@NJWrestlingmom , you are kidding, right?
Nobody should be asked to defend something defined (by the title of the post) as stupid.
Letâs move on.
Thank you, @happy1!! So, this is the ârational, stupid reasonsâ thread. LOL
She really in general has no interest in the south, and happened to hit on those topics in school this year, so just adds fuel to the fire.
We live in Wisconsin and we tried to tour UW-Madison 2 times and left before the tour both times because the student guides walked in clapping and cheeringâŠhe said, Nope! The adult giving the presentation also used poor grammarâŠhe and another random boy at our table looked at each other and mouthedâŠNo WayâŠnot a great sell on Wisconsin. I kept encouraging him to just apply but it didnât happen. Nothing could change his feel there.
My Class of 2022 kid redlined all schools in the South. I agreed. :-bd
@Cadesmom that was a pet peeve of my husbandâs! In one case the guide was a journalism and English major! :-S
Well, my Son did apply but didnât want to attend a school because of a tv showâŠthose of you may know from the thread. Heâs usually not the type to overreact.
We attended one college info session where the admissions rep presenting kept calling the FAFSA the âFASFAâ - drove me insane! If I had been the one applying, it might have prevented me from doing so. But I donât think my child noticed or cared.
@CAtransplant Happened to us, too, at several colleges. At one, it was the head of the financial aid office who kept saying FASFA! Drove me absolutely crazy.
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@CAtransplant @kidzncatz weâve had the same experience - it really annoyed me.
I know what you mean. When I hear that, I just go nucular. ?
My son said, âForget New Orleans, Iâm not living below sea level.â
That made me chuckle. Well played.
Our guidance counselors do that all the time, @CAtransplant⊠FASFA indeed!
@brickkicker , sadly after Katrina thatâs a rational rather than stupid reason.
Wonât apply because they donât like the colors or the mascotâŠex: Banana Slug at UC Santa Cruz or Anteater at UC Irvine. Green and Yellow at University of Oregon, but my D did end up applying even though she didnât like the colorsâŠ
My 9th grader already told me he wonât apply to any schools in landlocked states.
This gave me such a chuckle. Like heâs going to need to escape by ocean and the states with access will lock their borders?
Wouldnât apply to any school in Maine, although she has visited Maine a few times, and liked it each time. Still havenât figured that one out.
Regarding the school colors, I wonder how many people drop Lehigh from their list when they find out going there might involve a lifetime of wearing brown sweatshirts. That & the spider mascot at U of Richmond seem like 2 things that could easily be changed & would boost applications considerably.