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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]just dont get why parents send their kids to places like Cornell, CMU.

all downside.. weather, hard academics, no life[/quote]

People get attached to the brand name, and don't consider that 4 years is a big chunk of your life (and at schools that difficult, maybe 5-6 years).[/quote]

:roll:

I am from Europe and I somehow ended up at CMU as an undergrad without really knowing anything about. I loved it. I had the greatest time. The education was top notch, so many interesting classes and amazing professors. I thought all American schools were like this because they this is what college is supposed to be like. It's certainly like that, except much less fun, where I came from.

Later I realized Americans expect some kind of intense social experience from college. Fine. But, this being a very large and diverse country, I am sure there are others like me who have no problem with "bad weather, no life" etc so they are choosing CMU because of it and not (only) because of the brand name. My oldest is like that, for sure, and I would definitively send her there, but it's quite pricey. But reading here how terrible CMU is because it is focused on academics, it's starting to look like a good deal.[/quote]

People don't take issue with CMU because it's focused on academics - there are a boatload of schools that also fit that description without being soul-crushingly difficult and nearly devoid of fun.[/quote]

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