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re: So my daughter has received interest from an Ivy League school
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:15 pm to anc
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:15 pm to anc
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I feel like the PoliBoard represents a higher than average intelligence,
Holy shite. Maybe Princeton is not the right place for her, or more specifically you.
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Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:15 pm to GumboPot
I wouldn't under in case send a kid to Penn, Brown or Columbia but frick yeah Princeton, you don't turn that down.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:16 pm to jb4
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I wouldn't under in case send a kid to Penn, Brown or Columbia
Boom. What I am looking for. Please elaborate.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:17 pm to GumboPot
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I don't think that is happening here.
I think it's more of a case of anc's daughter wants to feel comfortable about here decision to go (or not go) to Princeton.
I admit I haven't read the entire thread. It's just that I had the opportunity to go to a prestigious school at one time and I'm the one who screwed up. I regret it. Not because it's labeled as "prestigious" but because the experience is once in a lifetime.
I'm sure the OP is a good parent, and the values he instilled in her won't be compromised by a university.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:18 pm to asurob1
quote:Wow! That is some kind of unnecessary, nails-scraping-chalkboard screed, asu. Almost comes across as Princeton envy relative to the OP and his daughter.
unlike the OP who wants to influence his precious child no matter what she wants
Do you have a case of OP envy?
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:19 pm to HempHead
Vandy is now in upper 60's; glad my daughter decided against it.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:19 pm to VOR
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I'm sure the OP is a good parent, and the values he instilled in her won't be compromised by a university.
I appreciate it, but I don't deserve her as a daughter because I do want to be involved in this decision and make sure its right for her. I'm expecting DHS to come take her away from me at any time now.
This post was edited on 4/21/14 at 8:20 pm
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:19 pm to BigAppleTiger
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Holy shite. Maybe Princeton is not the right place for her, or more specifically you.
A majority of these board is college-educated, and at least has a greater interest in broader domestic and world issues than your average person. You are either selling your fellow posters short, or inflating the intelligence of your average American.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:20 pm to anc
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Boom. What I am looking for. Please elaborate.
Yea, I wouldn't put too much stock in a person who says he wouldn't send a kid, under any case, to Brown, Columbia or Penn. I feel like definitive statements like that only apply to Alabama
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:21 pm to asurob1
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But at 18 if you start meddling with his choices, expect to be told to frick the hell off.
my oldest is 21 and we have no problem with discussions about her life. (and frankly, we don't have a problem when she tells me I'm fricking up) My job as a parent is to inject wisdom when I see that it may help. I don't force anything on her, and I don't do it in any way that I would be told to "frick the hell off". She knows my only interest is her well-being.
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The lack of trust in your parenting skills is appalling.
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Push a kid to do something that he does not want to do because you think its best for him never ends well.
how the hell you have gotten that out of anything I've posted is beyond me...
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:21 pm to anc
Columbia =dreary, dangerous concrete setting
Penn= ditto, armpit of the ivy league except the mba
Brown= bat shite crazy leftist with a euro flavor
Princeton is a country club setting. As for ideology, we are talking about higher ed, so no matter what school you go to things lean left.
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Penn= ditto, armpit of the ivy league except the mba
Brown= bat shite crazy leftist with a euro flavor
Princeton is a country club setting. As for ideology, we are talking about higher ed, so no matter what school you go to things lean left.
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This post was edited on 4/21/14 at 8:34 pm
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:22 pm to double d
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Vandy is now in upper 60's; glad my daughter decided against it.
I have a friend whose dad is faculty at Vandy. Got tuition completely free of charge. Too bad he didn't really take advantage of the opportunity
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:24 pm to jb4
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Columbia =dreary, dangerous concrete setting
Penn= ditto, armpit of the ivy league except the mba
Brown= bat shite crazy leftist with a euro flavor
Well I guess that settles it
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:24 pm to onmymedicalgrind
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I have a friend whose dad is faculty at Vandy. Got tuition completely free of charge. Too bad he didn't really take advantage of the opportunity
My cousin is studying MechE there...in order to become a pilot in the Navy. Didn't get in to Annapolis, for whatever reason.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:24 pm to anc
Receiving interest? What the hell does that mean? Hell I got mail from pretty much all the Ivies just based on my ACT score and I wouldn't have had a shot in hell getting in undergrad. When she's accepted, this is worth talking about.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:25 pm to VOR
quote:As I understand it, the former is not established, and the latter has not yet been afforded.
If a kid truly wants to go to Princeton and has the opportunity to do so
quote:Indeed.
I'm sorry but I have to say that this is the worst of this board.
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:26 pm to TheWalrus
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I got mail from pretty much all the Ivies just based on my ACT score
"Look at the big brain on Walrus"
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:28 pm to HempHead
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My cousin is studying MechE there...in order to become a pilot in the Navy. Didn't get in to Annapolis, for whatever reason.
Vandy is really really nice. And they have money to spend! It was in my final 3 for med school. I was close to choosing it based solely on the fact that they have free laundry service for all med students
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:28 pm to onmymedicalgrind
quote:THIS !
I wouldn't put too much stock in a person who says he wouldn't send a kid, under any case, to Brown, Columbia or Penn
Posted on 4/21/14 at 8:28 pm to anc
If she's going Pre-med and sticks with it, an Ivy League college isn't necessary. LSU, Loyola and Tulane all turn out excellent students who do well in medical school. Medicine is one field where name brand schools don't offer much of an advantage once you're out on your own.
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