<p>"...but if you have read any of my other posts here you know that I make a point of defending all sorts of colleges at all levels, and often am critical of those who are overly obsessed by prestige..."</p>
<p>Actually, this is true. I just read some other posts by CalMom and was impressed that she was supportive of someone's choice to go to a local state school rather than the prestigious one her parents wanted her to go to. (These were in a recent thread on the parents' forum - something about 'when parents and kids disagree,' I think it was.)</p>
<p>Explanation/Apology accepted by me, for what it's worth!</p>
<p>And, I should probably clarify my own comments: I was not directing my comments about snobbishness at CalMom personally so much as at a general attitude expressed by many on this forum.</p>