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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t get your kids all hung up on a “dream” school.  There’s no such thing. [/quote]

I went to a small SLAC and my best friend went to a huge state school. We visited each other while at college and both commented on how we had similar experiences in so many ways despite our schools being so different. I think it had a lot to do with the people we surrounded ourselves with and the experiences we sought out. So I agree,[b] the idea of one school being "perfect" seems a bit silly (and dangerous) to me.[/b][/quote]

+1 best to avoid "dream school" ideas or at least quickly let the dream go and invest in where you ended up. I think this idea of the perfect school probably contributes to a lot of dissatisfaction and the high transfer rate. I look back fondly on my college years but now that I've had two kids go through freshman year of college, it really brought up a lot of memories for me about how really not-fun my freshman year was. My 1st roommate was a horrible fit (changed mid-year), I didn't find a great friend group quickly, classes weren't all that engaging. But it got better. My closest friend from college is someone I met junior year. That blah freshman year is not a big part of my college memories and that's been a helpful perspective to share with my kids as they have their own rocky 1st year transition. I think we tend to romanticize college too much, especially the 1st year. It's most likely going to be a challenging transition.  But often kids just hear that it's going to be awesome! And when it's hard they think they picked the wrong school. [/quote]

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