<p>limbwalker, I don’t think I was being defensive in my post, simply trying to be illuminating. From what you’ve said, Trinity may hit the bullseye for your daughter.</p>
<p>Good luck to your daughter and enjoy your travels together!</p>
<p>I thought your reply seemed pretty fair to me. Hard to tell what some folks are trying to say sometimes on these boards. Helpful information would be nice ;)</p>
<p>Simply leaving out the word “idiot” in the reply doesn’t do it, however… ha, ha.</p>
<p>Thanks, and we have had a good time driving around S.E. Texas looking at schools. Good way to get to know your teen - spending dozens of hours in the cab of a pickup together…</p>
<p>John.</p>
<p>Hi limbwalker,</p>
<p>My son transferred to SU after having an awful experience at one of the mid-sized “elite” schools back East. He went from being a physics major at the first school to being a studio art major at SU. This summer he is working for the SU Creative Services department and is developing mailings and posters and all kinds of promotional “stuff” for SU.</p>
<p>My point in contacting you is to say that your daughter may or may not find what she is looking for at SU; it all depends on the department. My son has had a wonderful experience at SU, despite its size, and wouldn’t trade it for the world. He has gotten to do things that would’ve eluded him at a larger school.</p>
<p>Thanks for posting and thanks for visiting SU! I wish your daughter the best in her hunt for the best option for her.</p>
<p>Southwestern has a lot going for it. I hope you keep it on your list.</p>
<p>Jollybean, thank you! (now that was helpful) ;)</p>
<p>Registrant, I never said it was off the list. Heck, I don’t even have a list… I’m just the driver! ha, ha. </p>
<p>As long as Daughter keeps making A’s and scoring well on SAT’s, it’s “her” list… She’s the one who has to live there, not me. </p>
<p>I figure she still has several months before she gets “serious” and starts applying for “EA’s” (if that’s what you call them). So her and her mom can set up meetings with staff and faculty and get tours, etc. She and her mom LOVE to plan. Sometimes I think they like the planning more than the doing. </p>
<p>I like the doing, not the planning (obviously, eh?). </p>
<p>Jollybean, a (dumb) question… the campus was so small that it looked like there were only 5 or maybe 6 academic buildings. Everything else I saw were either college offices or residence halls/apartments. Oh, and the “sports” complex on the east side of campus. But where does that leave room for multiple departments? I just didn’t see enough facilities to accomodate a lot of departments. </p>
<p>Heck, I went to a mid-sized state school and our Forestry college footprint alone was nearly as big as the academic campus at S.U. I can’t imagine where they put everything!</p>
<p>John.</p>
<p>John, not to get off the topic, but I just had a conversation with a friend who has a kid considering Baylor. Ordinarily, considering the traditional “you are going to hell” stuff that baptists and catholics of my parent’s generation flung at each other, I wouldn’t suggest Baylor since you have stated that your D is catholic. My friend is pleased with the Catholic community on campus at Baylor (it’s even the only non-Baptist religious organization recognized by the college). Might be worth a look - they are VERY generous with merit aid. The times they are a changing…</p>
<p>*“Ordinarily, considering the traditional “you are going to hell” stuff that baptists and catholics of my parent’s generation flung at each other, I wouldn’t suggest Baylor since you have stated that your D is catholic…” *</p>
<p>Ha, ha. I guess that puts me in your parent’s generation… Glad I wasn’t just imagining that nonsense. Hopefully, it’s not so much like that anymore, but I must admit it did come to mind when I considered a trip to Baylor.</p>
<p>Aside from that, the main problem I have with Baylor is that I actually used to live in Waco (late 70’s) and I wasn’t impressed with it then. We used to roam the Baylor campus when we had nothing better to do. (Back then, kids still rode bicycles and found things for themselves to do when they were bored 
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<p>But there used to be some really rough parts to that town, not all that far from the campus. Again, hopefully that’s gotten better.</p>
<p>I’ll give it another look.</p>
<p>John.</p>