<p>One of the main reasons I originally wanted to go to my college was because I found out they were sending the students on a 3 week all-expenses paid trip to France. And I never got to go with my French class in high school because I couldn't afford it. So I saw this as my chance. If the college recruiter hadn't mentioned this or it had been to Spain, for instance, I might never have applied.</p>
<p>One night I was lying in bed unable to sleep. I looked at the wall and the image the curtains and the light from outside made was a giant M. That's why I'll be attending Umich this fall.</p>
<p>My mom also said I was not allowed to go to any school that did not have a Wal-mart in town...</p>
<p>I haven't read this entire thread. I must admit that I didn't choose my college for any ridiculous reason, nor did my kids. Selected them all based on regular sorts of college criteria/preferences. </p>
<p>However, a long time ago, I had a babysitter who occasionally babysat my tots, and she said she was going to go to Slippery Rock College. I am always curious how people select their schools and in this case, since it is not a real well known school on a national scale, I was interested in how someone from rural Vermont would have even HEARD of Slippery Rock, let alone be drawn to go there of all the schools that exist (mind you, nothing wrong with this school at all but it isn't a "usual" one for kids around here to pick). So, I asked her how she came about choosing or finding that school. She told me because of the funny name. I thought that was a VERY odd reason.</p>
<p>I love this thread.</p>
<p>I picked mine because it had the major I wanted, but a BIG draw was that is had no language requirement or greek life</p>
<p>these are great</p>
<p>"Seems a bit harsh considering that, as the title indicates, the thread is about ridiculous reasons. Doesn't seem any shallower than not choosing schools because they had pictures of too many nuns in the brochure.</p>
<p>Anybody who goes to a school named Mudd better develop a sense of humor about it, because you are going to get strange looks from people over it for the rest of your life."</p>
<p>Last time I checked, "shallow" and "ridiculous" did not necessarily have the same definition.</p>
<p>For instance, one may decline a school because someone they do not like is attending there. This is ridiculous but the decision is not mindless. On the contrary, one may decline a school because they do not like the name and have not done any research on the school. This is mindless and therefore shallow.</p>
<p>and the oscar for best actor goes to......</p>
<p>rocketDA in his brave attempt to bash an innocent yet weird yet kindof funny thread !!!</p>
<p>no just playing around hihi :D</p>
<p>Calmom, I knew about Santa Cruz and the banana slugs; but I don't think Santa Cruz has the hills Humboldt does.</p>
<p>avcastner since I've never been to Humboldt I can't compare the hills, but santa cruz definitely has some major hills. And though it does have nice weather, when it rains it can rain pretty bad. And it's stereotype is the hippie druggy UC.</p>
<p>littlestars, I decided to look up Santa Cruz on the web--Yes they have hills. I will concede. It seems like Santa Cruz and Humboldt are more similar than most would like to admit. Hmmm.</p>
<p>hippie druggy UC, yeah that described UC santa cruz. The town (city?) just made it a law that the police make marijuana possesion the lowest priority when arresting someone. That means a drug deal could be going down, but the police HAVE TO arrest the jaywalker across the street instead.</p>
<p>I applied to Northwestern (and wound up attending) because my guidance counselor called me in and said it was time I started looking at colleges. And Oh Yes, Northwestern was presenting at our high school that day; I should attend. And the presenter seemed really nice.</p>
<p>Showed up for freshman year never having visited the place, with just me and two suitcases; no parents or friends. And no clue. Never looked at academics, Greek life, campus, proximity to city, undergraduate majors; reputation. Except it was the "best" school I got into, so it was assumed I'd attend.</p>
<p>Didn't appply to UPenn because the interviewer started off our interview by telling me that the neighborhood was really much better than its reputation. Boy, THAT was a red flag! Until he said that, I didn't even know what its reputation WAS!</p>
<p>I applied to 6 colleges in 1977 for their nursing program (B.S.N.) and got into all 6. I had no help in finding appropriate schools, since my parent's were clueless and my GC advice was "you don't need to go to college to be a nurse". I recall that among my choices were: the University of Bridgeport, Boston University, Columbia University (yes, they had a nursing program), and Skidmore College. I can't even remember what my other two choices were. My parent's were lobbying for Columbia since it was about a 20 minute drive from our North Jersey home. I hated that school when I learned that the nursing students were housed in a women's dorm where men were not allowed above the first floor after 1 am. I choose Boston University simply because it was the furthest school from home. I made the right choice. I loved Boston and the now defunct nursing program was in the top ten nationwide at the time. I met my husband in Boston (MIT frats rented out vacant furnished rooms to women in the summer for $100/month). Good thing that I had no idea that the Univ. of Pennsylvania had a nursing program, or I would have probably gone there for undergrad.</p>