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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm sure ASU is looked down upon by DC snobs, but it's actually a decent school and has a good business school. I don't know anyone from the midwest or NE who didn't like going to school there, especially those who are into the outdoors or chasing senoritas.[/quote]

ASU grad PP. I grew up in AZ, went to a more selective school elsewhere, decided it wasn't for me, then returned to live at home and commute to ASU. Lots of other kids commuted. I graduated with ZERO debt. They have a fine library, and I did tons of outside reading not assigned in class. So, a self-motivated self-education. Went on to get two graduate degrees from Georgetown, and got a great job in this area. I would not encourage my kids to do the same thing but it all worked out OK.[/quote]

Why wouldn’t you support your kids doing that?

Are the stakes higher now than for you so you wouldn’t be comfortable taking that risk? [/quote]

If I had to do it all over again, I would do it differently, because there was a more optimum path to get where I am than the one I took. The first school I attended was wrong for me, and if I hadn't gone there, I wouldn't have rebounded home to attend a mediocre university like ASU just because my parents lived in Phoenix.

Hopefully my kids will be better advised and have a better idea of what they want to do than I did, but no guarantees, of course. Probably they won't screw up the way I did, they'll screw up in a different way.  :D [/quote]

I have similar feelings, I didn't have complain back then but as an adult, I question my judgement, and it's not what I want for my kid.  I also kept detached from students and made my own way, and I was proud of all that I learned and take full credit for that.  The party culture is easy to avoid, but the ability/motivation of the general populations, permeates everything on campus, and it's just not healthy to spend formative years saying I'm better than this.  It's motivating, but being motivated by positive examples is better than being fluffed up by negative ones.  I still have family in the area and know younger grads, they also don't complain, but I recognize the old patterns in stories they tell.[/quote]

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