If you could send your daughter anywhere...

[madoug]

My daughter is a HS Jr and we are currently considering her college choices. Greek life is a must have for her based on her own choice. Also she strongly prefers campus' with Sorority housing and is interested in Graphic or Interior Design. This has limited our options and so far I find that my alma mater is the best match, but I'm not pleased with that. It is too close, my chapter is gone and was not selected in a recent expansion, and it is too urban. However, my oldest son is there and I am thrilled with that.
So does anyone know of a medium sized school, with good Graphic Design program and a strong greek life that is east of the Mississippi?

[DGTess]

Originally Posted by madoug

My daughter is a HS Jr and we are currently considering her college choices. Greek life is a must have for her based on her own choice. Also she strongly prefers campus' with Sorority housing and is interested in Graphic or Interior Design. This has limited our options and so far I find that my alma mater is the best match, but I'm not pleased with that. It is too close, my chapter is gone and was not selected in a recent expansion, and it is too urban. However, my oldest son is there and I am thrilled with that.
So does anyone know of a medium sized school, with good Graphic Design program and a strong greek life that is east of the Mississippi?

Carnegie Mellon. Greek life is not a must there, but is strong. Graphic design program is very challenging.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DGTess

Carnegie Mellon. Greek life is not a must there, but is strong. Graphic design program is very challenging.

It might be too urban (depending on what madoug means by that).

madoug - if your alma mater is the best match, please don't shoot it down just because YOUR chapter is gone. Your daughter can still participate in Greek life there, and it may be less stressful for the both of you to not worry if her legacy chapter is truly the best fit.

[ISUKappa]

Originally Posted by madoug

My daughter is a HS Jr and we are currently considering her college choices. Greek life is a must have for her based on her own choice. Also she strongly prefers campus' with Sorority housing and is interested in Graphic or Interior Design. This has limited our options and so far I find that my alma mater is the best match, but I'm not pleased with that. It is too close, my chapter is gone and was not selected in a recent expansion, and it is too urban. However, my oldest son is there and I am thrilled with that.
So does anyone know of a medium sized school, with good Graphic Design program and a strong greek life that is east of the Mississippi?

I was going to recommend Iowa State, but it's *just* west of the Mississippi. Otherwise, it has all the other requirements: student body is around 25,000 (but feels smaller), the campus is beautiful, it has a great Greek community with lovely chapter houses, and its Graphic Design program is very well regarded.

As far as my own kids go, I'm already working on guiding them towards Iowa State. My son seems very interested in engineering (like my husband) and loves going to visit campus. I would also be okay with them going to my husband's alma mater (Rose Hulman Institute of Technology) even though I'd probably have to start selling off major organs in order to afford the tuition by the time he gets to college.

[barbino]

Colleges -- Miami of Ohio or Ohio University, Monmouth (IL) (Pi Phi was founded there), Marquette (WI)

Universities -- UTexas- Austin, UWisconsin-Madison.

If I had a daughter, those would be my choices. But if you actually have a child, you have to consider what is best for your child and I feel that every child needs to make his or her own decision on where to go to college. My niece wants to go to Duke (she is obviously influenced by my one brother) and my nephew's dream school is Notre Dame. Another consideration of course, is economics, so they may end up going to a state college. Gulp- even Illinois.