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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, those dumpy dorm rooms will look TERRIBLE on your DC's resume.  Avoid.[/quote]

if college is all about how it looks on the resume, than I totally understand why you think it's fine for colleges with billions in tax advantaged endowments not to clean up mold in any timely way.  [/quote]

First stuff that "billions in tax advantaged endowments" right up the wazoo.  They are no different than your church or your country club.  Being non-profit by no means requires any of those to adhere to any standards except laws.

I stand by the point that these posts sound like 100% sour grapes to me.

[i]A Fox one day spied a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine trained along the branches of a tree. The grapes seemed ready to burst with juice, and the Fox's mouth watered as he gazed longingly at them.

The bunch hung from a high branch, and the Fox had to jump for it. The first time he jumped he missed it by a long way. So he walked off a short distance and took a running leap at it, only to fall short once more. Again and again he tried, but in vain.

Now he sat down and looked at the grapes in disgust.

"What a fool I am," he said. "Here I am wearing myself out to get a bunch of sour grapes that are not worth gaping for."

And off he walked very, very scornfully.

There are many who pretend to despise and belittle that which is beyond their reach.[/i]

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You might have a point but it might also be true that your pride is hurt because others don't envy you or your Larla/Larlo for your choice of school.  So let's not assume it's sour grapes just because there's no Aesop's Fable about DCUM parents.  This might do in the interim:

https://medium.com/@christinescioli/not-so-sour-grapes-1464a0f24ac[/quote]

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