Penn State news

soozievt
Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:17:39 +0000

Sarahsmom, I hear you. I feel fortunate that my kids did not attend a competitive high school environment and my community also is not obssessed with competitive college admissions as I have learned is prevalent in certain communities. The idea of rankings such as the ones in USNews was foreign from my kids’ experiences, as well as my own, until I read about it on CC where I have met many who live in communities or attend schools that are full of a competitive climate, discuss college admissions a lot, care about these sorts of things like rankings and labels and what not. I know that exists in certain areas, I do! It just doesn’t where I live in rural Vermont and the more I have learned about that atmosphere, the gladder (is that a word?? LOL) I am that my kids didn’t go to school in such a climate. Applying to colleges was not really discussed that much amongst the kids here and certainly not in any comparative fashion. Nobody where I live has ever discussed rankings, that’s for sure. I know it is a hot topic in some areas, as I have seen with what others discuss on CC on some forums.

PS, for that matter, nobody here drives an $80,000 SUV either :D.