wonder why she prefers the coasts for college. That would be a start. The midwest is a huge place with an amazing variety of options and easily some of the most enjoyable and vibrant college towns in the country. She might not know this.

[Anonymous]

UNH, Maine

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think some are being unnecessarily harsh. OP’s DD doesn’t feel like she fits in as a Missourian and wants to go back to the familiar. It’s an understandable human impulse. OP, there are some LACs in PA that may give merit as well, Muhlenberg is one and you might look at Gettysburg and Ursinus, too. If she’s open to Catholic schools like St. Joe’s there are more options in PA that give merit.

Because the daughter clearly thinks she is better than everyone else in the Midwest. She spent year mocking flyover country. No slac is going to change her mind.

Karma is real.

Where did she say the daughter “spent year” mocking flyover country? Nowhere. Your Midwestern insecurity is showing.

Nice try. Your bitterness is showing.

So you admit that the kid never did what you accused her of doing. Good, glad we got that cleared up.

Kid definitely mocks the Midwest otherwise she wouldn't write off the whole state.

Hilarious she's "stuck" there now. Good learning opportunity but I am sure she won't learn anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wonder why she prefers the coasts for college. That would be a start. The midwest is a huge place with an amazing variety of options and easily some of the most enjoyable and vibrant college towns in the country. She might not know this.

Interesting isn't it. Kid has lived there for 2 years and has nothing positive. Says a lot about her mindset.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think some are being unnecessarily harsh. OP’s DD doesn’t feel like she fits in as a Missourian and wants to go back to the familiar. It’s an understandable human impulse. OP, there are some LACs in PA that may give merit as well, Muhlenberg is one and you might look at Gettysburg and Ursinus, too. If she’s open to Catholic schools like St. Joe’s there are more options in PA that give merit.

Because the daughter clearly thinks she is better than everyone else in the Midwest. She spent year mocking flyover country. No slac is going to change her mind.

Karma is real.

Where did she say the daughter “spent year” mocking flyover country? Nowhere. Your Midwestern insecurity is showing.

Nice try. Your bitterness is showing.

So you admit that the kid never did what you accused her of doing. Good, glad we got that cleared up.

Kid definitely mocks the Midwest otherwise she wouldn't write off the whole state.

Hilarious she's "stuck" there now. Good learning opportunity but I am sure she won't learn anything.

She’s a kid. You’re an adult, presumably. Based on your comments I’m not sure she’s the less mature one here.

[Anonymous]

Sounds like op needs to have a sit down with her kid about her attitude.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wonder why she prefers the coasts for college. That would be a start. The midwest is a huge place with an amazing variety of options and easily some of the most enjoyable and vibrant college towns in the country. She might not know this.

Interesting isn't it. Kid has lived there for 2 years and has nothing positive. Says a lot about her mindset.

Or a lot about Missouri, let’s be honest.

[Anonymous]

Everytime you talk about college she ends up in tears?

Honestly, tell her you aren't paying for college. I'm guessing you've planned and saved for years. Her reaction is very ungrateful.