Anonymous
Post 03/23/2026 23:39     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?

Stanford--gorgeous weather year-round (not hot, not cold, just right). Amazing walkable campus, beautiful art museum (and outdoor art all around), tons of UG research opportunities ...
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2026 23:33     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?

Just for a self esteem boost I might try to go to a college where I'd be a big fish in a small pond rather than the high-ranked school I squeaked into. It would be interesting to contrast the experiences.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2026 23:23     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?

High Point! Academics are overrated anyways. Resort living is where it's at.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2026 23:02     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?

Anonymous wrote:Just curious. It's fun to see the schools that parents identify with or fall in love with through their kids' college process.


I went to Wash. U. I’d go back there, because it was so beautiful, the classes were great, and it was so much fun.

My second choice would be the University of Rochester, because it seems as if you get a top-level education there without the Ivy Plus ego issues.

Third, Lewis & Clark, because it’s a great school, and Portland is so gorgeous.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2026 22:33     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?

UChicago.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2026 22:33     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?

yale or williams or Oxford. I'm into dark academia as the kid say
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2026 22:17     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?

Yale or UMiami
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2026 22:17     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?

Yale
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2026 22:13     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?

USC
UCLA
Stanford
SCAD
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2026 22:09     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?

Knowing what I know now, I’d go to the best college where I could get a full ride. I went to a no name undergrad and a t5 MBA program and quickly discovered that the kids from name brand schools were absolutely no more qualified or smarter than I was. I’d save the money, be a big fish in a small pond, and appreciate that the amount you spend on you undergrad has tenuous, if any, relationship to you overall economic outcomes.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2026 21:20     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?

University of Florida! Go Gators!
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2026 21:18     Subject: Re:Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?

Yale or Claremont Colleges (Pomona specifically seems dreamy)
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2026 21:12     Subject: Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?

Duke for the sports and weather. Good academics.
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2026 21:09     Subject: Re:Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?

Love this question. I was intimidated by big cities at age 18 and went to state flagship. If I had a do over, Columbia, McGill, or Trinity College (Dublin)
Anonymous
Post 03/23/2026 20:57     Subject: Re:Where would YOU attend if you (the parent) could choose any school as a freshman in 2026? And why?

UChicago
Yale
Columbia
Harvard
Stanford
Princeton

All seem like very serious academic institutions. Every person I’ve met that graduated from one of these schools has really impressed me.