I had to fight certain prejudices of mine that were totally irrational. My kids seemed to hone right in on them even though I never shared that info or was even aware I felt that way in some situations.
Visiting colleges has its pitfalls too. Kids can seize on things that have absolutely nothing to do with how good of a fit a place is. Like the weather a particularly day, construction, a lousy tour guide, just some happenstance thing can strike them the wrong way or the right way.
Leaf blowers. Granted they were super loud, ride-on leaf blowers.
Paradoxically, she wants a school with lots of trees.
But often you have half a dozen very good schools and you need SOMETHING to eliminate some of themâŠI wonder if some of those things are just kind of an excuse or unconscious way to cross them out.
My brother has color aversions when looking at schools. Does not want to wear brown or purple college colors!
When I made Lehigh, my brother begged me not do goâŠhate the color brown! Now Iâm at TuftsâŠhe loves blue and wears the swag
Funny, my mom loves elephants and always thought they were lucky. She loves Jumbo. Now that I attend TuftsâŠshe has elephants everywhere.
There was a very bad hockey cheer when Cornell would play BrownâŠâWhatâs the color of _____? Brown!â
My D also wasnât thrilled with that being Lehighâs color either ; )
(I love this thread. So happy itâs been resurrected.).
It wasnât just hockey, I heard it at football games.
But the Brown âmarching bandâ came back with a few rousing choruses of âold McDonald had a farmâ, so Iâd call it a stalemate at best.
Anybody who dislikes brown should remember that the colors of UIUC are burnt orange + navy blue.
My daughter went to Wyoming. We love brown and gold.
Thatâs not âburnt orange.â Texas has burnt orange. I went to UIUC and 25 years later Iâm still not a fan of the colors, but our orange is still miles better than Texasâ orange.
My kidsâ HS colors are brown and gold and after five years of it, itâs still terrible.
Yep! We visited both U Chicago and NW on a brutally cold day and D didnât like either. I think she was just so desperate to get out of there and get warm.
Tour guides made a huge different for D - I think they were her impression of what a student at the school was like, and when they seemed unfriendly or uninterested it turned her off.
Nobodyâs orange is better than Texasâ burnt orange. ?
Virginia Techâs colors are burnt orange and Chicago maroon.
UVAâs colors are Jefferson blue and Rotunda orange. I like orange!
You are right - I confused it with my kidâs high school colors which are burnt orange and navy blue.
Except Tennesseeâs orange.
In any event, hereâs a neat little graphic with a bunch of the orange schoolsâŠ
https://www.nunesmagician.com/2020/4/2/21203511/shades-of-orange-draft-which-orange-school-exhibits-the-best-use-of-the-color-syracuse-hex-code
I love this thread, so glad itâs back! Our S19 is a pretty fashionable guy. When he was looking at schools, he wasnât swayed by bad weather or bad tour guides, but the one thing he did study very carefully was the track team kit.
D had all but eliminated a college because while walking around, we popped out on a street with a Round Table Pizza and a Safeway and she just couldnât imagine herself there because she assumed there wouldnât be anything to do. Fast forward a year: She is attending the school and LOVES it. Turns out, thereâs plenty to do!
My child couldnât forgive Georgia Tech for using the word âyâallâ in an admissions mailing.
Kiddo also ruled out JHU because the students on campus were too put together.
âI canât go here- there are way too many people wearing IU gearâ
⊠while visiting IU.