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

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

For me, No. No. Heck no (I've never even heard of it!).

I'm a school snob, I guess. I think I've earned the right to be one.

Originally Posted by Blondie93

Really? You have never heard of SMU? If nothing else, it is mentioned regularly on these boards.

Given the "no, no, heck no (I've never even heard of it)," I took her to mean she's never heard of Presbyterian. Interesting, Munchkin, that you can judge the quality of a school you've never heard of.*

Too bad. It's a good school, not to mention a very Greek school (43% of the student body is Greek). If my kid wanted a small college experience, I'd happily send him or her there.

And Munchkin, I work with a school snob, who judges lawyers' abilities by where they went to college or law school. (Only the Ivies and a few other select schools make his cut.) As a result, he frequently misjudges lawyers' abilities. Meanwhile, the rest of us laugh at him.

Anyway, it just seems like a broad brush to automatically eliminate schools with religion in the title.

Exactly. It's nothing more than judging a book by its cover.


(*Sorry, just got to give you a little bit of a hard time. )

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Given the "no, no, heck no (I've never even heard of it)," I took her to mean she's never heard of Presbyterian. Interesting, Munchkin, that you can judge the quality of a school you've never heard of.*

Too bad. It's a good school, not to mention a very Greek school (43% of the student body is Greek). If my kid wanted a small college experience, I'd happily send him or her there.

And Munchkin, I work with a school snob, who judges lawyers' abilities by where they went to college or law school. (Only the Ivies and a few other select schools make his cut.) As a result, he frequently misjudges lawyers' abilities. Meanwhile, the rest of us laugh at him.

Exactly. It's nothing more than judging a book by its cover.


(*Sorry, just got to give you a little bit of a hard time. )

I'm not just an Ivy snob; in fact, I'm not that big a fan of Cornell because it has that big state school vibe (in some ways, it IS a big state school). There are places that most people may not be that familiar with but, in my field, are a big deal (ex., Cooper Union or Polytechnic).

To me, at least, it's way more than judging a book by its cover. I also know that, unless the world changes in the next 25 years or so, my kids will be judged as people of color and may not be given a fair shake for going to a less well-regarded school, even if it provides a "good experience." It sucks, but it's our reality.