College applications back in the old days

[DubaiSis]

Talking about the cost of schools, here in Dubai the cost for 1 year of school, even kindergarten, costs more than my 4 years of college combined. Seriously. It's about $25,000 per child per year. And I'm not THAT old. Of course, those kids can attend the college of their choice once they graduate. It's quite impressive the list of colleges these kids attend. And the good news is most people's employers pay it, so the parents just have to worry about college. Which brings us back to the above...

I WANTED to apply to George Washington but my parents wouldn't let me. They couldn't afford it, and not having gone to college themselves, they didn't know about the financial aid options we had. And at the time they were buhroke. I probably could have gone to a school like that for virtually free. I got a variety of pre-approvals to a bunch of schools. One was Northwestern. Woo hoo! Pre-approved to Northwestern! Oh, Northwestern IOWA. Never heard of it, and no thank you.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

TI got a variety of pre-approvals to a bunch of schools. One was Northwestern. Woo hoo! Pre-approved to Northwestern! Oh, Northwestern IOWA. Never heard of it, and no thank you.

Liberty University (yes, Jerry Falwell's school) kept on sending me reminders that I had been "automatically accepted;" they even called my house!

I told them that I was seriously into LGBT causes (which I wasn't) and they left me alone after that. No clue why they even had my name to begin with...

[DGTess]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Liberty University (yes, Jerry Falwell's school) kept on sending me reminders that I had been "automatically accepted;" they even called my house!

I told them that I was seriously into LGBT causes (which I wasn't) and they left me alone after that. No clue why they even had my name to begin with...

I presume they still do, but when I went to college, most subscribed to the SAT (probably ACT, too) scores. If you had reasonable scores, particularly if you fit a demographic they wanted, you landed on their marketing lists.

Some schools apparently just send to an entire high-school mailing list, too. My mentally retarded son gets occasional information mailings from colleges ... but more often from for-profit schools.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

Liberty University (yes, Jerry Falwell's school) kept on sending me reminders that I had been "automatically accepted;" they even called my house!

I told them that I was seriously into LGBT causes (which I wasn't) and they left me alone after that. No clue why they even had my name to begin with...

I love you, seriously That was awesome.

U Chicago almost got hypo hooked with their literature because it was all very Harry Potter focused. Until we went there and, on a beautiful October Saturday afternoon, there was nobody around, except in the library.

[agzg]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I love you, seriously That was awesome.

U Chicago almost got hypo hooked with their literature because it was all very Harry Potter focused. Until we went there and, on a beautiful October Saturday afternoon, there was nobody around, except in the library.

HAHAHA sounds like University of Chicago to me.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I love you, seriously That was awesome.

U Chicago almost got hypo hooked with their literature because it was all very Harry Potter focused. Until we went there and, on a beautiful October Saturday afternoon, there was nobody around, except in the library.

They recently changed their literature to include more smiling students. Really. Hypo dodged a bullet.

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

They recently changed their literature to include more smiling students. Really. Hypo dodged a bullet.

There's a website with lots of clever one-liners about The University of Chicago, such as:

"U Chicago...where fun comes to die."

"U Chicago...the level of Hell Dante forgot."

"U Chicago...where the only thing that goes down on you is your GPA."

You get the idea...definitely discouraged my daughter from applying. It just sounded way too intense.

Here's the URL: http://uofcslogans.blogspot.com/

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

There's a website with lots of clever one-liners about The University of Chicago, such as:

"U Chicago...where fun comes to die."

"U Chicago...the level of Hell Dante forgot."

"U Chicago...where the only thing that goes down on you is your GPA."

You get the idea...definitely discouraged my daughter from applying. It just sounded way too intense.

Here's the URL: http://uofcslogans.blogspot.com/

I think it is a great option for grad/medical/law school, but not as an undergrad.