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

[ASUADPi]

I quite honestly don't care where my future children go to college as long as they go to college. My biggest thing though is that unless they get scholarships, I don't know if I could afford out of state schools (as much as I would love to).

They definitely have to go to an accredited university. While I may be going to a for profit school right now for my graduate work, as a working professional I think that is okay, I don't want my undergraduate 18 year old to do this. I want them to enjoy college like I did.

If my kid wants to go to an Ivy that is fine, I just don't think they are all they are cracked up to be.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

This could be an...interesting...thread.

I know. This seems to be tempting fate.

That said . . . Duke.

"Over my dead body" will my son or daughter attend a for-profit school for a bachelor's degree.

This!

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Add this to my list of negatives.

Anything named "(insert ANY religion, denomination, or religious leader) College/University" is a BIG NO.

Really? No Catholic University? No Southern Methodist University? No Presbyterian College?

[SWTXBelle]

University of Texas.

Proof God has a sense of humor - I married a man with two degrees from UT!

[Munchkin03]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Really? No Catholic University? No Southern Methodist University? No Presbyterian College?

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.

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Really? No Catholic University? No Southern Methodist University? No Presbyterian College?

Originally Posted by Munchkin03

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

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

SMU is a strong academic school with very minimal association to the Methodist church. Like SMU, my own TCU (Texas Christian Univ) is not much more than name only. Freshmen year you are required to take one religion class, which can be either a Survey of the Bible or a World Religion course. There is not one aspect of any religion espoused by the faculty, administration, or any official aspect of the university.

Contrast that with Baylor, which does not have any religious word in its name, yet is crazy tied to the Southern Baptist in all aspects.

Anyway, it just seems like a broad brush to automatically eliminate schools with religion in the title. While some are quite tied to a demonations beliefs, others are more historically tied and now have VERY loose associations. And any employer who discounts a SMU or TCU student solely based on the demonation in the title is full of fail.

[AnotherKD]

Penn State and Michigan. Well, they could go, but I'd cry.

Also, I'd have to veto places like Sarah Lawrence or Berkeley... just too liberal for me. As for the Ivies, I'd have to win the lottery before they could go there!

[IrishLake]

Blondie, that's like Ohio Northern University. You wouldn't imagine it's tied to the Methodist church, but it is. And the University of Dayton is affiliated with the Catholic church. Hard to tell just by the title of the schools.

[joliebelle]

Clemson or Notre Dame.

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by joliebelle

Clemson or Notre Dame.

My child under no circumstances will be going to Cal (Stanford is cheaper out of state and a nicer place to live besides), Notre Dame, or Baylor....

I might just be really depressed if they decided to go to West Point - so glad I talked my way out of that one.

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by AnotherKD

As for the Ivies, I'd have to win the lottery before they could go there!

No you wouldn't, because the Ivies - like lots of private schools - have excellent financial aid. Most of the Ivies pay almost the entire tuition now for their students. And many other private schools (such as my alma mater) have such nice endowments that they give generous grants and scholarships, making them possibly more affordable than a public university (certainly an out-of-state public).

[AXOmom]

Baylor is a Southern Baptist school, yes,(so is Wake Forest), but speaking as someone who grew up Southern Baptist, we considered it a SB school in name only. I can't say what constitutes crazy ties - Southern Baptists are independent little cusses - shoot - we barely had ties to each other, let alone the schools.

Like my fellow alum WC, I would have to go with NO Oregon State. Youngest actually did consider it. I don't think I could've let her come home wearing orange and black. Blech! Fortunatly UW was never on the table (she inexplicably hated Seattle).

[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. )

[psusue]

Absolutely no to Ohio State. I would cut them off. None of this buckeye crap in my life.

And they could go to Michigan, it's just that every time they'd call home I would have to say "what time is it? IT DOESN'T MATTER MICHIGAN STILL SUCKS!!!"

[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.

[TriDeltaSallie]

Originally Posted by psusue

Absolutely no to Ohio State. I would cut them off. None of this buckeye crap in my life.

And they could go to Michigan, it's just that every time they'd call home I would have to say "what time is it? IT DOESN'T MATTER MICHIGAN STILL SUCKS!!!"

Okay, now tell us how you REALLY feel...