Anonymous
Post 10/21/2024 15:26     Subject: Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?
Anonymous wrote:CMU (got in, too little FA), small regional college that gave me money.


Same. Ended up at Clarkson on a full ride.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2024 15:22     Subject: Re:Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?
Wanted Harvard, got Princeton transferred to Williams. A snake-like path but adored the years in purple valley
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2024 15:18     Subject: Re:Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?
Anonymous wrote:Wanted Brown. Ended up at Smith.

Sounds amazing. Toured Northampton during an amherst visit and was immediately jealous!
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2024 15:16     Subject: Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?
Wanted Northwestern and got in, but couldn’t afford it. Got a full ride to AU and went there. No regrets.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2024 15:14     Subject: Re:Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?
Anonymous wrote:Wanted Brown. Ended up at Smith.


smith is my what if? school. They sent me SOOO much stuff in the mail and I still remember the beautiful brochures and such. (BU was another one that sent me mail almost daily)

I didn't want a women's college or the cold of MA, but I always wonder what would have happened if I HAD gone that direction.

A neighborhood friend has a daughter there now just loving it. And my child wound up at a school in MA, as well (not Smith level, but still - new england)
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2024 14:45     Subject: Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?
W&M/W&M
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2024 14:42     Subject: Re:Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?
Wanted Brown. Ended up at Smith.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2024 14:37     Subject: Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?
Anonymous wrote:Ha, only people who attended top 25 schools are responding


hahahaha in the spirit of your comment, I'll go...

Wanted Notre Dame... ended up at Catholic University. ahahahah I never had a chance. BUT... CUA gave me an opportunity to study architecture that no other school would have allowed me to try. 30 years later, I've been very successful and enjoyed the fruits of a great education, wonderful campus and lifelong friends. So, there you go!
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2024 14:36     Subject: Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?
Rice/Virginia Tech
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2024 14:29     Subject: Re:Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?
Brown/Colgate
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2024 14:26     Subject: Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?
Anonymous wrote:Ha, only people who attended top 25 schools are responding


Fine. Haverford/Haverford
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2024 14:17     Subject: Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?
Anonymous wrote:Ha, only people who attended top 25 schools are responding


Not true - I responded and I went to GWU.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2024 13:34     Subject: Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?
CMU (got in, too little FA), small regional college that gave me money.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2024 13:32     Subject: Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?
Yale/Yale. Yes, I was very lucky and it changed my life. No, I don’t think I’d get in today.
Anonymous
Post 10/21/2024 13:16     Subject: Parents: What did you want and where did you end up?
University of Arizona/University of Arizona
That was dumb, but cheap.