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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Part of the problem, I think, is that many DCUM posters/mothers are so far removed from college -- they're typically in their 50s and not much younger -- that they can't remember what it's like to be young.

Sure, I wanted my kids to go to a reputable school and study.  But I always wanted them to be happy, social, and to have a blast.  When I read posts like "I love the quiet winter days of my remote SLAC" I'm like "what??  are you my grandmother??"

We're talking about kids, man!  They have their whole lives ahead of them to be so damned serious.  You people have lost your minds.    [/quote]

Is it really not okay that not everyone wants the same thing? Does that offend you somehow?

Frats are really falling every year. Plenty of data saying kids dont want that anymore. And even at "football" schools most undergrads never go to a game.

But let's take ND as an exception. They do attend the games. I toured ND with one of my kids and the guide said he wasn't interested in study abroad bcs he didn't want to miss those 7 home games. And he couldn't do it spring semester in case of a bowl game.

I think that's a valid choice, and my kid didn't roll his eyes. But we didn't think that's the only "right" way to do college.

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Can we stop talking about Notre Dame please?  I know a lot more about it than you might think.  For one thing, nearly 90 percent of the undergraduates study abroad, so you had yourself an outlier.

And how the hell do you know that "most" undergrads at big football schools "never" go to a game.  Show your work.  [/quote]

NP that's because ND counts week-long programs in those stats. Not semester or year-length[/quote]

I know a lot about ND, believe me.  A very large percentage of its students study abroad for a semester or year.  They don't all go to the football games either, btw.  For one thing, tickets aren't free for them. [/quote]

How do you know so much? Oh, please tell us![/quote]

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