Do i stand for a chance?

laureldj
Fri, 30 Jun 2006 21:06:04 +0000

Patience, I agree it may seem that sometimes a few parents are a little overly enmeshed in their child’s college experience, but there are really not many students and alums around the forum to answer questions. This is not a student only forum – a lot of the people asking questions in this forum are parents too. I would try LiveJournal if you’re looking for a student forum. There are lots of students there to answer questions. The parents here are just answering the questions out of a desire to be helpful to prospective students and they put a lot of time and work into it – so they should be thanked for that.

But… while we’re on the subject, for one of the same reasons that I chose to attend an all women’s college, I really wish there were a critical mass of Mom-type parents on the Smith forum instead of Dads. IMO, some of the dads (!!NO ONE IN PARTICULAR!!) do have a tendency to “compete” and argue with their answers in a way that really strays off-topic to the point of not being helpful.