<p>Post the thread. Iglooo. Are you thinking about the thread about the student from Michigan?</p>
<p>Yes, again, I was just joking.</p>
<p>Here it is in case anyone still wants to see it
<a href=âhttp://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1275140-michigan-valedictorian-chooses-baylor-over-harvard-yale-duke-rice.html?highlight=baylor+valedictorian[/url]â>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/1275140-michigan-valedictorian-chooses-baylor-over-harvard-yale-duke-rice.html?highlight=baylor+valedictorian</a></p>
<p>^that is if anyone thinks that poor kid wasnât anaylized enoughâŠ</p>
<p>BTW, my BIL went to Baylor medical school long ago in B C 500.</p>
<p>Well, in general any school they didnât want to attend would be off the list.</p>
<p>Things we have talked to them about, no school that is too close to home. We are strong believers in going âawayâ to college so 2 hours or so away from home or more is our benchmark, give or take.</p>
<p>Schools that admit anyone with a heartbeat.</p>
<p>Evangelical church schools</p>
<p>anything âon-lineâ without a real college </p>
<p>Any school where everyone packs up and goes home for the weekend.</p>
<p>The college were I work!</p>
<p>A totally online one (for the first couple of years of UGRAD, anyway).</p>
<p>Streaking is fineâŠTufts used to have the naked winter run.</p>
<p>Fun thread.</p>
<p>We can disagree on SMU. It is academically so-so (has some very strong programs), gives great merit money to top students, but serves as a PG high school for many students from the wealthy school district just off campus. I lived within 5 miles of SMU for 28 years and have a lot of experience with the school. Good graduate business program and good for networking in Dallas. Preppy, fratty, expensive.</p>
<p>I think you have to clarify âonline schools.â For profit ones: no way. But accredited schools that have an online presence is a different story. I completed my masters degree in an online environment via my stateâs flagship university. However, I donât think Iâd want my kid to complete their undergraduate degree that way, at least not the entire 4 years.</p>
<p>There are lots of private schools that have a price tag that resembles the top tier schoolsâ cost without the same punch. Some of them may have a particular program that distinguishes them, but a lot have the reputation for being where the rich kids go because daddy can afford it. Couple that with lousy FA policies for those who are on the lower end of the financial spectrum & Iâd just say no way. Seton Hall comes to mind on both accounts, and Monmouth University on the first. I donât have the same feel for that outside of my home state.</p>
<p>U C Santa Barbara. We went to visit over a weekend and drove through Isla Vista on a Saturday night. This is the âtownâ where students live off campus. There was a blocks long party going on with bars set up on the lawns of apartment buildings, liquor bottles in
the streets and people puking in the bushes. I had nightmares.</p>
<p>Just a comment on post #34, re: University of Colorado. My son graduated in 3 years and has a great job. Most (but not all) of his friends graduated in 4 years. YMMV.</p>
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<p>Canât speak for Baylor, but I wouldnât <em>expect</em> parents of SMU students to âcomplainâ about it. Whatâs not to like? Warm weather, lovely campus, pleasant students, academics arenât killing anyone, fun social life, good profile within the Dallas business community. My reasons for not liking SMU arenât that I think it would provide me any reason as a parent to âcomplain.â My reasons are similar to MOWCâs in that I think the academics are âehâ and itâs too preppy/fratty/rich-white-boy for my taste.</p>
<p>Followup question: though these might be schools you wouldnât WANT your kid to go to, would they also be schools you wouldnât LET your kid go to? LET as in âpay forâ, I suppose, because you canât very well forbid them. </p>
<p>My football loyalties say that I wouldnât want my kids to go to USC or Stanford, but thatâs the same side of my brain that trash-talks with my USC and Stanford alum co-workers. :)</p>
<p>I wouldnât pay for any evangelical school, or any school which teaches creation âscienceâ.</p>
<p>Any place with brutal winters. My S dons a jacket whenever the temperature outside drops below 70 F, and I cannot imagine how he would fare if forced to deal with sub-freezing temperatures for several months.</p>
<p>Slithey - I just could not have my child go to Ohio State. Living in Columbus it is just way too much. It is like a religion around here. I go shopping on football Saturdays because the stores are empty. Just too much hype and craziness in my opinion. I work with many OSU grads and just donât feel their college experience was that good. It is just too big and I just donât see how they can make things on a personal level. Just my opinion.</p>
<p>Any school where most of the students take themselves too serious, thereforeâŠ</p>
<p>Everything needs to be protested.
Canât take any time away from studying to attend a Saturday football/hockey/basketball game with your friends.
Canât envision the thought of sitting on a ratty, stained couch on your front porch while enjoying a beverage or 2 on a Friday or Saturday evening with good friends.
Library lounge area is the social hot spot on campus.</p>
<p>^^ eyemamom, I have to ask, are you referring to High Point? We visited last summer, wow⊠We decided it was as if Walt Disney had built a new area called âCollegevilleâ. There were some things we were impressed by though, D at 16 was blown away. My biggest concern was that it was in the middle of NOWHERE - no college town in any way, you would never be able to step foot off campus.</p>
<p>Also, I graduated from CU in 4 years easily (admittedly 25 years ago) as did most of my friends- the exceptions were my friends who were student athletes, and the top employers were standing in line to hire them, so it didnât seem to hurt.</p>
<p>My âif I had it to do all over againâ would be a smaller school. Have visited many small, top schools with D and wish Iâd gone that route. But maybe if I had, Iâd be saying the opposite now, who knowsâŠ?</p>
<p>Library lounge area is the social hot spot on campus.</p>
<p>heaven forbid, ;)</p>
<p>Faber College.</p>
<p>Any school that revolves around sports. Would highly prefer a school without a football team.</p>
<p>Well, it looks like I might have to scratch the naked thing off my list. I didnât realize it was so common! I put it on there because 6 years ago when I was reading one of the insider guides to colleges to help my son research schools, it seemed that whenever naked events were mentioned, the college in general was noted as ultra liberal.</p>