Flip side: Over my dead body my daughter would go to...
 

I had to laugh on the If you could send your daughter anywhere thread and southbymidwest, an Ohio State grad, said she would send her daughter to Michigan. Well, I didn't really laugh. I was shocked and hope she doesn't get reported to the OSU authorities. :eek:

So how about the flip side? Which schools fall into the (tongue in cheek) "over my dead body would my daughter ever attend that school"? Are there any schools that you seriously would not want your daughter to attend?

I would not want my daughter to go to Michigan. Not even if she got a full ride scholarship and we had to sell our house to send her somewhere else. I dislike the school that much. Any other Big Ten schools is fine, but not that school in Ann Arbor.

And we're fairly conservative in our views so anything super liberal would be on our no list as well.

An Ivy.

Ok, not really. Obviously I wouldn't forbid that :p But I do think that Ivies are pretty overrated, and the degree of competition among the students is ridiculous and unnecessary at many of them. Also, many Ivy-goers I've talked to seem really unhappy in general. Yes, of course they're getting a great education. But I think the "warm fuzzy" factor and loving your alma mater is so important, and I think that's more prevalent at non-Ivies that are still great schools.

But if my future kids are brilliant and will survive in a pressure cooker, I suppose they could go. As long as they didn't choose their school based on its name alone!

You're a brave woman to call out the Ivies. But I agree. And are the students getting a great education or great connections? I think the Ivies have become more and more about the connections. There are so many schools out there with excellent Honors Colleges that can offer students just as much educationally, if not more. No, they won't get the same professional connections an Ivy will have. But I agree that in some ways the Ivies are overrated.

With the huge bubble in higher education, it is going to be interesting to see how this all plays out over the next couple of decades. More and more families are saying no way to taking on massive amounts of debt just for the perceived prestige of a school.

This could be an...interesting...thread.

"Over my dead body" will my son or daughter attend a for-profit school for a bachelor's degree.

Just trying to shake things up until recruitment starts in a few weeks and we can start enjoying recruitment stories again! :D

You all can enjoy recruitment stories. :) I never do.

Oregon State or UW.


Both are great schools, I just have to say it to preserve my alum status. However, they will get crap during football season.

I know that some are waiting for me to say Bama or Ole Miss. :D However, I have to agree with KSUViolet and Dr. Phil about the for-profit schools.

For profits are OUT. Out out out.

Also: Bob Jones University, Oral Roberts...anything ending in "Bible College".

To be clear, I'm not anti-religiously affiliated university (I'm an observant Catholic who went to a Methodist college, and then to a university founded by papal bull!), but I'm against a university choice that may negatively impact a prospective employer's view of them.

Since my husband and I are child-free, I'm going to go ahead and say this is for my future niece/nephew (s). But my brother is a smart guy and won't let that happen.

Ohio State. Obviously.

A little piece of me died when my nephew went to Iowa State. But that's still preferable to Ohio State. HA!

My hypothetical future children can go wherever they want to go, I suppose, but I will not financially support them attending a for-profit university or any school that is not accredited (such as Bob Jones). I would have serious reservations about paying for most religiously-affiliated schools. Hopefully, my children won't want to go to any of these places anyway, since they will have been raised in my house.

Add this to my list of negatives.

Anything named "(insert ANY religion, denomination, or religious leader) College/University" is a BIG NO.

Other than a Bob Jones/Liberty/BYU "bible college," or a for-profit/college.com set-up, I can't get too wrapped up. I wouldn't want my kid to go to a large state school--50,000 undergrads?! Other than that, I don't have a ton of issues with other schools. Okay, maybe Fordham because all the women I know who went there for college are bitches.

I'm sure my parents didn't want to send me to a college 1,600 miles away and cost $35,000/year (that was 12 years ago, I know it's much more now), but they knew it was for my own good. Hopefully I'll have that same perspective.