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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Hang out with" is a subjective term. She's surrounded by people. She will never, ever be in this (imo fortunate) circumstance - surrounded by 30,000 of her peers the same age.[/quote]

This is why you don’t send passive kids or frankly any teen you really care about to a gigantic university for undergrad. THIS is why families pay a premium for private college. Nobody there cares about her. Nobody there is looking out for her. Nobody even notices if she never leaves her room and skips classes for weeks. And if God forbid something bad happens to her, the university machine will cover it up.

The only thing that gets anyone’s attention there is the check for tuition and room and board not clearing.[/quote]

This is utterly bizarre.  Of course you don't send a painfully shy or extremely introverted person to a large school, if there is a history of social difficulties - as there seems to be with the girl in question.  But [b]most[/b] kids do great at large schools.  They often find it refreshing to be among a lot of people, where they can reinvent themselves or find "their people" - that doesn't often happen at small schools.  It sounds very much like you're projecting your own (or your kids') experiences.  Large schools can be a TON of fun and provide numerous opportunities that small schools would never be able to.  Both have their pros and cons - but your rant against large schools is just absurd.[/quote]

I don’t understand the obsession with the kids from her high school in a school of 30,000.  If she doesn’t have. A good history with them, there are 29,990 other kids to become friends with.[/quote]

OP: Why not name the school with 30,000 students that "your niece" attends ?[/quote]

Because your antagonistic post will convince her that you can help with university specific resources? You are a piece of work. Quit trolling.[/quote]

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