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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No state schools, no high greek percentage schools, no religiously affiliated schools, no schools that require a plane ride.
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Wow. So no Berkeley, UNC, GT ????[/quote]

No, not even in the ballpark but mind you I'm a huge, unrepentant education snob.[/quote]

Not much of an *education* snob if you’re making college decisions based on mode of transportation.  [/quote]

NP here. This exchange sounds like what I hear from some friends. "My kid can only go to college within a five-hour drive of home" or whatever. Basically it seems to be their way to say "You have to stay in-state" but signaling that they'd consider somewhere just over a border. It's like they put the point of a compass on their hometown, drew a circle around it and said, "You have to go to college within this circle."

I'm curious to know from the "no schools that require a plane ride" poster why you consider that a factor, unless you just mean you want them to stay in-state for financial reasons but "no plane ride" is your way of saying so--? I ask this as someone who did go to school a plane ride (or one very long drive) away from home, and who has told my DC that staying in-state or in a certain driving distance is not required.

Maybe the concern is that if a kid is in trouble, sick, hurt, it's harder to get to your kid or harder for your kid to get home if they're a plane ride away? I can see that as a reason if a student has health or other issues. Asking this seriously.[/quote]

I was born and raised in DC but live in NYC now so my drive ring includes Dartmouth to the north, Cornell to the west and Princeton to the southwest.  Our thinking is two-fold.....convenience and safety.  I'd much rather just give DC a car and not have to ever worry about booking travel months in advance and Ive had friends that have had serious medical issues with their children in college. I can't imagine getting a call about my child having a health issue and not being able to jump in a car and being at their side in max 4-5 hours.  Maybe I'm being paranoid but why take the chance?[/quote]

[b]You sound super anxious[/b].  My parents were Foreign Service and lived 3 plane trips and about 16 hours away from me when I was in college.  But I was a self sufficient young adult at 17 when I went to college.  If your kid isn't, you failed as a parent. [/quote]And you sound like a know it all blowhard.  Who gives a crap that your parents were Foreign Service and what does that have to do with how other people choose what's fit?

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