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Anonymous wrote:My DS will not go any further south than UVA. Most of his choices are northeast and midwest. But we're New Englanders at heart.

It's "farther," but that's OK.

Signed, a Southern school grad

That's ok. My kid will be much better educated than me. I didn't go to college lol. Hubby, however, did a few ivy leagues.

Hey troll, it’s “than I”, not “than me.” Think if it this way: complete the sentence by adding the word “am.” Would you say “better educated than me am?” or “better educated than I am”? It’s the latter, of course.

Like I said, my education is lacking, and I am not embarrassed about it. Married highly successful surgeon, ivy league educated. He obviously sees the good in me, even though my writing skills could use some improvement.

But to reiterate, DS loves schools in the north. He probably could apply to Duke and have a shot, but not interested.

Have a great day!

And what makes you so certain that he has any hope of getting into Duke, let alone other fine schools in the South?

Lol...what are you, the southern school booster?

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Anonymous wrote:My DS will not go any further south than UVA. Most of his choices are northeast and midwest. But we're New Englanders at heart.

It's "farther," but that's OK.

Signed, a Southern school grad

That's ok. My kid will be much better educated than me. I didn't go to college lol. Hubby, however, did a few ivy leagues.

Hey troll, it’s “than I”, not “than me.” Think if it this way: complete the sentence by adding the word “am.” Would you say “better educated than me am?” or “better educated than I am”? It’s the latter, of course.

Like I said, my education is lacking, and I am not embarrassed about it. Married highly successful surgeon, ivy league educated. He obviously sees the good in me, even though my writing skills could use some improvement.

But to reiterate, DS loves schools in the north. He probably could apply to Duke and have a shot, but not interested.

Have a great day!

And what makes you so certain that he has any hope of getting into Duke, let alone other fine schools in the South?

Good stats, ECs and URM. Perfect ACT.

Anonymous wrote:My kid had a hard time getting used to the conservative views and the lack of diversity at her Southern school. She said it was like being in a completely different world, and it took her a while to get used to it.

Please, please, please tell me what school in the South or anywhere can be categorized as having "conservative" views? I would send DC there in a heartbeat.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS will not go any further south than UVA. Most of his choices are northeast and midwest. But we're New Englanders at heart.

It's "farther," but that's OK.

Signed, a Southern school grad

That's ok. My kid will be much better educated than me. I didn't go to college lol. Hubby, however, did a few ivy leagues.

Hey troll, it’s “than I”, not “than me.” Think if it this way: complete the sentence by adding the word “am.” Would you say “better educated than me am?” or “better educated than I am”? It’s the latter, of course.

Like I said, my education is lacking, and I am not embarrassed about it. Married highly successful surgeon, ivy league educated. He obviously sees the good in me, even though my writing skills could use some improvement.

But to reiterate, DS loves schools in the north. He probably could apply to Duke and have a shot, but not interested.

Have a great day!

And what makes you so certain that he has any hope of getting into Duke, let alone other fine schools in the South?

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Anonymous wrote:My DS will not go any further south than UVA. Most of his choices are northeast and midwest. But we're New Englanders at heart.

It's "farther," but that's OK.

Signed, a Southern school grad

That's ok. My kid will be much better educated than me. I didn't go to college lol. Hubby, however, did a few ivy leagues.

Hey troll, it’s “than I”, not “than me.” Think if it this way: complete the sentence by adding the word “am.” Would you say “better educated than me am?” or “better educated than I am”? It’s the latter, of course.

PP again. It's nice of you to give this little grammar lesson, but bless this poster's heart, she just isn't that bright.

My kid had a hard time getting used to the conservative views and the lack of diversity at her Southern school. She said it was like being in a completely different world, and it took her a while to get used to it.

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Anonymous wrote:You couldn't pay me to attend a college in the south.

Yeah, Rice, Vanderbilt, Duke, Davidson, Emory - a real academic wasteland south of the Mason-Dixie line.

their analogous counterparts up north are much harder to get into.

Do you mean Yale, George Bush's alma mater?

Anonymous wrote:Well, my grandfather was told he could not join the new engineering school at Northwestern in the 1940s because of his religion. So the notion that southern schools, or the south, are the only ones with dark histories of discrimination and various -isms is so misguided as to be deliberately ignorant.

+1

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Anonymous wrote:My DS will not go any further south than UVA. Most of his choices are northeast and midwest. But we're New Englanders at heart.

