S/o if YOU were going to college today, where would you go?

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Anonymous wrote:UVA. I had great SATs but was a lazy sack in high school and squeaked into Mason. It was fine and I make a good living now, but I spent many fun weekends with friends in Charlottesville and love to visit there to this day. If I had a do-over, that's what I'd do.

I went to UVA but if I had to do it again, I'd go somewhere smaller like James Madison or W&M. UVA was just too vast for me.

I thought JMU was bigger?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA. I had great SATs but was a lazy sack in high school and squeaked into Mason. It was fine and I make a good living now, but I spent many fun weekends with friends in Charlottesville and love to visit there to this day. If I had a do-over, that's what I'd do.

I went to UVA but if I had to do it again, I'd go somewhere smaller like James Madison or W&M. UVA was just too vast for me.

I thought JMU was bigger?

It's medium-sized - not small, but not as big as UVA.

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I would not do my SLAC. Disjointed, liberal liberal arts education. It did get me into a top law school but it was a different era. I would do HYP. On my record then, I could have done it. Today? No way. Probably couldn't even get into my SLAC.

If not HYP, then a great books school so I could have had the great books education. My SLAC education was just a laughable cut-and-paste mess.

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I'd choose Harvard again, but for a different set of reasons and with different backup plans. Then it was Wharton and Berkeley. Today it would probably U of Chicago. But I went to college thinking I'd end up in law or business and came out an academic. Harvard was a real "kid in a candy store" experience for me.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA. I had great SATs but was a lazy sack in high school and squeaked into Mason. It was fine and I make a good living now, but I spent many fun weekends with friends in Charlottesville and love to visit there to this day. If I had a do-over, that's what I'd do.

I went to UVA but if I had to do it again, I'd go somewhere smaller like James Madison or W&M. UVA was just too vast for me.

I thought JMU was bigger?

It's medium-sized - not small, but not as big as UVA.

JMU actually has about a 1000 more undergraduates, but UVA has ~7500 grad students compared to ~1100 at JMU.

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Anonymous wrote:gross...in nowhere IN

Yep, that's how great a school it is! Doesn't even matter that it's in the middle of nowhere.

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Bowdoin in Maine or Williams in massachusetts.

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I'd do the joint William & Mary/st Andrews program

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I went to Georgetown and I don't think I would go back.

I think I would choose a big state school with a lot of pride and leave me and dh with less debt.

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I would go to a Big 10 or PAC 10 school. Good academics, spirit and size. Umd made a great move .

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Anonymous wrote:I played a string instrument in college but gave it up. If I could do it all over again, I would go to the Berklee College of Music and major in Film Scoring. I always loved music and good movie soundtracks.

I think I'm going to cry. No second chances like this at my age.

This is why my kid can major in Film, if he wants to major in Film. My parents forbid me to do it and I'm sorry that I'm not in the industry.

+1. Ahhhh....for a 2nd chance!

THat sounds really cool! I was a top notch flutist and taught myself cello, piano, clarinet and double bass to an immediate level. I didn't pursue music in college as I thought the only options were music teacher or Boston Pops-like career. I wish I knew the other options when I was 18 instead of learning them at 45.. I hope for better career guidance for my two kids.

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Right back to where I went the first time, Dartmouth. Fell in love with it as a high school student and would go the same route in a heartbeat.

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I had the Stanford application in my hands - but couldn't bear the look on my mother's face when she said it was too far away. I went to Mount Holyoke instead and loved it. I also wish I had considered Brown.

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Anonymous wrote:I had the Stanford application in my hands - but couldn't bear the look on my mother's face when she said it was too far away. I went to Mount Holyoke instead and loved it. I also wish I had considered Brown.

This is my sister's story as well, except that she attended Notre Dame instead. My father said that he could not afford to bring her back from Palo Alto for breaks. Does she regret it? Perhaps a little, but likely not at all. She graduated first in her Biology major, was admitted to Yale Medical School, and now lives in a $6 million house in Chicago's Lincoln Park.

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I would go to UMD a million times!
Funniest jersey / ny people I have ever been around! Kids from all over the state. Met my wife. My dad , mom, kids , one sister and 2 nephews went there. We all go to games together. I love the campus . I like that it's in an area that isn't fake /playtime I think it toughens up the young adults .
Everytime I use google, Underarmour , Sirius ,universal price code, gasoline , fly a plane , stadium TV .
Watch Seinfeld , the wire, the muppets , curb your entusiasm.diary of wimpy kid, boondocks , liberty meadows , baywatch . Hear the words Dopplar radar , linear programming, coronary stents, insulin pump, watergate, nautica

I think of UMD