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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread makes me think l hope my kid chooses to go to school in Canada, where I’m from originally.  Much easier to get into a great school, and pretty much everyone has a great time.  Not a pressure cooker.  (I hope it’s still like that!!)[/quote]

Working hard at a academic pursuits is a great time for some of these students.  Some of them like it.  They are are finally in an environment where being a nerd is an asset instead of a liability.[/quote]

This. I’m having a hard time with this thread. College is supposed to be for studying. OP seems to want the “top credentials” for their kid, with none of the effort.

OP I’m sure your kid can find an easy major and the stoner crowd, and enjoy some Gentleman’s Cs.[/quote]

OP here.  This is a little mean, since you’re responding to me pointedly while relying on thread drift for your facts.   OP’s *KID* sought out and is already attending a top school. There are no Cs. Kid just wants to socialize more than once a month and locate similar friends who accept a 93 instead of pulling all-nighters for the 96.5 Tracy Flick.  Did she have fun?

It is instructive that no one has first- or second-hand experience with a objectively top school that has a fun campus vibe. [/quote]

It’s also telling that the PPs are insulting OPs kid but can’t talk about how they enjoyed their own college experience. I think they are still resentful of the kids that managed to do well and yet still enjoy college, something that is increasingly rare on T20 campuses. [/quote]

Doing well is subjective.  OPs standard of doing well is not matching up with that of some of the other students at the college.

So what?   If she is satisfied with her education, don't get overly involved in what another is doing.[/quote]

Exactly. There’s no doubt that there are kids on campus who like to party. What is happening here is that OP and their kid cannot accept not being the elite in this school. It’s harder than they thought it would be. That’s OK! [/quote]

I shouldn’t take the bait … I’m OP.  Academic work is actually easier than kid thought it would be. Kid’s grades are excellent and despite what a lot of PPs fervently wish, kid is at the top of their classes   Professors say as much.

What IS much harder than they thought it would be is locating someone to catch a show or grab a sandwich.   Let alone a beer. They’d be happy with a shared sandwich.   They’re just very surprised at the apparently absence of balance.  They will keep trying [/quote]

I was one of the early posters that transferred and it was this.  I didn’t mind the work.  I didn’t want to get drunk every night.  But it would have been nice to meet people who occasionally wanted to go out to eat, go find a coffee shop or *gasp* even go shopping for an hour or two.  I just wanted to do something social on a regular basis.  And yes, being with people who enjoyed the occasional party would have been nice.  [/quote]

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