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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids at SEC schools like Alabama, Georgia, and Tennessee aren't having the problems described in this thread. They're having fun, loving life, tailgating and watching great football. And the academics are much better than they get credit for. Something to think about as your kids, perhaps as your behest, stress themselves out in high school and make themselves miserable to get into an "elite" college where they'll just be even more stressed out and miserable.[/quote]

This post is getting ragged on, but there's a lot of truth to it. My kid along with many of the cool kids from his high school gravitated to the SEC, eschewing higher-ranked "striver" schools. The more academic ones shot for Vandy, the next tier ended up at Florida and Georgia, and the run-of-the-mill, all-American, above-average types are happy at UTK, UofSC, Bama, and Auburn. I don't know of a single one who is crying in their dorm room, depressed because they miss home and aren't making friends. These kids all have magnetic personalities and are crushing it socially. I'm not sure if SEC schools bring out the best in their students' social skills or if they simply self-select for the cream of the crop in coolness. But whatever it is, the happiness gap among college kids in the South and the rest of the country is real.[/quote]

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