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

[aj12291]

I'm going to agree with the above post

But "hell no"'s for my future children: Southern Cal or Michigan... and I would refuse to pay if he/she decided to go to Wooster...

[AnotherKD]

Originally Posted by aj12291

I'm going to agree with the above post

But "hell no"'s for my future children: Southern Cal or Michigan... and I would refuse to pay if he/she decided to go to Wooster...

I have a shirt with an outline of the USA without Michigan included, with the caption "The Way It Should Be".

Hehehe

[TriDeltaSallie]

Originally Posted by AnotherKD

I have a shirt with an outline of the USA without Michigan included, with the caption "The Way It Should Be".

Hehehe

Most of the rest of the state would be glad to give the southeast corner away.

I hope you don't base your dislike of the state of Michigan on Detroit and/or U of M. If you've never been here, there are some pretty gorgeous areas along Lake Michigan, especially the NW corner of the state. Parts of the Upper Peninsula are spectacular as well.

[AnotherKD]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

Most of the rest of the state would be glad to give the southeast corner away.

I hope you don't base your dislike of the state of Michigan on Detroit and/or U of M. If you've never been here, there are some pretty gorgeous areas along Lake Michigan, especially the NW corner of the state. Parts of the Upper Peninsula are spectacular as well.

Charlevoix is quite lovely! I grew up not far from Michigan and spent a lot of time there. I have actually never been to Ann Arbor except for one afternoon for a college visit- not enough to get a good impression of the area, I will concede, but even though I didn't go to OSU, I guess I still am a Buckeye at heart.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

Most of the rest of the state would be glad to give the southeast corner away.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

Most of the rest of the state would be glad to give the southeast corner away.

I hope you don't base your dislike of the state of Michigan on Detroit and/or U of M. If you've never been here, there are some pretty gorgeous areas along Lake Michigan, especially the NW corner of the state. Parts of the Upper Peninsula are spectacular as well.

We get the Michigan tourism ads out here in Seattle, and they are beautiful! They really do make me want to go to Michigan, which is funny because my husband is from Michigan and he's the one that resists.

[AnotherKD]

While I would ideally agree with you, my brother-in-law attended ITT in lieu of getting a bachelor's degree- he lives in the middle of nowhere in WV and getting a degree in a trade was a great move for him. He was never that great of a traditional student, but now he has a technical job that is affording him the opportunities to have a steady job and a pretty good income for that area. But that is just one person's experience and I am sure that it would differ depending on where one is from and their background or what they want to eventually do.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by AnotherKD

While I would ideally agree with you, my brother-in-law attended ITT in lieu of getting a bachelor's degree- he lives in the middle of nowhere in WV and getting a degree in a trade was a great move for him. He was never that great of a traditional student, but now he has a technical job that is affording him the opportunities to have a steady job and a pretty good income for that area. But that is just one person's experience and I am sure that it would differ depending on where one is from and their background or what they want to eventually do.

Over my dead body would he be my son.

I shall start replying to everyone's posts and tell them how awesome all of the schools that they listed are. Maybe they are your school's sports rivals but they have kickass programs in (insert major) that aren't offered at nearby colleges and universities. LOL. I believe that children are the future.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Over my dead body would he be my son.

I shall start replying to everyone's posts and tell them how awesome all of the schools that they listed are. Maybe they are your school's sports rivals but they have kickass programs in (insert major) that aren't offered at nearby colleges and universities. LOL. I believe that children are the future.

This thread is pretty funny...it's all about football rivalries or political leanings and not quality of education (except to say that Ivy League schools are overrated, which is hilarious).

I'll get into this and include "directional" colleges.

[OneHeartOneWay]

Over my dead body will by daughter attend a school without a Sigma Kappa chapter...okay, just joking (kind of). But seriously over my dead body for any school that doesn't have Greek Life.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

This thread is pretty funny...it's all about football rivalries or political leanings and not quality of education (except to say that Ivy League schools are overrated, which is hilarious).

My rants about for-profits and "Bob Jones University" were about quality of bachelor's degree education (despite how awesome many of the professors and students are at these schools).

My rant about school names wasn't about quality of education. Just names.

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

I'll get into this and include "directional" colleges.

Please explain what those are.

I Googled "directional college" and University of Phoenix was the advertisement. I can't get away from University of Phoenix. LOL.

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

My rants about for-profits and "Bob Jones University" were about quality of bachelor's degree education (despite how awesome many of the professors and students are at these schools).

My rant about school names wasn't about quality of education. Just names.

I know. I'm surprised at how many people are like "My kids won't go to Michigan because it sucks!" when it's one of the top state universities in the country and anyone who'd get in was pretty smart.

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Please explain what those are.

I Googled "directional college" and University of Phoenix was the advertisement. I can't get away from University of Phoenix. LOL.

Does UOPX have a mascot?

University of Southwestern Fill-in-the-Blank. Those schools tend to play second fiddle to the flagship universities. I still can't get behind UCF--luckily, neither can my rising HS sophomore niece.

[dekeguy]

Any future kids of mine would be free to choose any Jesuit University, any academically solid state or private university, Oxford, Cambridge, or West Point. I might consider disowning any kid of mine who wanted to attend the Air Farce Academy. I have always viewed the USAF as the best alternative to military service.

[PiKA2001]

Originally Posted by dekeguy

Any future kids of mine would be free to choose any Jesuit University, any academically solid state or private university, Oxford, Cambridge, or West Point. I might consider disowning any kid of mine who wanted to attend the Coast Guard Academy. I have always viewed the USCG as the best alternative to military service.

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[IrishLake]

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