Your dream school

[Anonymous]

I went to Amherst in the 90s and absolutely loved it. I met my husband and made life long friends there. So if I could go back to Amherst of the 1990s, I would. If I were to choose a similar college today, I'd choose my daughter's Davidson which seems to have a student experience more like early 90's Amherst than the Amherst of today (and nicer weather to boot).

[Anonymous]

Went to a regional LAC in the southwest and now wonder if I'd have enjoyed a midwestern SLAC. But I didn't have a dream school as a high school senior.

[Anonymous]

Wait, is this about my dream school now, as a middle-aged person? Then I'd pick a small school with a Pomona-ish climate and work my way through the liberal arts curriculum pass-fail over five years in my robe and slippers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I went to Amherst in the 90s and absolutely loved it. I met my husband and made life long friends there. So if I could go back to Amherst of the 1990s, I would. If I were to choose a similar college today, I'd choose my daughter's Davidson which seems to have a student experience more like early 90's Amherst than the Amherst of today (and nicer weather to boot).

Amherst is a better school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I went to Amherst in the 90s and absolutely loved it. I met my husband and made life long friends there. So if I could go back to Amherst of the 1990s, I would. If I were to choose a similar college today, I'd choose my daughter's Davidson which seems to have a student experience more like early 90's Amherst than the Amherst of today (and nicer weather to boot).

Amherst is a better school.

NOT. Plus it’s super cliquish — athletes vs non athletes — remote and freezing. Davidson has none of these issues. I’d pick Davidson without question if given the choice.

[Anonymous]

U of Hawaii

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mine was always Harvard. And then I attended. It's a dream school for a reason, and some of us have what it takes to pull off our dreams.

I attended Harvard as well. I would not call it a dream school. I would actually call it a mythical place. It is not a real place in many senses.

[Anonymous]

Univ Wisconsin-Madison

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Georgetown. Went to UVA (where I had a fabulous time) because we could not afford the School of Foreign Service tab. Ended up getting my JD at GULC but it wasn’t the same being downtown.

This is likely to be my kid. Hard to justify $80-90k year against in-state UVA tuition, especially as UVA is now ranked 24.

Ranking doesn’t mean much in the context….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mine was always Harvard. And then I attended. It's a dream school for a reason, and some of us have what it takes to pull off our dreams.

I attended Harvard as well. I would not call it a dream school. I would actually call it a mythical place. It is not a real place in many senses.

Harvard is a dream school for many cuz it exists only in fantasy. It is what it is after the Claudine Gay fiasco. It's been exposed as one of the most corrupt institutions in the world headed by then Olympic gold medalist in plagiarism and racism.

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Northeastern University

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Anonymous wrote:Northeastern University

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Stanford

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University of Hawaii

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U Miami