So, apparently I have raised a "geography snob".

[Anonymous]

So I grew up in Northern KY. I am going out on a limb and assuming the major is Exercise Science/Physiology and the schools are Thomas More and Xavier.

If the Northern KY school really is Thomas More, please,.... no. Xavier is a vastly better choice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I grew up in Northern KY. I am going out on a limb and assuming the major is Exercise Science/Physiology and the schools are Thomas More and Xavier.

If the Northern KY school really is Thomas More, please,.... no. Xavier is a vastly better choice.

OP here, good guess, except Exercise Science is becoming much more popular. I swear, every school we look at has it!

Neither Thomas More nor Xavier is on the list.

[Anonymous]

OP, my God listen to your DC. Your DC is telling you where things would be comfortable. YOU are the one being unreasonable about geography! DC is going to college, not you!

[Anonymous]

Some universities have slots they call research professor, kind of like a glorified postdoc, as opposed to professors who have teaching duties. Research professors are NOT even tenure track but they can last an entire career and pay more than a postdoc but never as much as an assistant professor no matter how long you work. You report to a tenured professor and mostly rely on that professor's ability to obtain grants. If the professor ends up winning a Nobel prize or something, being their research professor can be a GREAT job. Some schools have research professors that are in charge of running major instrumentation. Some schools have groups of professors that run programs or institutes and the program or institute hires research professors to provide samples or in my friend's case to be in charge of the turf green house.

"Wait, she ended up a research professor (tenured?) in her field? Sure she doesn't earn as much as I do, but shit, she got to do her thing, and she gets to do it every day."

[Anonymous]

I think it's perfectly fine to tell him he's overlooking some great schools because of preconceptions or stupid biases and leave it at that. There are more than enough schools in the country that he'll find some that fit his line of thinking so just let it go. It's called natural consequences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, my God listen to your DC. Your DC is telling you where things would be comfortable. YOU are the one being unreasonable about geography! DC is going to college, not you!

My AA DC refuses to consider certain states in the south, some very north New England states, Idaho, and a few others. DC has give powerful arguments why no college applications will be submitted in those locations, and I understand completely and won't force the issue.

I certainly don't consider DC a 'geography snob' but more so being realistic of expectations and certainly not preconceived notions. We visited one college in a significant ethnic majority town and met with stares, not mean but more curious. DC's response was 'I am not a zoo animal. I want to leave.'. There are many, many locations that will be more conducive to my DC's geographical needs.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in Arizona and was terrified of going anywhere with snow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, my God listen to your DC. Your DC is telling you where things would be comfortable. YOU are the one being unreasonable about geography! DC is going to college, not you!

My AA DC refuses to consider certain states in the south, some very north New England states, Idaho, and a few others. DC has give powerful arguments why no college applications will be submitted in those locations, and I understand completely and won't force the issue.

I certainly don't consider DC a 'geography snob' but more so being realistic of expectations and certainly not preconceived notions. We visited one college in a significant ethnic majority town and met with stares, not mean but more curious. DC's response was 'I am not a zoo animal. I want to leave.'. There are many, many locations that will be more conducive to my DC's geographical needs.

I totally agree with the PP. I would not feel comfortable sending my child to school in a town full of black or brown people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, my God listen to your DC. Your DC is telling you where things would be comfortable. YOU are the one being unreasonable about geography! DC is going to college, not you!

My AA DC refuses to consider certain states in the south, some very north New England states, Idaho, and a few others. DC has give powerful arguments why no college applications will be submitted in those locations, and I understand completely and won't force the issue.

I certainly don't consider DC a 'geography snob' but more so being realistic of expectations and certainly not preconceived notions. We visited one college in a significant ethnic majority town and met with stares, not mean but more curious. DC's response was 'I am not a zoo animal. I want to leave.'. There are many, many locations that will be more conducive to my DC's geographical needs.

I totally agree with the PP. I would not feel comfortable sending my child to school in a town full of black or brown people.

