I want my kid to go to the University of Wisconsin so she can sit on the porch of the student union on that beautiful lake. Oh, and take sailing class 101. Wish I had gone there!!!

"Ah - choo....

No real Wall Street or Big Consulting representation.... Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg, Duke, Columbia.... and many others ....

Ah - choo....

Robert Smith School is Maryland is far better

Tired of STA boosters trying ( in vain) to defend Indiana. Be honest: no parent sends a DS to STA with aspirations of matriculating to Indiana University."

I will be honest and while I am an STA parent, I am not an STA booster. For reasons that many DCUM posters cannot process, the recent STA grads picked Indiana among several other choices. Wanting a big school experience and looking for athletic opportunities, the Indiana option looked attractive to these young men, both of whom are two of the finest boys in their graduating class. While there may be many that send their boys to STA to get into an Ivy League school, there are others who don't. Use of the word "vain" may be appropriate though, but in a different context. There are plenty of parents (at STA and other places) who vainly attempt to embellish their own resume by the accomplishments of their children. It creates a pressurized environment for the seniors who are under the microscope. I guess that there are those who look at the kids as wearing a brand in the form of their college. In my experience, the brand fades and the true merit (or lack thereof) comes through.

Matriculation is the name of the game. No one goes to "bad" schools, but there are disappointments to be sure

Michigan State. Woohoo. Nephew just graduated Chemical Engineering. Starting salary $65,000 plus $5000 bonus. Woo hooo!!

Parents couldn't afford private.

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Unbelievable people here...

Not really, just being honest. Quite refreshing!

Wow. Unbelievable people here...

Sadly, some counselors lose interest on kids at the lower end when those are the kids that could use most help.

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Anonymous wrote:How about the Business School at Indiana referred to as the Kelley School of Business? Nothing to sneeze at. It is one of the top ranked b-schools in the country.

Ah - choo....

No real Wall Street or Big Consulting representation.... Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg, Duke, Columbia.... and many others ....

Ah - choo....

Robert Smith School is Maryland is far better

Tired of STA boosters trying ( in vain) to defend Indiana. Be honest: no parent sends a DS to STA with aspirations of matriculating to Indiana University.

Of course not, you don't want your kid to know that you are disappointed in them. Really it's pretty pointless to attempt and cushion the blow, students get a whiff that they are less than after admin & faculty starts "buzzing" about the ivy acceptance headcount prior to Christmas break.

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Anonymous wrote:How about the Business School at Indiana referred to as the Kelley School of Business? Nothing to sneeze at. It is one of the top ranked b-schools in the country.

Ah - choo....

No real Wall Street or Big Consulting representation.... Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg, Duke, Columbia.... and many others ....

Ah - choo....

Robert Smith School is Maryland is far better

Tired of STA boosters trying ( in vain) to defend Indiana. Be honest: no parent sends a DS to STA with aspirations of matriculating to Indiana University.

Anonymous wrote:How about the Business School at Indiana referred to as the Kelley School of Business? Nothing to sneeze at. It is one of the top ranked b-schools in the country.

Ah - choo....

No real Wall Street or Big Consulting representation.... Harvard, Stanford, Wharton, Kellogg, Duke, Columbia.... and many others ....

Ah - choo....

How about the Business School at Indiana referred to as the Kelley School of Business? Nothing to sneeze at. It is one of the top ranked b-schools in the country.

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Anonymous wrote:STA grad going to Indiana, is he going for music? If so, should not be a disappointment, IMO.

There's one or two STA grads going to Indiana as far as I know.

Some parents didn't come from a private school background and/or attended a large, public school themselves and hoped for a different outcome for their son. They may or may not have expected that as a STA graduate their son would attend a more prestigious college than they, perhaps in hindsight they're feeling right now that he could have had this college admission outcome after attending a public school.

Whoever you are, if you're a public school parent, like I am, can I just say that you're embarrassing the rest of us. Indiana is a fine choice and may have been the best fit for that kid(s).

Yes, it's a fine choice. I cannot believe some of these comments.

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Anonymous wrote:I understand devoting time and effort into a sport that might help you get into a better school than you otherwise would, but pursuing the sport at a LESSER college than you could get into masses no sense - UNLESS you view the sport as a career option.

It only makes sense if the student has lousy grades and test scores and no other options. I've seen talented athletes (elite level, nationally recognized) from Big 3 schools accepted at ivies with pretty low SAT scores (3.0 range gpas).

It would not be the path I would take, but I have definitely seen student-athletes pass up more highly rated colleges for the chance to play at a higher level (I can remember my office mate's soccer-playing daughter choosing Syracuse over Cornell, for example, and I've seen kids pick UVA for lacrosse over the Ivies, because they want to play for a national championship). I have also seen students pass up NESCAC schools with excellent academic reputations for Division I options. Sometimes money comes into it, although generally scholarships for non-revenue sports (such as lacrosse) are partial at best. Every case is honestly different -- if you don't know the families you can't divine what's going on from just looking at matriculation list.

Anonymous wrote:I understand devoting time and effort into a sport that might help you get into a better school than you otherwise would, but pursuing the sport at a LESSER college than you could get into masses no sense - UNLESS you view the sport as a career option.

It only makes sense if the student has lousy grades and test scores and no other options. I've seen talented athletes (elite level, nationally recognized) from Big 3 schools accepted at ivies with pretty low SAT scores (3.0 range gpas).

I understand devoting time and effort into a sport that might help you get into a better school than you otherwise would, but pursuing the sport at a LESSER college than you could get into masses no sense - UNLESS you view the sport as a career option.