<p>re: The Stanford thing…</p>
<p>A male student did a similar thing at Rice a few years back.</p>
<p>re: The Stanford thing…</p>
<p>A male student did a similar thing at Rice a few years back.</p>
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Actually, there was a female student on this forum (I think about a year ago) from either MIT or Cal Tech (I can’t remember which) who said that after a year she was disenchanted with her academic prospects at the school, and wanted to concentrate on finding a husband instead. To my surprise, many parents on this forum were surprisingly supportive of the idea…</p>
<p>Wannabe, since your Penn relationships will automatically come with an expiration date at the end of the semester, you are better off looking for you Mrs degree at your current school, if that’s what you are looking for…</p>
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<p>I once I decided she wasn’t joking or a ■■■■■, I became supportive of the OP. Not everyone has to want the same things out of their college experience. </p>
<p>When I was in college I knew of several young women who repeatedly changed their majors whenever graduation threatened to occur sans engagement ring in order to remain on campus where the boys are. Of course they vigorously denied seeking an Mrs. degree. I find the OP’s openness and honesty about her intentions to be refreshing.</p>
<p>I was chosen for my genes.
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<p>I assume that these were middle-class or rich young women, right? To me, it’s hard to understand why anyone who wasn’t rich would deliberately arrange things so that they would stay at college. Even a really cheap state college can get burdensome if you stay there for five or six years. I can respect that decision of women who can pay for themselves or who have supportive families but I just can’t respect anyone who is actually taking out hefty loans to finance the most inefficient dating experience ever devised. I mean, it’s not even as if you have to be a student to be on campus!</p>
<p>My mother told me that when she was a student at Howard, there was a student from West Virginia whose parents specifically had sent her to college to snag an educated husband.</p>
<p>The student came with a beautiful wardrobe and the funds for only one semester. Unfortunately, she wasn’t able to find a husband that semester, so had to return home.</p>
<p>My parents both have masters degrees, and they did not meet in college they had an arranged marriage when they were both about 30 years old. I don’t think there marriage is very successful, because they used to fight and argue a lot. I know another couple, that is Mormon, that has been married for more than 30 years, and they got engaged in college, and only have bachelors degrees. They have 6 kids, and 4 or 5 of them are also married now, and they all get married at around 23 or after college and start popping out kids. This does not seem like a bad option for me, even though I want to get an MBA…</p>
<p>wannabe90, this is screwed up.</p>
<p>And that girl at Stanford is screwed up.</p>
<p>This is all screwed up.</p>
<p>wannabe - maybe you would have better luck at Brigham Young in that case.</p>
<p>I’m not mormon so I would hate to go there…Also I’ve heard girls are looked down upon if they have higher aspirations than just baby-making (not wrong with that, but I actually want to get another degree and stuff)</p>
<p>But BYU is probaby one of the few colleges where students marry so young. Other Bible Belt Christian colleges may have similar trends. But not the Ivies!</p>
<p>If you want to get an MBA, save your money for that.
I still am having hard time to believe that this is a serious discussion about spending $27K and a semester at Ivie in order to find a husband…</p>
<p>Since the OP is interested in grad school, my advice is to head there, and LIVE IN THE GRAD DORM. Plenty of smart, nice, potentially marriageable people there from every department on campus. Your social circle will not be limited to your department the way it can be if you live off campus. I met Happydad in a grad dorm. My roommate’s next roommate fixed her up with a guy she’d not quite met at the Catholic student mixers. None of us were in the same departments. Without the dorm experience, we never would have met each other.</p>
<p>Basically, you want to both meet a husband and get a degree. In that case, you don’t really need to spend thousands to go an Ivy League school for a brief stay. I was reading in the Washington Post that several non-Ivy League colleges have male students. happymom’s advice is really good; there’s no reason you can’t do both.</p>
<p>i dare the OP to post the idea of getting a Mrs. degree in the Smith forum. They’ll eat you alive</p>
<p>Well, Smith isn’t exactly the school you would pick for an Mrs. degree. LOL. Actually, other than spending the money, which is silly, I see no reason why people shouldn’t find their mates in college. I personally know a lot of marriages that started as dating relationships in college and (later) law school. It is difficult to meet people out in the real world. College and graduate/professional school provide amazing opportunities to meet various interesting people, one of whom may turn out to be husband material.</p>
<p>I guess this is serious, so I’ll give you my legit advice:</p>
<p>You’re probably going to have a hard time finding a college age, or even a grad school age man who is interested in getting married young. Why not land a job at a NYC investment bank or consulting firm? These places are teeming with rich, eligible men looking for attractive, intelligent women. Some of them are divorced and a little older, so your youth will be quite attractive to them. </p>
<p>Also, why take a chance on a college boy who may not end up being successful, when you can ■■■■■ for an already successful man?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t call it ■■■■■ thank you very much, but that seems like a good idea. However, I don’t want anyone a lot older, I want someone in my age group like born between 1984-91.
I guess the only place where young marriage works is brigham young university, maybe thats why its called that…
you guys have changed my opinion!</p>
<p>A person born in 92 would be 17 now-- 18 at the most. You want to marry a 17 yr old boy? In that case you might try a video arcade.</p>
<p>I don’t want to get married now duh I haven’t even graduated college…wat would be the point of that and you’re very rude</p>