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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's hard to imagine a parent getting all twisted up because her kid might not be able to get a cat or drink beer in his or her room senior year.  Is this really a decision point, OP?  Seriously?  [/quote]

OP here. It's a very significant factor for the student's decision making, yes.  It's not about having a beer with your dog.  It's about independence and autonomy.   You know, making important choices for yourself as the adult that you are.

I should have known that SLAC grads from Tiny Rural Town, NewEngland would be overrepresented in the DCUM responses.  If I went to school in Waterville, ME I'd likely stay on campus for 4 yrs, too.

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You are just full of biases, instead of having an open mind and considering whether there might be advantages to something different than what you did.

What a shame if you have passed this narrow-mindedness on to your child. [/quote]

I'm not sure how many different ways that I can say this is my adult son driving the process here.

Also, all the people telling me it's so awesome and juniors will get big apartments with no other roommates and full kitchens -- really?  You're basing your blanket statement on an N=1 and you have no idea which colleges I'm talking about.

I'm looking at one college's website that directly contradicts you.  That would be the previously frontrunner college.[/quote]

You guys are really over-reacting. If your kid's #1 choice just went off his list for this...you are both mixed up.

There is more than one way to get to being a fully functional adult (or, put another way, living off campus in college is not the  only road to Rome). [/quote]

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