Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 15:08     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rice. I visited it’s a beautiful little bubble of hope.


Rice is a more humid and less accomplished Vanderbilt.


I would take it over Vanderbilt anyday


Agreed. Would take Rice over Vandy by a mile.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 15:02     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
Anonymous wrote:UCLA, UC Santa Barbara or Pomona, maybe.

Somewhere warm and on the West Coast. Beautiful scenery a plus.

I went to a little Ivy SLAC in the mid-Atlantic and then to an Ivy in the Northeast for graduate school. I can't fault the education I received, which was excellent, but as a child who grew up on the East Coast, I think I would have benefitted from a change of scenery and culture.


Is PA MidAtlantic? I would call it Northeast.

Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 15:02     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
Anonymous wrote:St. John’s. Live in the desert and read great books? Yes, please.


I will join you
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 15:00     Subject: Re:Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
Anonymous wrote:Stanford
Princeton
Duke
UNC Chapel Hill
UVA

All have a strong balance between academics, high-end athletics and social scene.


I’m curious about your background. This seems like an odd priority.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 14:57     Subject: Re:Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
Western Washington University. Sea kayaking 5 minutes away, skiing an hour away, dorms with a view of the bay.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 14:24     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
UCLA, UC Santa Barbara or Pomona, maybe.

Somewhere warm and on the West Coast. Beautiful scenery a plus.

I went to a little Ivy SLAC in the mid-Atlantic and then to an Ivy in the Northeast for graduate school. I can't fault the education I received, which was excellent, but as a child who grew up on the East Coast, I think I would have benefitted from a change of scenery and culture.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 13:58     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rice. I visited it’s a beautiful little bubble of hope.


Rice is a more humid and less accomplished Vanderbilt.


I would take it over Vanderbilt anyday


NP. I want nothing to do with Vandy's Greek scene.


I'd also put Vandy in the thanks, but no thanks pile.


+3


Me too and if the person that said it’s like Rice is correct (but don’t think they are), then I take back my Rice but I want to move it comment.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 13:54     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
Yale.

Best college in the US by far.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 13:52     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:you mean they'd just let me in?

then Yale or Oxford.


Even in your unlimited fantasy, you’d pick four years in Downtown New Haven. Unbelievable.

I’d like four free years in La Jolla please, sign me up for UCSD.


Yeah. it's about who is around the table and I'd be happy in a residential college.

I also dont like San Diego.

I can - and did - move to a nice climate after college. Spend half my time in Ojai now. But for college, I want the academics.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 13:51     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rice. I visited it’s a beautiful little bubble of hope.


Rice is a more humid and less accomplished Vanderbilt.


I would take it over Vanderbilt anyday


NP. I want nothing to do with Vandy's Greek scene.


I'd also put Vandy in the thanks, but no thanks pile.


+3
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 13:50     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rice. I visited it’s a beautiful little bubble of hope.


Rice is a more humid and less accomplished Vanderbilt.


I would take it over Vanderbilt anyday


NP. I want nothing to do with Vandy's Greek scene.


I'd also put Vandy in the thanks, but no thanks pile.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 13:48     Subject: Re:Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
Anonymous wrote:Stanford
Princeton
Duke
UNC Chapel Hill
UVA

All have a strong balance between academics, high-end athletics and social scene.


THIS. And they each have a beautiful campus..
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 13:18     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
Anonymous wrote:you mean they'd just let me in?

then Yale or Oxford.


Even in your unlimited fantasy, you’d pick four years in Downtown New Haven. Unbelievable.

I’d like four free years in La Jolla please, sign me up for UCSD.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 12:12     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
Wellesley would be my top pick! Any day.
Anonymous
Post 03/24/2026 11:36     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rice. I visited it’s a beautiful little bubble of hope.


Rice is a more humid and less accomplished Vanderbilt.


I would take it over Vanderbilt anyday


NP. I want nothing to do with Vandy's Greek scene.