It's "farther," but that's OK.

Signed, a Southern school grad

That's ok. My kid will be much better educated than me. I didn't go to college lol. Hubby, however, did a few ivy leagues.

Hey troll, it’s “than I”, not “than me.” Think if it this way: complete the sentence by adding the word “am.” Would you say “better educated than me am?” or “better educated than I am”? It’s the latter, of course.

Like I said, my education is lacking, and I am not embarrassed about it. Married highly successful surgeon, ivy league educated. He obviously sees the good in me, even though my writing skills could use some improvement.

But to reiterate, DS loves schools in the north. He probably could apply to Duke and have a shot, but not interested.

Have a great day!

PS, and why do you feel the urge to pick on me? Weird.

You dismissed an entire section of the country as not good enough for you without bothering to say why. So yeah, they came after you. It isn’t your education that’s lacking. It’s your emotional intelligence.

And now you sound pathetic, deriving your value from what someone else thinks, because he’s a surgeon and ivy-educated. You somehow managed to act superior, elite-worshipping and pathetic. You’re good.

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Anonymous wrote:My DS will not go any further south than UVA. Most of his choices are northeast and midwest. But we're New Englanders at heart.

It's "farther," but that's OK.

Signed, a Southern school grad

That's ok. My kid will be much better educated than me. I didn't go to college lol. Hubby, however, did a few ivy leagues.

Hey troll, it’s “than I”, not “than me.” Think if it this way: complete the sentence by adding the word “am.” Would you say “better educated than me am?” or “better educated than I am”? It’s the latter, of course.

Like I said, my education is lacking, and I am not embarrassed about it. Married highly successful surgeon, ivy league educated. He obviously sees the good in me, even though my writing skills could use some improvement.

But to reiterate, DS loves schools in the north. He probably could apply to Duke and have a shot, but not interested.

Have a great day!

PS, and why do you feel the urge to pick on me? Weird.

Because he's an a$$hole

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Anonymous wrote:My DS will not go any further south than UVA. Most of his choices are northeast and midwest. But we're New Englanders at heart.

It's "farther," but that's OK.

Signed, a Southern school grad

That's ok. My kid will be much better educated than me. I didn't go to college lol. Hubby, however, did a few ivy leagues.

Hey troll, it’s “than I”, not “than me.” Think if it this way: complete the sentence by adding the word “am.” Would you say “better educated than me am?” or “better educated than I am”? It’s the latter, of course.

Like I said, my education is lacking, and I am not embarrassed about it. Married highly successful surgeon, ivy league educated. He obviously sees the good in me, even though my writing skills could use some improvement.

But to reiterate, DS loves schools in the north. He probably could apply to Duke and have a shot, but not interested.

Have a great day!

PS, and why do you feel the urge to pick on me? Weird.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My DS will not go any further south than UVA. Most of his choices are northeast and midwest. But we're New Englanders at heart.

It's "farther," but that's OK.

Signed, a Southern school grad

That's ok. My kid will be much better educated than me. I didn't go to college lol. Hubby, however, did a few ivy leagues.

Hey troll, it’s “than I”, not “than me.” Think if it this way: complete the sentence by adding the word “am.” Would you say “better educated than me am?” or “better educated than I am”? It’s the latter, of course.

Like I said, my education is lacking, and I am not embarrassed about it. Married highly successful surgeon, ivy league educated. He obviously sees the good in me, even though my writing skills could use some improvement.

But to reiterate, DS loves schools in the north. He probably could apply to Duke and have a shot, but not interested.

Have a great day!

Well, my grandfather was told he could not join the new engineering school at Northwestern in the 1940s because of his religion. So the notion that southern schools, or the south, are the only ones with dark histories of discrimination and various -isms is so misguided as to be deliberately ignorant.

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Anonymous wrote:You couldn't pay me to attend a college in the south.

Yeah, Rice, Vanderbilt, Duke, Davidson, Emory - a real academic wasteland south of the Mason-Dixie line.

their analogous counterparts up north are much harder to get into.

And there are quite a few more of them.

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Anonymous wrote:You couldn't pay me to attend a college in the south.

Yeah, Rice, Vanderbilt, Duke, Davidson, Emory - a real academic wasteland south of the Mason-Dixie line.

their analogous counterparts up north are much harder to get into.