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<p>Most of them do. That’s what makes them funny. </p>
<p>My D saying that she wouldn’t go to Emory because they sent her an email with the subject “Hey Y’all” is just shorthand for “I’m not going to a school in the south.” Before that moment, she had no idea that there was a school called Emory in GA. It doesn’t surprise me, since she loves winter. I have no doubt she’ll find a school in the snow zone where she’ll be happy.</p>
<p>@snowme everyone is nicer and more laid back in the south.</p>
<p>Nothing is wrong with “y’all.” Plus I’d much rather be warm and comfy :)</p>
<p>At Emory (and in much of metro Atlanta), “Yous Guys” would be very common, perhaps more common than “Y’all.”.</p>
<p>I hear groups of young women say “you guys” all the time. Very little sex implication for guys in this usage</p>
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Remarkable, since they reflect the thought processes of 16 - 18 year olds! 
The college selection and admission process is a long and sometimes arduous one . . . there’s plenty of time to be both silly and serious. ;)</p>
<p>We did visit Amherst and it was actually the smallest tour we had. There were 2 guides for about 12 people and one asked “who is interested in Science?”. My D raised her hand and that was it so we had a private tour! I came to appreciate Amherst’s multiple sessions per day…some colleges we wanted to see only had one each day and that meant that in many cases, we self-toured those.</p>
<p>We saw Albright, Amherst, Clark, Northeastern, Tufts, BU and Barnard.</p>
<p>The only one to get definitively crossed off was Clark. It was a self-tour situation but they had a nice walking guidebook. The problem was Worcester…she just couldn’t see spending 4 (or 5, free master’s was one reason we were there) in that town, or to be fair, maybe that area of town. Just run-down, nothing appealing about it at all.</p>
<p>BU didn’t do much for her either, the campus is too spread out. NEU, just a mile away from BU, has a much more defined campus and that was very appealing.</p>
<p>Son didn’t like NYU. Too much city for him at one time! He did like Columbia and Brandeis, I think because the city was nearby but separate. I wonder what he will think of UT. </p>
<p>I crossed of NYU, GW, UVA, Tufts, and BU. Although originally on my list, after visiting it they didn’t really have the right vibe. Also I was really looking for a campus, which NYU, GW, and BU didn’t really provide. Surprisingly, I found I really liked Northeastern, Brandeis, and Lafayette more than I thought I would.</p>
<p>Why’d you keep NEU but drop Tufts? Just curious.</p>
<p>@Lizardly That’s strange… Columbia is set in the upper west side were a lot goes on</p>
<p>My daughter dropped Marywood off her list because we made a reservation for a Saturday tour and there was no one there to show us around when we got there! (It’s a pretty campus, but the surrounding area was pretty sketchy in parts. </p>
<p>@anniebeats my D felt the same way. Columbia and Barnard have well defined campuses with lots of green quads and trees and so on, it feels not-city in there. NYU is a series of buildings interrupted by non-NYU buildings, very different feel.</p>
<p>^^^This. It was okay because there were clear boundaries. That’s why I wonder how he will feel about UT, which is open to Austin. </p>
<p>Visited Pomona with my parents after I sent my application in. It was underwhelming because I really wanted to like it from what everyone on CC (and just people in general) have said about the school, making it seem like the ideal place. But I got there and it was quickly crossed off my list after we wandered/explored the campus, observed students, and went on a tour. No doubt an excellent school for the type of students who are looking for that type of environment, but it just wasn’t for me. It made my decision to decline their offer easier later on. </p>
<p>What did you not like about it?</p>
<p>It was a little too small and the campus seemed dead, at least when I was there. Nothing really stood out to me. It was all just very vanilla. Felt like I was back in high school again. And I wasn’t a huge fan of the surrounding area. Perhaps I’ve been spoiled by life in a big city recently, but I didn’t find returning to suburbia to be that attractive. Overall, nothing significantly good or bad, but it didn’t give me that excitement I thought I would feel. It was just like meh, middle of the road. </p>
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<p>As a Brandeis alum, I’m always shocked when someone says they actually <em>like</em> the campus. I personally think that the architecture is an ugly mish-mosh and doesn’t really look like a college campus (I’m not sure WHAT it does look like).</p>
<p>But to each his own…</p>
<p>Toured the Boston College campus last summer. It was the nicest campus we had seen to date (toured FSU, UF, Univ. Of Miami, Northeastern, and BU). Religion was mentioned in every other breathe on the tour. We skipped out early. I realize it’s a Jesuit school but it was a little too intense for my D.</p>
<p>@yellowgranite56 we experienced the same at BC. Then when asked about the meal plan - which is pay as you go (or was at the time) and what happens if you run out of food, the tourguide told us that our son should find a girlfriend - presumably who eats less? We wanted to like BC but it wasn’t a good experience that particular day.</p>