Anonymous
05/08/2026 14:49
Subject: Did you ever restrict your teen from applying to certain colleges? Did you have rules or boundaries?
No to any public university - we had the means for a quality education and a great student experience. There was no need to go and just be a number, or be OOS with superior grades to in state kids and paying more than the in state kids, or be at a place with middling facilities.
Anonymous
05/08/2026 14:44
Subject: Re:Did you ever restrict your teen from applying to certain colleges? Did you have rules or boundaries?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No to U Miami. The last thing this particular kid needs is beach distractions.
It's not at the beach.
It’s close enough. And the girls dress as though it is.
It is hot there. Perhaps, Cornell is a better alternative.
Anonymous
05/08/2026 14:44
Subject: Did you ever restrict your teen from applying to certain colleges? Did you have rules or boundaries?
Anonymous wrote:My parents wouldn’t let me apply to schools more than 3 hours from home, and I’m still resentful of them.
Did they specify by what transportation method?
Just looking for a loophole.
Anonymous
05/08/2026 14:41
Subject: Re:Did you ever restrict your teen from applying to certain colleges? Did you have rules or boundaries?
Anonymous wrote:I am from New York. My dad refused to let us apply for schools west of the Mississippi and south of the Mason Dixon.
Not even Maryland? Wow.
Anonymous
05/08/2026 14:31
Subject: Did you ever restrict your teen from applying to certain colleges? Did you have rules or boundaries?
Cost (including any travel if OOS) & requiring: the school must have the major you’re interested in (and ideally a back up) & coursework that will prepare you for your chosen field, can survive all 4yrs without a car (so nearby housing, dorm all years, or good transit important), and institution must be financially stable
Anonymous
05/08/2026 14:30
Subject: Did you ever restrict your teen from applying to certain colleges? Did you have rules or boundaries?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We visited multiple schools where the tour guides opened with their pronouns and/or a "stolen land acknowledgement." While we didn't outright nix those schools, we strongly discouraged them. Thankfully, DC felt the same way about spending four years in an environment dominated by insufferable woke SJWs as we did, and chose accordingly.
P.S. I know, I know: "Hope your DC enjoys Liberty." You're not funny or original.
Did you visit MIT? They start their info sessions with a land acknowledgment. Sounds like you would discourage your kid from going there...
Almost all the schools we visited had that acknowledgment. Good luck with your college list!
+1
Hope the MAGA spawn enjoys Liberty. 😈
Anonymous
05/08/2026 14:24
Subject: Re:Did you ever restrict your teen from applying to certain colleges? Did you have rules or boundaries?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No to U Miami. The last thing this particular kid needs is beach distractions.
It's not at the beach.
It’s close enough. And the girls dress as though it is.
Anonymous
05/08/2026 14:23
Subject: Re:Did you ever restrict your teen from applying to certain colleges? Did you have rules or boundaries?
Anonymous wrote:We did not restrict our kids for any place. Mainly because we have ingrained in them the morals and values that we have.
They were not going to any school because it was a party school or because of Greek life. Even though they are very social. They were concentrating on their major, what the school could provide for them (mainly access to internships and opportunities), and how close to home it was. They also looked at merit scholarship money and how much of their college fund they could save and convert to Roth.
My kid is like the gen-Z, suburban dad type, responsible person - that is the topic of a DCUM thread.
Ha! My kid is the same (very responsible, has always seemed older than he is, not a partier, chose his college based on major but also ended up choosing the one that was the least expensive due to merit). Curious where your kid ended up. Mine is headed to UMBC.
Anonymous
05/08/2026 14:21
Subject: Did you ever restrict your teen from applying to certain colleges? Did you have rules or boundaries?
Anonymous wrote:Nothing further South than North Carolina allowed.
Sweetie it’s “farther.”
Anonymous
05/08/2026 14:10
Subject: Did you ever restrict your teen from applying to certain colleges? Did you have rules or boundaries?
Anonymous wrote:Nothing further South than North Carolina allowed.
No Georgia Tech?
Anonymous
05/08/2026 14:08
Subject: Did you ever restrict your teen from applying to certain colleges? Did you have rules or boundaries?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We visited multiple schools where the tour guides opened with their pronouns and/or a "stolen land acknowledgement." While we didn't outright nix those schools, we strongly discouraged them. Thankfully, DC felt the same way about spending four years in an environment dominated by insufferable woke SJWs as we did, and chose accordingly.
P.S. I know, I know: "Hope your DC enjoys Liberty." You're not funny or original.
Name the schools where the guides did this. I don’t believe you.
We went on 15+ tours, mostly slacs, and not a one of them had this happen.
When we toured in 2022, practically ALL of our tour guides did this in our northeast/midatlantic college tour. Even though it's perceived as being performative today, I think the impetus to do this came from very good intentions. For me such pronouncements did not sway our college selection at all. It's just a little courtesy paid to those history tends to forget. I respect that, and don't understand anyone who would be so immersed in crude political wars as to be offended.
Anonymous
05/08/2026 14:04
Subject: Did you ever restrict your teen from applying to certain colleges? Did you have rules or boundaries?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:We visited multiple schools where the tour guides opened with their pronouns and/or a "stolen land acknowledgement." While we didn't outright nix those schools, we strongly discouraged them. Thankfully, DC felt the same way about spending four years in an environment dominated by insufferable woke SJWs as we did, and chose accordingly.
P.S. I know, I know: "Hope your DC enjoys Liberty." You're not funny or original.
Did you visit MIT? They start their info sessions with a land acknowledgment. Sounds like you would discourage your kid from going there...
Almost all the schools we visited had that acknowledgment. Good luck with your college list!
Anonymous
05/08/2026 14:03
Subject: Did you ever restrict your teen from applying to certain colleges? Did you have rules or boundaries?
I'm saying no to Ole Miss and Alabama. I have a daughter who thinks the sorority scene looks super fun. I just can't. We also told the kids that they have a budget of 75K per year. Anything above that threshold is on them.
Anonymous
05/08/2026 14:00
Subject: Did you ever restrict your teen from applying to certain colleges? Did you have rules or boundaries?
Anonymous wrote:We visited multiple schools where the tour guides opened with their pronouns and/or a "stolen land acknowledgement." While we didn't outright nix those schools, we strongly discouraged them. Thankfully, DC felt the same way about spending four years in an environment dominated by insufferable woke SJWs as we did, and chose accordingly.
P.S. I know, I know: "Hope your DC enjoys Liberty." You're not funny or original.
Did you visit MIT? They start their info sessions with a land acknowledgment. Sounds like you would discourage your kid from going there...
Anonymous
05/08/2026 14:00
Subject: Did you ever restrict your teen from applying to certain colleges? Did you have rules or boundaries?
My parents wouldn’t let me apply to schools more than 3 hours from home, and I’m still resentful of them.