Trump would be proud of you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to Wesleyan in Middletown, CT. Honestly, it's four years of your life. You may as well live in a nice location. Wesleyan was great, and perhaps the campus life was made better by the sucky location, but now I wonder why I didn't go to sunny California or mild nc or exciting nyc

Because Wesleyan is a great school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, my God listen to your DC. Your DC is telling you where things would be comfortable. YOU are the one being unreasonable about geography! DC is going to college, not you!

My AA DC refuses to consider certain states in the south, some very north New England states, Idaho, and a few others. DC has give powerful arguments why no college applications will be submitted in those locations, and I understand completely and won't force the issue.

I certainly don't consider DC a 'geography snob' but more so being realistic of expectations and certainly not preconceived notions. We visited one college in a significant ethnic majority town and met with stares, not mean but more curious. DC's response was 'I am not a zoo animal. I want to leave.'. There are many, many locations that will be more conducive to my DC's geographical needs.

I totally agree with the PP. I would not feel comfortable sending my child to school in a town full of black or brown people.

Guess you won't be ending your child to NYC (Columbia et al) Philadelphia (Penn), Chicago (UofC), Houston (Rice), Cleveland (Case Western), LA (UCLA, USC), Oakland/Berkeley, Atlanta (Emory), and tons more.

However, there are many schools that will be a 'fit' for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to Wesleyan in Middletown, CT. Honestly, it's four years of your life. You may as well live in a nice location. Wesleyan was great, and perhaps the campus life was made better by the sucky location, but now I wonder why I didn't go to sunny California or mild nc or exciting nyc

Because Wesleyan is a great school?

DC is looking at Wesleyan and really likes it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, my God listen to your DC. Your DC is telling you where things would be comfortable. YOU are the one being unreasonable about geography! DC is going to college, not you!

My AA DC refuses to consider certain states in the south, some very north New England states, Idaho, and a few others. DC has give powerful arguments why no college applications will be submitted in those locations, and I understand completely and won't force the issue.

I certainly don't consider DC a 'geography snob' but more so being realistic of expectations and certainly not preconceived notions. We visited one college in a significant ethnic majority town and met with stares, not mean but more curious. DC's response was 'I am not a zoo animal. I want to leave.'. There are many, many locations that will be more conducive to my DC's geographical needs.

I totally agree with the PP. I would not feel comfortable sending my child to school in a town full of black or brown people.

Guess you won't be ending your child to NYC (Columbia et al) Philadelphia (Penn), Chicago (UofC), Houston (Rice), Cleveland (Case Western), LA (UCLA, USC), Oakland/Berkeley, Atlanta (Emory), and tons more.

However, there are many schools that will be a 'fit' for you.

Throw Boston (Yale) and Boston (Harvard et al) into the fix too. Tons of black and brown folks.

[Anonymous]

^^ *New Haven (Yale)*

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, my God listen to your DC. Your DC is telling you where things would be comfortable. YOU are the one being unreasonable about geography! DC is going to college, not you!

My AA DC refuses to consider certain states in the south, some very north New England states, Idaho, and a few others. DC has give powerful arguments why no college applications will be submitted in those locations, and I understand completely and won't force the issue.

I certainly don't consider DC a 'geography snob' but more so being realistic of expectations and certainly not preconceived notions. We visited one college in a significant ethnic majority town and met with stares, not mean but more curious. DC's response was 'I am not a zoo animal. I want to leave.'. There are many, many locations that will be more conducive to my DC's geographical needs.

I totally agree with the PP. I would not feel comfortable sending my child to school in a town full of black or brown people.

Guess you won't be ending your child to NYC (Columbia et al) Philadelphia (Penn), Chicago (UofC), Houston (Rice), Cleveland (Case Western), LA (UCLA, USC), Oakland/Berkeley, Atlanta (Emory), and tons more.

However, there are many schools that will be a 'fit' for you.

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