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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Yes, I will be seriously disappointed if DS (now 12) is not accepted to a top 25 school. Or a top 10 school for his major, which is looking like it could be engineering. The very best engineering schools don't overlap neatly with absolute top 25.

I will love him just the same if he winds up at U. Wisconsin though. And he will have a nice life if that happens. But it's not wrong to strive for better.

Enjoy Virginia Tech.

Isn't a very top engineering school, but I'll help you out despite your misfired snark. I think you were trying to make fun of the prospect of going to a large, state U. in a non-urbane city -- a school that isn't a top-25 overall university, amiright?

Next time you try to mock a kid for aiming for the very best engineering schools that aren't Stanford, here are some you should try. &quot;Have fun in _________ &quot;

Georgia Tech 
U. of Illinois (omg, right? Illinois ?!?! 
Purdue 
Carnegie Mellon (&lt;-- pretty good name, but you'll still get to chortle to yourself only because CM is in Pittsburgh, which is fucking hilarious)

[b]WTF is wrong with you?[/b][/quote]

My husband went to Stanford, my dad went to VA tech, and my son goes to GA tech, and I have the same question as the PP.
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