<p>D1 opted to attend Pacific Lutheran University rather than UW, Western Washington or Willamette. Private school offered enough merit aid to make it comparable with state schools.</p>
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<p>Daughter decided on Notre Dame over Northwestern, Wash U St. Louis, U W Madison, Illinois, Marquette, etc. It is her dream school. She got a few scholarships that made it a bit less expensive, but it is a real stretch for us.</p>
<p>Daughter chose Iowa State over Marquette, Illinois State, St Louis, Loras, Southern Illinois, Wash U, and Wisconsin.</p>
<p>Kind of stunned me…she kept saying that she wanted a small schoo…Loras was at the top of her list for 18months. After the second visit to Iowa State, she completely flipped and decided that she really did like a bigger school. I think that it helped that every one she came in contact with was so friendly.</p>
<p>just got the dorm assignement and she is in an all girls dorm…she was very bummed, but after talking about it with others on the Iowa State board, she is kind of excited…and she likes the fact that the bathrooms will be cleaner! lol</p>
<p>buzymom3–I went to a women’s college back in the era when overnight male guests were not permitted, so I really got to see what single-sex dorms were all about. But during that era, coed dorms were newly in vogue, with some colleges dividing the genders by floor but others just by room … as is the case still today … and I often visited friends with such living situations. My sister attended a school where even the bathrooms were coed, so I got to sample that as well.</p>
<p>I think that your daughter will find that she will have the best of both worlds. Women’s dorms can be a welcome haven, especially in a big coed university. If her dorm has its own traditions, activities, government, etc., so much the better. I suspect that she will come to value her all-female community, and she’ll still have plenty of opportunities to mingle with the men.</p>