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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you're a rich out of state applicant, you probably apply to both, plus maybe Indiana and George Washington, then go to the highest ranked one you get into. And/or the one you have family or friend ties to. Let's be honest, they're both gigantic rah-rah paint-your-face sportball degree mills, where rich out of state kids go to do a lot of tailgating, drinking, drugs and hooking up in Greek life. Then graduate and speed to the airport and never visit either flyover state again.[/quote]

What are the best, let's say 5 colleges to attend, in your opinion?[/quote]

An at least somewhat selective private college your teen feels most comfortable at. [b]Public universities are a joke for undergrad.[/b] Of course some successful students come out of publics, it's hard not to have SOME successful grinds out of 20,000 to 50,000 plus undergraduate students. But it's not an ideal ethos and the administration does not give a rat's ass about your child. And I mean that in the most literal sense; nobody at a mega U cares if your kid dies, is raped, overdoses, stops showing up to class, fails out.[/quote]

Said the person who has never sat through a weeder class at a flagship university.[/quote]

In all seriousness, I attended a small LAC (2,000 students) and later transferred to state uni (17,000 students). At both schools, a student passed away while I was attending. When it happened at the LAC, there was at least one vigil that the entire student body voluntarily attended, multiple emails, funeral info, a mass, and more. Kids cried for weeks. When it happened at the big state U, there was one template email announcing the death. And that was it. Never heard a thing about it again from anyone. No vigil. [/quote]

If this is the threshold for choosing a school.... :roll:[/quote]

Terrible story, but a great analogy. [/quote]

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