<p>From the "Stupidest reason not to look at a college" thread, I found amusing that a U Miami tour guide considered U Miami only because he found the chairs at a seaside restaurant appealing, so it's pretty high on a list of stupid reasons to look at a college.</p>
<p>Did any of you looked at a college for stupid reasons or have a kid that did so? If so, what are their reasons?</p>
<p>My son would scrutinize the signature on the unsolicited college mail he got. If the adcom’s signature appeared real, he’d look at the school. If the signature appeared to be from a machine or photocopy, he ruled out the school.</p>
<p>I knew someone who would only look at D3 schools if their football stadium had those tunnels which players run out of onto the field.</p>
<p>When I was a high school senior looking at colleges, I fell in love with UGA because the azaleas were blooming. It was beautiful…and the absolute wrong college for me. I transferred after one year.</p>
<p>“Neal’s cousin is really, really smart and he goes to X college, so I’d like to visit it.”</p>
<p>“Jon Stewart graduated from there.”</p>
<p>D is planning to look at one just because it has a winning, competative cheer squad.</p>
<p>Some people in pure math chose to attend my college so that they could drink their way to oblivion (mathematics, perhaps surprisingly, can out-drink any other department at my college) while still enrolled in a high-level program.</p>
<p>A certain CTCL schools sends the kids their favorite candy bar when accepted. Most expensive Butterfinger Crunch I ever bought. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>Checked out this one in Ohio because one of my favorite actresses went there. </p>
<p>Came to my senses and stayed in Michigan. Lol.</p>
<p>Post #5 reasons seem valid to me- admired intellectually great people chose the school.</p>
<p>Ha! I remember seeing if any bands I liked played on campus when I first started looking at schools. Happily my criteria changed as the search continued!</p>
<p>D liked USC because Will Ferrell went there.</p>
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<p>If she’s planning to try out for the squad, I’d say that’s a great reason to look at that school! But even if she’s just a fan, that’s really no different than liking a school because it has a winning football team… and stupid or not, that’s a big draw for a lot of kids! :)</p>
<p>I knew a kid who chose the Univ of Washington so that he could go skiing every weekend during the winter. But then, I went there because my boyfriend did, so I guess that’s not any better. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>@LasMa … Are you still together? Would you still make that same choice?</p>
<p>I don’t see the problem with number 5. Jon Stewart is a smart guy.</p>
<p>MY S#2 wanted to look at schools where he could go snow skiing in the morning and to the beach in the afternoon. We had a nice visit to southern california for that, but thats the trip where S#1 shattered his femur. And to add to the stupidest reasons not to like a school, one of the schools we visited s#2 schratched off because he saw too many kids on skateboards.</p>
<p>Regarding my own post #5</p>
<p>Both universities my son was referring to are excellent. He, in fact, visited one, applied to both, and was accepted by the one he visited, waitlisted by the other. The one he did not visit prior to applying was a plane ride away. The one he visited was an easy add-on to a spring break college visit extravaganza. However neither was what he wanted in terms of “fit”, in terms of his expressed visions of what he wanted in a college, and in term of his reactions to colleges and universities he had already visited. He never really considered attending either of them seriously.</p>
<p>Because the football games seem like fun</p>
<p>DougBetsy and emilybee: So funny!!</p>
<p>And photomom5, azaleas factored into my son’s decision too…but fortunately he is happy at his school.</p>
<p>S#2 also placed a high value on schools with a chick fil-a on campus.</p>