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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Each school has particular programs that may appeal to some over others. [/quote]

This. But DCUM is obsessed with things like "prestige" (as perceived by each person posting, so...all over the place), ranking, location, "name recognition" (by whom? in what field? one year after graduation or a decade after graduation?....). And other such things which may have nothing at all to do with what a parent's child actually wants to study and wants to do for a living after college.

What should matter is whether any college is the right one for the student's chosen field first and foremost, and after that, if it's a good fit -- because this will be hoe for four years, four formative years, of the student's life. That might be Kenyon, Oberlin, Grinnell, Bowdoin, Colby, or UVA or UMD.

The question sometimes, but pretty rarely, asked here, should not be "Why would anyone apply to this college?" but should be: "My kid wants to study subject X and possibly subject Y as well, and is shy and has trouble making friends (or is outgoing and wants to participate a lot in college life). Suggestions on those majors, at schools which might be a good fit for my kid's personality too?" But nope, we get boosterism or bashing, and that's useless to a real student trying to narrow down a list based on something other than parents coming here to snark. [/quote]

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