Going off to college: It's a changed world...

Parents Forum
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<p>I don't know. I like the sound of the block scheduling. I could see a problem with math courses but much of it looks interesting. I'm wondering where they fall in the merit aid. Thank you for the information and will look for Ezduzzit.</p>

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<p>When I went to college in 1999, we met people at orientation, which was move-in day. None of this advance orientation stuff. No online chats - we got our roomie's phone number in August, and that was it. </p>

<p>Fast-forward to law school '04: online bulletin board, where I had "met" half of my fellow students. We even arranged a get-together at a bar before orientation... had move-in help, all of that good stuff. It made it a lot nicer to go down there (I even met a few students in July on a visit), because there was a lot to look forward to on that end. </p>

<p>Having done both ways, I can say that I really prefer the second.</p>

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<p>Ariesathena..
Did you ask each other your LSAT scores...on line...in person...ever?</p>

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<p>Ariesathena, how was first semester?</p>

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<p>It is not just our kids lives that have changed, of course. We parents can now buy movie tickets for hot shows on line - no more waiting in line at the theatre for tickets. We check the background of people we're meeting in business by googling them. We buy things for our kids online and have them sent directly to the dorm - no more PO lines.</p>

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<p>Hi Robyrm and Over30! :)</p>

<p>Did we ask each other our LSAT scores? Actually - someone told me his online (we exchanged screen names for IM), and a few people mention theirs. Funny how there are more mentions of LSAT scores than GPA! Sadly, some people do ask about SATs (presumably, how well people test?) - my boyfriend took the SATs pre-recentering and keeps complaining about how we have it so easy and how different the scores are.</p>

<p>Over30: I actually really liked first semester. Academically, the professors were all phenomenal and I loved the work (I know, who likes law school? me, apparently) and did feel like I learned a ton. Exams were stressful - even though they are spaced out, that was the one thing that I found more hellish than undergrad. Everyone here really likes each other, too. This semester, for some reason (perhaps the short break or doing the work and trying to find employment at the same time), is tougher, and the classes aren't quite as interesting (administrative law - ugh!). I managed to to pretty decently last semseter - top quarter - so I'm fairly happy. There's a lot of things about the South that I like (surprised with myself for that!), and a few things about non-city living that I don't like (such as, well, it's not a city).</p>

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<p>I'm confused....IS there a university in Georgia that calls itself Ohio....or do you mean Ohio University in Athens, OHIO (not Athens Georgia)?</p>

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<p>there are a lot of schools that are confusingly named
Washington University which is in Mo not Wa.
Miami University in Ohio
Trinity College ( CT)
Trinity University ( TX)
Wheaton College ( IL)
Wheaton College ( MA)</p>

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<p>and don't forget the favorite of Wellesley grads everywhere - "oh, you went to Wesleyan?" I imagine Wesleyan alums are even more annoyed, "Wesleyan, isn't that a girls' school?"</p>

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<p>Then there's the Grinnellian kids who repeated say, "No, not Cornell, Grinnell."</p>

<p>And then later in the conversation, "Yes, I did say it's in Iowa...."</p>

<p>Pay it no mind. It is a fabulous school!</p>

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and don't forget the favorite of Wellesley grads everywhere - "oh, you went to Wesleyan?" I imagine Wesleyan alums are even more annoyed, "Wesleyan, isn't that a girls' school?"

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Not to mention Ohio Wesleyan, and all the other Wesleyans... And Indiana University of Pennsylvania.</p>

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<p>I once took a Greyhound from New York to California; as I passed through Iowa, I was wearing a shirt that said "Cornell;" one of my fellow passengers asked me if I went to Cornell College, and looked at me very skeptically when I told him I had gone to a university in upstate New York with the same name.</p>