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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So much has been made of wanting kids to be at a place where they are with a cohort of intellectual peers. With the poor mental health epidemic on college campuses, where’s the discussion on the kids’ mental health? My kid is surrounded by very driven peers at their T-25 but I constantly remind them they cannot function well without balance and perspective. I [b]want my kid to be challenged but I also want them surrounded my classmates who are kind, thoughtful and well-adjusted[/b]. It’s sad how campus communities are now seen more as professional networks instead of  a source of social/emotional support not just during college but beyond as well. [/quote]

Dcum dramatizes a lot, often based on perception not the reality on campus. I have different kids at two different t10/ivy and another who recently graduated UVA. All three schools were /are challenging intellectually for each child, and all of them found many caring, humble, well adjusted kids as well as some who were not like that. Each of my kids would have done well at one of their siblings schools yet not the other and the answer of which would have not fit is different depending on the kid. In fact of the three the school that has the more cutthroat reputation had the highest percentage of kind helpful peers in our experience. Don’t believe everything on dcum. go visit schools and talk to students who are currently there. [/quote]

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