| My daughter went to SMU some years ago, and it was the running joke that she referred to fellows she dated by the car they drove, slumming was a Jeep. She had very generous merit money, though R & B fees were ridiculously high. She wound up hating the place, partly because of political attitudes of others, cultural attitudes discussed in core classes, and internal departmental problems. The school was quite accommodating about many things, though, as mid-tier private schools tend to be, much different experience than with state schools.
Since she came from pretty funky high school, we enjoyed seeing the pearls and loafers appear! No blue hair in sight (not her, she had been warned to expect to wake up bald). |