Spin off: where did you go to college and where are your kids actually going?
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Anonymous
| My kids are rising 11th grade twins so no college destinations for them yet. |
Anonymous
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Me: Northwestern
Kids: Princeton and Bucknell |
Anonymous
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Carnegie Mellon University for undergrad for both of us.
Kid is going to our local community college. (couldn't get in, no way for us to afford it anyway) |
Anonymous
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Parents - St. Lawrence University & University of Rhode Island
Kids - University of Virginia |
Anonymous
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Dh and I: SLAC (very small at the time, <1000)
Ds #1 going to large state school. |
Anonymous
| I went to a community college. My daughter dropped out of high school so right now it doesn't look like she's going to college. |
Anonymous
| We met at UVA and our 3 kids going/gone to UVA also |
Anonymous
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me: Iowa State, then UVA (law).
DD: very possibly NOVA. It pains me, but I've found some peace about it. She is not me. She has to forge her own path. |
Anonymous
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DH and me: UPenn
DD: Marquette |
Anonymous
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DH: UMD-CP
Me: NESCAC SLAC DCs: Kenyon and Grinnell |
Anonymous
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Me & partner: Yale
DD & DS: Northwestern They've both loved their time at Northwestern and we couldn't be happier! |
Anonymous
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both parents: Harvard
Kid: UChicago |
Anonymous
Good for you. Make peace. She will figure out a great future. OP could have alternately titled this thread, "Well-educated parents raise over-achieving kids, am I right?" |
Anonymous
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Me: Cal Poly SLO +UMD grad school
DH: ODU Kid: Virginia Tech |
Anonymous
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Me: UW Madison, San Jose State DH: U of New Mexico
DD#1: Emory, DD#2 & 3: still in high school |