If you could send your daughter anywhere...

[nittanygirl]

Originally Posted by psusue

My (imaginary) children must all go to Penn State. Must. All. Go. !!!
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Lol. I seriously think all Penn Staters think like this at some point or another. It is the most awesome experience. Although I might need to start saving now for that....

That said, I would want my (imaginary) daughter, if she couldn't/didn't want to (shh) go to Penn State, to go somewhere that has a great program for her major. My major at Penn State is one of the top in the country and I have found that to be nothing but beneficial.
It also should be a good name school with a good alumni network. I would prefer that people recognize her school. (AKA...PENN STATE)

But, I would love for her to check out Vanderbilt, any large SEC school, or UNC. Definitely east coast & southern unless she goes to Penn State.... but really I would want her to be happy.

I do NOT want her to go to a school with no greek life, no real "college town" environment, bad reputation, or anything that is closer to home than 2 hrs. College is a time to branch out and grow up away from your parents.

[TriDeltaSallie]

I realize I'll be branded for life on GC for writing this, but I would love for my daughter to consider Hillsdale College in Michigan. I don't think it will be her cup of tea as she is more of the artsy, dreamer type. But she would get a great education there.

I did the Big Ten thing and loved it. I was so ready to get onto a large campus and carve my own niche after being in a smaller high school. However, I do find the smaller liberal arts colleges really intriguing and would want her to explore both options. Big schools and smaller schools both have a lot to offer. It just depends on what you want.

She's an only child so I would really like to see her find a sorority home and sisters through that experience. Unfortunately there is only one Tri Delta chapter in our state and the university falls into the "over my dead body" category. I've already resigned myself to the fact that it's pretty unlikely she will be a Tri Delta someday.

[IrishLake]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

I realize I'll be branded for life on GC for writing this, but I would love for my daughter to consider Hillsdale College in Michigan.

My cousin is a Pi Phi from Hillsdale.

[NUBlue&Blue]

We would have loved any of our kids to go to Nebraska, and our second daughter considered it, but honestly....I'm not sure how they would've fit in. I loved every single minute of it, but I was from a town of 200 people in Nebraska and Lincoln felt like heaven every day compared to that. My kids grew up in metro Atlanta, in Southern culture raised by Midwestern parents. Not sure if that would've worked for them. And they're all a bunch of hothouse flowers, so I don't see them lasting a week in a Nebraska winter.

The girls went to GT and are glad they did, but will be the first ones to tell you that the first word you think of when you think Tech is not FUN. It's hard and demanding everybody is pretty driven.

On the other hand, my son is at Ole Miss. That's some kind of fun. I'd go there in a minute if I could!

[Benzgirl]

I would hope my imaginary daughter would attend a school that is very challenging and liberal like Oberlin, Vassar or Brown. I would also encourage her to go somewhere far away, which is something my mother did not want.

I wouldn't be upset if she went to my alma mater, but I would want her to have her own individual experience.

[madoug]

Thank you DGTess, Carnegie Mellon is now on the visit list.

33girl, Greek Life at Cincy is only 7% of FT Undergraduates which is probably more of a draw back than my chapter being closed. However, my niece is a sophomore in ChemEng, a CHI-O (which would make hearing my recruitment story interesting) and it is a perfect match for her.
I advise at Miami and wish it was a good match for one of my three kids, but so far it has not been. Second Son is starting at Syracuse this fall.

[Tulip86]

I'd love for my (hypothetical) daughter to study abroad for at least a year. I did and I loved it.
As for my Alma Mater, if she really wants to go there, I'd love that, but it's not for everyone, as it's a Tech.

[Low C Sharp]

I would love for my hypothetical daughter to go beyond what I am capable of and excel in a tech field. I would absolutely adore to send a daughter to MIT or Caltech.

[NinjaPoodle]

Jumping on the hypothetical band wagon, I would pick Howard, Spelman, one of the Ivy's or Seven Sisters. That is all.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by NinjaPoodle

Jumping on the hypothetical band wagon, I would pick Howard, Spelman, one of the Ivy's or Seven Sisters. That is all.

I learned something new today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sisters_(colleges)

[Dutchie]

Michigan State I'm a huge State fan & would love it if my kids went there.

University of North Carolina (this is assuming my future kids do not inherit my hair). My church choir went to Chapel Hill my senior year of high school and I fell in love! If we had sang there during my freshman-junior years, I would have gone there for undergrad. I even toyed with the idea of transferring there, but I was too in love with some of the traditions I was involved with at the school I did attend.

I don't know if I'd want my kids to go to the University of South Carolina, but I'd love for them to go Greek there! I almost went there for grad school and every time I visited the campus I would drive through Greek Row in awe.

I loved the traditions I was involved in in college and would love it if I could share those with my own kids (depending what year they are) and since I joined a local sorority, my daughters would only be legacies there. But tuition was so expensive, I can't imagine what it will be 25-30 years from now!

[madoug]

PetitChou, no I had not looked at Drexel although a boy on our street just graduated from there a few years ago. thanks for the info!

[IndianaSigKap]

Originally Posted by madoug

PetitChou, no I had not looked at Drexel although a boy on our street just graduated from there a few years ago. thanks for the info!

Indiana University offers graphic design coursework in both the art and journalism schools. The journalism school is highly regarded nationwide. IU offers interior design, but I don't know much about the program. And it's definitely got Greek life.

[NutBrnHair]

I have had the chance to visit many college campuses. I would reccomend for my DD the following (based on the Greek system and the quality of education):

• Mercer University, Macon, GA (my alma mater)
• T.C.U., Fort Worth, TX
• Miami Univ. of Ohio
• Ole Miss, Oxford, MS
• Birmingham-Southern College, B'ham, AL
• Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE
• OU, Norman, OK
• UNC - Chapel Hill
• Transylvania Univ., Lexington, KY
• Cal - Berkley

[DZdreamgirl]

1. Pepperdine
2. Pepperdine
3. Pepperdine
Numbers four through ten are quite similar.