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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lawrence University - turned down Skidmore and Grinnell for it. She just fell in love. [/quote]

Choosing Lawrence over Grinnell is like choosing JMU over UVA.  Makes no sense. [/quote]

[b] :lol:  Well, that's exactly what both my kids did - choose JMU over UVA (and W&M, btw).  They both had the time of their lives at JMU, got a great education, and are now in excellent grad schools.  This sounds like a 'you' problem.  [/quote][/b]

NP.  But they might have had betters times at UVA and would be in better grad schools.  That's still not a smart decision no matter how you want to defend it.[/quote]

I call BS.  No way both kids turned down W&M and UVA for JMU.  [/quote]
Could be, a few pages back someone allegedly turned down Grinnell for Lawrence. Maybe it was a merit aid decision?[/quote]

It wasn't a merit aid decision, it was a preference decision.  Why do you people find this so hard to believe?  There were several reasons that factored into their decisions, none of which I want to go into as I don't want this to turn into slamming either UVA or W&M, both of which are fine schools.  But it came down to my kids' personal preferences and their choices of majors.  We were thrilled with their choice.  I'd hate to have parents who were constantly second guessing my college choice because it apparently wasn't "prestigious" enough for them.  Wow.[/quote]

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