My daughter got in REA to my university but is waiting till tomorrow’s results to decide. I think she will chose a different university to have her own path.
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Three generations of my family attended UT-Austin. Lots of relatives. It looks like NONE of the next generation will be attending. Well, my son went for one semester plus one week, but had to come home due to his mental illness. I always assumed that at least one of my kids would go to UT. And I KNEW that a niece, nephew, or cousin’s child would. But nope. Several of them applied but were not admitted. It’s a different world!
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But then many of the colleges current parents attended are now much more selective, so that if the current parents with their high school records (including SAT/ACT scores, extracurriculars, etc.) applied this year, they would not be admitted.
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I dropped out of beauty school to attend Michigan in '77.
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Great, now I have “Beauty School Drop-Out” going through my head 
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So, I’m pretty sure my D is deciding between the same 2 schools. The more traditional campus is not my alma mater but I did attend a school with a similar style
campus. I had similar feelings about wanting her to attend the traditional style campus because I LOVED my college years and I want the same for her. But, then we visited the urban campus and I could tell within 5 minutes that she was “home”. We did 2 visits (1 formal and 1 just walking around) because we also had bad weather for the formal tours at each school. I made sure the 2nd time we visited the campus that the weather was more pleasant.
A week ago she officially decided and committed to the urban school. She is a different person now and is so happy. I wonder if she held on as long as she did because she was wanting to please us. I keep reminding myself that I already went to college and now she gets to choose her own path. Good luck to your S and I hope he makes a decision soon.
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He just committed to the urban school. He was so excited tonight. No more more anxiety no more pandemic meh. He was bouncing around like a little kid. We probably are talking about the same schools!
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Awww yay! That’s so exciting. Congrats.
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For years I am sure my kid thought my school was just the dumb place mom went. But once he got to high school and met older kids in various clubs and activities he found many of his friends are looking at it and quite a few are now attending. I was really surprised the other day when he said he is planning to apply to it next year! I don’t think it’s the best fit for him, but it’s not awful either. We’ll see if we can visit this summer maybe.
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Both DH and I went to a top rated school and we asked our son to apply though he was already prejudiced against it due to reunions when he was in middle school and because he didn’t think it was science-y enough.
In the end it came down to our alma mater and a school that was tops in his major. He attended both accepted student days events and hung out with the nerdy crowd at our school and had a great time, but in the end the other school won him over. (To be honest it won all of us over.) He had a great four years, fabulous internships, a wonderful alumni network and got his dream job where he’s been ever since.
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I know that - that’s my point - UT is much more selective than it was in 1980.
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I’d actually much prefer my D be accepted and attend MIT (who rejected me) than CMU (from which I have two degrees, and mom and wife have one each). A few other top schools are a toss-up.
But I’ve been on campus regularly for the last 15 years for various personal and professional reasons, so it’s not a similar feeling of being back home anymore. I may just be cynical/tired of it.
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My son was accepted to my alma mater tonight…but hasn’t made a decision yet! I honestly don’t know what I want him to do 
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