<p>where did your parents go to college (if any)? did you or would you want to be a legacy and apply or go to your parents' alma mater? or otherwise, where else did you apply instead?</p>
<p>My dad's alma mater is Georgetown and my mom's is Columbia. I applied to both, got into both, considered both of them seriously, especially Columbia, but in the end, I went to neither.</p>
<p>neither of my parents went to college. so i guess i really can't do what they did.</p>
<p>With both parents going to UC Berkeley, they implored me not to go because of the miserable experiences that they had there. So essentially, an emphatic "no."</p>
<p>My father went to Princeton, mother to Smith......Mom warned me of bleak Western Mass. winters and grades weren't good enough for Princeton so I went to Wheaton....great choice for me....</p>
<p>my parents both went to harvard..</p>
<p>of course, i would go to harvard in a heartbeat if given the chance, it's just a matter of being given the chance, heh...</p>
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<p>One of my uncles went to Berkeley; he loved it, it was one of the best times of his life. Why did your parents not like it?</p>
<p>Neither of my parents went to college either, so I can't really answer.</p>
<p>My mother went to Smith and discouraged me from looking at it; not an issue because I was only interested in co-ed schools.</p>
<p>My son looked at both his parents' schools, liked and applied to both - but he picked another school ED and will be going there.</p>
<p>My mother went to City College of New York, and wanted me to go there. I went to Williams. My d. applied and got into Williams, but chose Smith.</p>
<p>Both of my parents went to the University of Southern Mississippi. For a long time (birth until about 10th grade), I never considered going anywhere else for college. It was cheap, my parents went there (and enjoyed it) and the education is just fine. However, once I actually sat down and started looking at what I wanted for college, it kept falling further and further down the list. At this point, I'm not even applying there.</p>
<p>I'll respond to the OP, as my previous post didn't address it.</p>
<p>My mom went to UC-Berkeley and UC-Davis (each for two years), and my dad did not attend college (he dropped out of high school with a GED). However, my dad is an exception to the rule. He has learned so much just by reading books, doing research, and even getting real estate agent and general contractor permits that he is now at the level where he knows more and is more intellectually curious than, I'd say, 90% of college graduates. This was just off-topic, but I just wanted to point out that college is not a requirement -- however, it would be rather self-defeating of me to come on a college board and post about how college isn't a necessity.</p>
<p>That being said, at this point, UC-Berkeley doesn't appeal that much to me. I'm currently on the East Coast (although my entire family is from the West Coast, namely Los Angeles and San Francisco), and never really considered Berkeley, although strangely I did UCLA and USC.</p>
<p>I couldn't even get into Berkeley, LA, or USC with my current grades and EC's, so there's no point in even talking about it, if not for fantasy's sake. :D</p>
<p>My mom went to Maharani College in Jaipur, India, my dad went to Government Science College in Jabalpur, India. I'd definetely not want to go to either of them because they're so far away and I'd not see my family/friends very often. I woundn't want to added stress of going to a school in a totally different country with completely a very different educational system.</p>
<p>cut-throat classes, felt like a number, didn't get any "real" learning done - only how to survive. The professors didn't care about the students at all, since they were mainly focusing on their graduate work. They were both in the sciences, so that perhaps explains why. The curves back then were harsher than they are today, although the same problems back then that are listed above are the same problems that exist now.</p>
<p>"cut-throat classes, felt like a number, didn't get any "real" learning done - only how to survive."</p>
<p>doesnt this describe most competitive public schools? they all share the sink-or-swim environment</p>
<p>Well it was famous at Berkeley at the time, as it is today. That's why I didn't want to attend.</p>
<p>Most definately not....
My mom went to Middlesex COunty Community College and my father went to Kean University</p>
<p>My mom went to Cornell; my dad went to Columbia. I'll be going to Cornell. I wouldn't mind Columbia though.</p>
<p>Neither of my parents went to college. My grandma (and cousins and great grandma) went to UCSB. I applied but it is at the bottom of my list because of its size and party-school rep. My sister is at UCSC though, this is a safety for me in case I decide I want to stay at home for a year or two and keep costs down.</p>
<p>My parents went to the University of Pennsylvania; I applied and was accepted, but chose not to matriculate there.</p>