<p>^^yes. and I think there was a purse story, too.</p>
<p>Our son has graduated from college. We recently had a discussion about this. He was laughing at himself for having refused to look at any school that was in an area that had earthquakes. But then he said that the number of choices had been so overwhelming, that any way of narrowing the search was a good thing,</p>
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<p>My daughter was turned off at Georgetown because of the warm weather outfit the tour guide was wearing.:)</p>
<p>I donât remember if it was somewhere in this thread or in another - but I always liked the girl who didnât like how hilly a campus was - too many steps, etc. </p>
<p>AndâŠshe would be attending on an athletic (Track and Field, I think) scholarship!</p>
<p>âI shouldnât acknowledge this, but they also eliminated all schools in states where people are known for having Southern accents.â</p>
<p>My son also refused to look at any southern school for the same reason.</p>
<p>My middle son refused any school with a lousy football team. This ruled out the entire Ivy league in his opinion. 
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<p>My son has pretty much ruled out schools where you canât wear shorts year round. Too bad for him, that rules out our entire state school system which is not going to happen!</p>
<p>My son also does not want to go to a school that has a football team. One of his middle school teachers used to give extra credit on the tests about the past weekendâs games. I say used to because after I found out about that, I complained and he had to change the extra credit to reflect the subject. Actually, before I complained I spent a couple of weeks watching college football and making notes about it but my family has defective sports genes and none of us knew what the notes meant so I wasted my time AND he didnât get the extra credit! The upshot is he wonât even play pickup football with his friends and he quit the school band because he refused to play at the football games in the marching band! He might consider a school with a football team IF nobody paid any attention to it or went to any of the games. The only âsportsâ he enjoys are ultimate frisbee, whiffleball and chess.</p>
<p>@ Joan52 - to clarify, by lousy football teams I meant literally a team that was lousyâŠor in this case teams that are lousy in his opinion. Iâd mention a school for consideration and his response might be ânope, sucky team.â, or âdivision threeâ. It drove me nuts!</p>
<p>My D definitely considers colleges more seriously when they remind her of Hogwarts.</p>
<p>Joan,</p>
<p>all 3 of my sons went to the same school in 3 different cities.</p>
<p>Eldest went to EmoryâŠabout 5000 undergrads, real campus, in a cityâŠno football</p>
<p>Middle went to University of DenverâŠabout 5000 undergrads, real campus, in a cityâŠno football</p>
<p>Youngest went to American UniversityâŠabout 5000 undergrads, real campus, in a cityâŠno football.</p>
<p>Dad has a collection of t-shirts, each of which says "______University FootballâŠStill Undefeated!</p>
<p>All 3 boys, and dad, are actually sports nuts and love footballâŠit just wasnât one of their criteria in any direction.</p>
<p>But these might be 3 schools for your son to consider.</p>
<p>there are a bunch of no football schools ⊠BU, Northeastern, UVM, and Skidmore are a few more.</p>
<p>What a great thread! Is anyone building a university from the ground up? First, do not put it in a state shaped like a rectangle or square. Or in New Jersey. Donât let Glido sign up for classes there. And donât make it look like a Taco Bell.</p>
<p>^^ Donât put your college out in the sticks. Or in an urban area. Donât make all the buildings look alike. Donât make all the buildings look different - there should be a theme. But it shouldnât be Georgian or modern or gothic. Donât have too much parking in the middle of campus. Donât make it so thereâs no where to park. Be sure your tour guides arenât too preppy or goth or sloppy or fashionable or dumb or snotty or boring or overly-enthusiastic. Make sure they share their own experiences and feelings but donât let them talk about themselves. Be sure your football team is great - but be sure NOT to have a football team. Donât put your campus on a hill. Make sure there are no Southern accents, but the weather is warm and sunny year round, except for the lovely fall and change of seasons and a little bit of pretty snow - but it canât be cold when it snows. Make sure your info session and tour guides talk about classes and majors, as long as its the major the tour-ee is interested in. Donât be TOO welcoming or too organized - youâll look like youâre trying too hard. Donât be disorganized. If you have Greek life, make sure no one sees it - unless theyâre looking for it, in which case make sure there are plenty of kids with Greek letters walking around. And for heavensâ sake, make sure you have a normal mascot but not a boring one, and make sure your school colors look good on everyone and match everyoneâs outfits!</p>
<p>^ Well done!! :)</p>
<p>Very clever, LAF!</p>
<p>Sometimes I am so glad we are done looking at collegesâŠalthough the grad school hunt was no fun because it is so deadly serious.</p>
<p>LAF, really well done!</p>
<p>well done, LAFâŠso glad we are done!!</p>
<p>^ As do I. Hogwarts is important.</p>
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<p>LAF-you said it all beautifully. The thread can end right here, right now.</p>