Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
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Anonymous
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UChicago
Yale Columbia Harvard Stanford Princeton All seem like very serious academic institutions. Every person I’ve met that graduated from one of these schools has really impressed me. |
Anonymous
| Love this question. I was intimidated by big cities at age 18 and went to state flagship. If I had a do over, Columbia, McGill, or Trinity College (Dublin) |
Anonymous
| Duke for the sports and weather. Good academics. |
Anonymous
| Yale or Claremont Colleges (Pomona specifically seems dreamy) |
Anonymous
| University of Florida! Go Gators! |
Anonymous
| Knowing what I know now, I’d go to the best college where I could get a full ride. I went to a no name undergrad and a t5 MBA program and quickly discovered that the kids from name brand schools were absolutely no more qualified or smarter than I was. I’d save the money, be a big fish in a small pond, and appreciate that the amount you spend on you undergrad has tenuous, if any, relationship to you overall economic outcomes. |
Anonymous
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USC
UCLA Stanford SCAD |
Anonymous
| Yale |
Anonymous
| Yale or UMiami |
Anonymous
| yale or williams or Oxford. I'm into dark academia as the kid say |
Anonymous
| UChicago. |
Anonymous
I went to Wash. U. I’d go back there, because it was so beautiful, the classes were great, and it was so much fun. My second choice would be the University of Rochester, because it seems as if you get a top-level education there without the Ivy Plus ego issues. Third, Lewis & Clark, because it’s a great school, and Portland is so gorgeous. |
Anonymous
| High Point! Academics are overrated anyways. Resort living is where it's at. |
Anonymous
| Just for a self esteem boost I might try to go to a college where I'd be a big fish in a small pond rather than the high-ranked school I squeaked into. It would be interesting to contrast the experiences. |
Anonymous
| Stanford--gorgeous weather year-round (not hot, not cold, just right). Amazing walkable campus, beautiful art museum (and outdoor art all around), tons of UG research opportunities ... |