I went to Harvard, but wish I had gone to Amherst or Yale.

I went to Penn and I'd go again!

UVA. I had great SATs but was a lazy sack in high school and squeaked into Mason. It was fine and I make a good living now, but I spent many fun weekends with friends in Charlottesville and love to visit there to this day. If I had a do-over, that's what I'd do.

Anonymous wrote:I played a string instrument in college but gave it up. If I could do it all over again, I would go to the Berklee College of Music and major in Film Scoring. I always loved music and good movie soundtracks.

I think I'm going to cry. No second chances like this at my age.

This is why my kid can major in Film, if he wants to major in Film. My parents forbid me to do it and I'm sorry that I'm not in the industry.

Northwestern or UNL, for journalism. It's what I studied, but looking back I would tell my younger self to major in a real subject, because you can always be a journalist, and an even better one if you're knowledgable in a specific area.

I played a string instrument in college but gave it up. If I could do it all over again, I would go to the Berklee College of Music and major in Film Scoring. I always loved music and good movie soundtracks.

I think I'm going to cry. No second chances like this at my age.

Anonymous wrote:I would not go to college. I would learn a trade....specifically welder. I may go this route.

LOL. My plumber, roofer, car mechanic, carpenter....all have their own businesses and make more than me with my fancy, schmancy degree.

Anonymous wrote:Yale. As a junior in HS I ruled it out based solely on geography, went to Columbia instead (got admitted to both). Dumb move.

Senior in HS, I mean.

Yale. As a junior in HS I ruled it out based solely on geography, went to Columbia instead (got admitted to both). Dumb move.

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Anonymous wrote:Virginia Tech. Love Blacksburg and what VT offers in the way of the whole university experience.

This is where I went and I'd do it all over again. The perfect in-state, all-around college experience.

George Mason is better than VT

At what - sucking? LOL!

(And I don't even care about VA schools!)

Stanford
MIT
Northwestern
Brown
Dartmouth

All for different reasons.

Anonymous wrote:Harvard.

I feel a deep sense of inferiority that I didn't go to an Ivy or an elite LAC, and want one of those institutions on my resume more than anything. (Not being sarcastic.)

You need to look elsewhere for your self-worth. What's in the past is past. At this point, what you've done since college is more relevant. Not to mention, there's so much more to life than choosing a college.

Harvard.

I feel a deep sense of inferiority that I didn't go to an Ivy or an elite LAC, and want one of those institutions on my resume more than anything. (Not being sarcastic.)

Columbia or Spelman

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Anonymous wrote:I wouldn't. Total waste of money. I'd travel for a year and then land an apprenticeship.

This. Know people who went to college and couldn't find a good job. So they went into a trade so they could earn a living. They are still paying off their student debt years afterwards when their degrees didn't do squat for them except waste their time and money.

+2 I always wanted to work for myself and don't feel like I learned much in school that I couldn't have learned from life or a book. I love to learn, but education in this country is more about making money off of people's insecurities than it is about actual learning. As for my kids, I encourage a love of learning but also want them to recognize that there are many MANY paths to success, and a super expensive degree is neither the only one, nor is it a guarantee.