Anonymous wrote:Add my name proudly to the list of "Meddling Parents". I drew a mental radius of several thousand miles around every university that DD's idiot boyfriend was being recruited and she wasn't allowed to even apply. Otherwise DD would be going to Arizona State next year instead of the wonderful and competitive colleges she is choosing from now.


BTW DD and her idiot boyfriend broke up last week.

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Anonymous wrote:DD is taking a Gap Year and going to Europe to nanny for my sister and take a few language classes. She is leaving the day after graduation.

I am not surprised that she is the only one on DCUM taking a Gap Year as she is the only one in her entire class doing it. I hope it isn't a mistake.

Kudos to your daughter. Not a mistake at all. A gap year will expand her worldview and her education. It also shows she can think for herself and is not a lemming.

Anonymous wrote:DD is taking a Gap Year and going to Europe to nanny for my sister and take a few language classes. She is leaving the day after graduation.

I am not surprised that she is the only one on DCUM taking a Gap Year as she is the only one in her entire class doing it. I hope it isn't a mistake.

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Anonymous wrote:DS is going to Northwestern University in Illinois.

So glad to see that so many on this thread have kids who are leaving the east coast for college.

?? what's wrong with the east coast?

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Nothing. I just like seeing kids who want to explore other areas of the country and abroad.

Yes, Evanston is extremely different from a DC suburb.

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Anonymous wrote:New York University. The ONLY college she has ever wanted to go to so it is damn good she got in!!

Did she get any money? My son's first choice, but damn - that $71K is killing me.

Anonymous wrote:Spelman College. Her first choice!

Anonymous wrote:New York University. The ONLY college she has ever wanted to go to so it is damn good she got in!!

Anonymous wrote:DD is taking a Gap Year and going to Europe to nanny for my sister and take a few language classes. She is leaving the day after graduation.

I am not surprised that she is the only one on DCUM taking a Gap Year as she is the only one in her entire class doing it. I hope it isn't a mistake.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, if your kid grows up in DCUMLandia and is liberal, then going to school at nearby Duke or anywhere in the south will be just as much a cultural experience as going to school abroad. Actually, going to a liberal west coast college wouldn't be very different from going to a liberal east coast college, right?

It isn't about liberal or conservative to me - it is about getting DD AWAY from home. My cousin's daughter has a similar personality as our DD and my cousin got a math compass and drew a circle around DC. Anywhere within a 900 mile radius in any direction was off limits to her daughter. She wanted her to spread her wings and not be temped to come home every weekend. Her DD chose Tulane and loves it. My DD is only a sophomore in high school but DH and I are considering doing the same thing.

That's just parental meddling in a weird, different way.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, if your kid grows up in DCUMLandia and is liberal, then going to school at nearby Duke or anywhere in the south will be just as much a cultural experience as going to school abroad. Actually, going to a liberal west coast college wouldn't be very different from going to a liberal east coast college, right?

It isn't about liberal or conservative to me - it is about getting DD AWAY from home. My cousin's daughter has a similar personality as our DD and my cousin got a math compass and drew a circle around DC. Anywhere within a 900 mile radius in any direction was off limits to her daughter. She wanted her to spread her wings and not be temped to come home every weekend. Her DD chose Tulane and loves it. My DD is only a sophomore in high school but DH and I are considering doing the same thing.

That's just parental meddling in a weird, different way.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, if your kid grows up in DCUMLandia and is liberal, then going to school at nearby Duke or anywhere in the south will be just as much a cultural experience as going to school abroad. Actually, going to a liberal west coast college wouldn't be very different from going to a liberal east coast college, right?

It isn't about liberal or conservative to me - it is about getting DD AWAY from home. My cousin's daughter has a similar personality as our DD and my cousin got a math compass and drew a circle around DC. Anywhere within a 900 mile radius in any direction was off limits to her daughter. She wanted her to spread her wings and not be temped to come home every weekend. Her DD chose Tulane and loves it. My DD is only a sophomore in high school but DH and I are considering doing the same thing.

That's just parental meddling in a weird, different way.

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900 miles, eh? Glad you aren't my mother :0)

I grew up in Silver Spring and went to UMCP. I didn't go home every weekend and I spread my wings just fine. My parents only "meddling" was to set the following boundaries: pick a state school or figure out how to pay the difference in tuition (not because they were being unkind; rather, they set realistic financial boundaries). We will likely do the same with our kids...although we will likely dissuade them from taking on student loans.