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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son only took 6 classes junior and senior year. He got into three top 20 schools. [/quote]

Sure. Name them. And where did he go?[/quote]

Brown, Vanderbilt, Cornell. He went to Drexel.[/quote]

I have heard of the first three, but not the last one. [/quote]

Extremely interesting, and unlikely, choice... Quite possibly the only person ever to turn down those and go to Drexel.[/quote]
Drexel may have offered money.[/quote]

Yes, Drexel offered more money but he's a very practical person and wanted the coops that Drexel offered. We visited Cornell in the spring after he was admitted and it was cold and gray and pretty depressing so that knocked it off the list. He liked Vanderbilt but felt like it was too southern and preppy and full of fraternities and sororities. He liked Brown but it was too expensive.[/quote]

The info about Cornell and Vanderbilt could have been gleaned from a simple google search. I don't think you're genuine. Your posts reek of BS.[/quote]

We visited Cornell in the summer. It was beautiful. Sunny and low humidity. We went back in late March I believe and there was still snow on the ground. It was cold and gray and depressing. He was turned off and says no thanks. [/quote]

How much research are you people doing? Central NY is one of the gloomiest places on Earth. I went to Colgate nearby and it's no secret that weather is the biggest downside.
I'm shocked at how many people apply to schools they have not researched. If weather is important, why not look at the weather before applying? 
Seems like that application to Cornell could have gone somewhere else and not have been wasted. [/quote]

We visited every school before applying. I loved Cornell after our visit and so did my son. I know this concept is hard for DCUMs but things change sometimes. We both knew it would be cold there in the winter but the only word to describe snow on the ground in the spring (for us) is depressing. It was probably around the middle of April because my son's birthday is then and we drove all of the way home to have his birthday dinner. The students looked tired and I think our tour guide said they had already had spring break so they shouldn't have been dragging like that. It was a totally different vibe the second time we visited.[/quote]

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