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[quote=Anonymous][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]

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Sorry, what?  Their top choice was JMU - both of them.  Who on earth says, "Well, they might have had a better time at ____" after just being told what a fantastic time was had at their chosen school?  How odd.  And as I said, they're in top grad schools for their fields.  UVA or W&M wouldn't have changed that.  So yes, it actually was a very smart decision for them to go to their first choice school.  But thanks for your input?   :wink: [/quote][/b]

It's not an odd comment at all.  You justified your kids' alleged pick of JMU, turning down UVA and W&M, with the comment that they had "the time of their lives".  Why is it odd to suggest they might have had a BETTER time at one of the other schools?  And how do you really know how their time was?  Much happened in college and grad school that I never told my parents about.  And you didn't say they were in top grad schools for their fields, you said they were in "xlnt grad schools". period.  So, I say troll or bad educational decision[/quote]

It is a VERY odd comment and a bizarre way to think. If you’re constantly thinking “well MAYBE I would have had a better time at/doing x, y, z if I had chosen differently” then you’re wasting a whole lot of time of what if’s.

Like my brother used to say “if if’s were fifths we’d all be f*cked up”. [/quote]

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In addition, who actually says to someone, "Well, you'd probably have had a better time at Y" after being told what a fantastic time they had at X.  That PP sounds like they have no social skills whatsoever.  I'd hate to live my life second guessing myself.[/quote]

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