Okay, so where is DS/DD going to go to college next fall?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wait a sec. I thought half of Mclean and Langley went to UVa.
Not one UVA, GMU, Vtech yet.

DC got into Virginia Tech, but is going to Purdue.

Engineering?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UMD
Full ride

Can you tell us your DC's stats? Would love to know what it takes to get a F.R.

[Anonymous]

DS is going to Northwestern University in Illinois.

So glad to see that so many on this thread have kids who are leaving the east coast for college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS is going to Northwestern University in Illinois.

So glad to see that so many on this thread have kids who are leaving the east coast for college.

?? what's wrong with the east coast?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Scripps College in Pomona, California.

Far away but truly a great choice for her.

Pomona and CLaremont Mckenna are highly ranked.
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-liberal-arts-colleges

Beautiful campuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is going to Northwestern University in Illinois.

So glad to see that so many on this thread have kids who are leaving the east coast for college.

?? what's wrong with the east coast?

+ 1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Marquette University in Wisconsin...judge away, DCUM.

OK. Marquette sucks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is going to Northwestern University in Illinois.

So glad to see that so many on this thread have kids who are leaving the east coast for college.

?? what's wrong with the east coast?

+ 1

Nothing. I just like seeing kids who want to explore other areas of the country and abroad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:NC State Engineering!

DD is going to NCSU for Zoology - ultimately wants to do Vet school

[Anonymous]

Well, if your kid grows up in DCUMLandia and is liberal, then going to school at nearby Duke or anywhere in the south will be just as much a cultural experience as going to school abroad. Actually, going to a liberal west coast college wouldn't be very different from going to a liberal east coast college, right?

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Anonymous wrote:Well, if your kid grows up in DCUMLandia and is liberal, then going to school at nearby Duke or anywhere in the south will be just as much a cultural experience as going to school abroad. Actually, going to a liberal west coast college wouldn't be very different from going to a liberal east coast college, right?

It isn't about liberal or conservative to me - it is about getting DD AWAY from home. My cousin's daughter has a similar personality as our DD and my cousin got a math compass and drew a circle around DC. Anywhere within a 900 mile radius in any direction was off limits to her daughter. She wanted her to spread her wings and not be temped to come home every weekend. Her DD chose Tulane and loves it. My DD is only a sophomore in high school but DH and I are considering doing the same thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DS is going to Northwestern University in Illinois.

So glad to see that so many on this thread have kids who are leaving the east coast for college.

?? what's wrong with the east coast?

+ 1

Nothing. I just like seeing kids who want to explore other areas of the country and abroad.

Yes, Evanston is extremely different from a DC suburb.

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Anonymous wrote:Please don't call it Oxy.

Eagle Rock and Highland Park are really eclectic neighborhoods, a lot of indigenous L.A. culture to explore there.

The pres got out of there the first chance he could. See also Crazy U.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, if your kid grows up in DCUMLandia and is liberal, then going to school at nearby Duke or anywhere in the south will be just as much a cultural experience as going to school abroad. Actually, going to a liberal west coast college wouldn't be very different from going to a liberal east coast college, right?

It isn't about liberal or conservative to me - it is about getting DD AWAY from home. My cousin's daughter has a similar personality as our DD and my cousin got a math compass and drew a circle around DC. Anywhere within a 900 mile radius in any direction was off limits to her daughter. She wanted her to spread her wings and not be temped to come home every weekend. Her DD chose Tulane and loves it. My DD is only a sophomore in high school but DH and I are considering doing the same thing.

That's just parental meddling in a weird, different way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, if your kid grows up in DCUMLandia and is liberal, then going to school at nearby Duke or anywhere in the south will be just as much a cultural experience as going to school abroad. Actually, going to a liberal west coast college wouldn't be very different from going to a liberal east coast college, right?

It isn't about liberal or conservative to me - it is about getting DD AWAY from home. My cousin's daughter has a similar personality as our DD and my cousin got a math compass and drew a circle around DC. Anywhere within a 900 mile radius in any direction was off limits to her daughter. She wanted her to spread her wings and not be temped to come home every weekend. Her DD chose Tulane and loves it. My DD is only a sophomore in high school but DH and I are considering doing the same thing.

That's just parental meddling in a weird, different way.

+1

900 miles, eh? Glad you aren't my mother :0)

I grew up in Silver Spring and went to UMCP. I didn't go home every weekend and I spread my wings just fine. My parents only "meddling" was to set the following boundaries: pick a state school or figure out how to pay the difference in tuition (not because they were being unkind; rather, they set realistic financial boundaries). We will likely do the same with our kids...although we will likely dissuade them from taking on student loans.