<p>I’m actually working with someone right now who has a senior d in high school. She was just accepted at…Rhodes! With merit money. They are very excited. I will NOT tell her about this thread.
And yes, this IS a classic CC thread. With an unusual subject line to boot!</p>
<p>Here in Nashville, Rhodes is extremely highly regarded. It can’t hold a candle to UTN, of course, but if one feels they want, um, a little less of an athletic scene, Rhodes and Sewanee are where the top kids head (besides Vanderbilt, of course). I have met so many Rhodes grads that are successful and fun people.<br>
It bothers me when people can’t get past the first ten lines of US News.</p>
<p>Curm, any chance any of that Goldwater money she couldn’t use can get applied to med school?</p>
<p>Now that would be sweet…but no. I don’t think that’ll happen.</p>
<p>Or she could maybe send it to me … #2 starts college in the fall … and #1 is talking law school in a year …</p>
<p>Prediction from a long time lurker… Four years from now, when Mudgette is an intern in a big city er (before she becomes a world class research md), who should walk in her exam room but Wild Child. Wild Child, a brash, young and rich ceo needs to be stitched up after an unfortunate brawl. Brainy and beautiful Mudgette tames Wild Child. Dashing Wild Child shows Mudgette how to have fun. They get married, Wild Child pays off her student loans (he is a self made millionaire many times over), they have brilliant and athletic children together. Curmudgeon and Mom of Wild Child place their grandchildren in perfect colleges.</p>
<p>Seriously, after reading about Mudgette through the years I am so excited for her and your family. Congratulations!</p>
<p>Wow, what a thread! Good enough to bring rwtmom out of hiding! Welcome rwtmom.</p>
<p>rwtmom…
hmm, who IS that masked mom who has only 1 post but knows the history of curms’ D and wild child? Come forward and declare thyself! [ oh ,and welcome!]</p>
<p>I love it!</p>
<p>rwtmom- I wouldn’t wish THAT on Curm’s daughter! I tend to warn smart young women AWAY from WildChild (to no avail, usually).</p>
<p>So, is this thread turning into Matchmakers Anonymous? 
or an Austen novel?
Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Persuasion… The titles just roll off.</p>
<p>Not as a “fix up”, but I was hoping to meet the Curmudgeon family, including cat, this summer. Alas, I don’t think Yale is S’s top choice.</p>
<p>It would be funny if we have a documented marriage resulting from CC. After all, we do know a lot about each others kids. Even lurkers who have never posted could come on board! Maybe we should start a new section…“Matchup Cafe.” I don’t think our kids would be amused…</p>
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Hmmmmm…I think mine would sew me into the bed-sheets and beat me with a broom handle.</p>
<p>in all my years here on CC, the same arguement pops up over and over…
Congrats to Curms D. I remember his original discussions about scholarship $$.I have 2 who followed that path…the first one is a year from her PhD having spent not one dollar of her or our money on tuition (and for the “name hogs” her grad school is top 25…)</p>
<p>I have an entry into the MatchUp Cafe…S’s girlfriend is a student who originally came on CC seeking merit $$ info, when she went for her top scholarship interview weekend at S’s college, he (who has that same top scholarship) acted as a tourguide for her at my request!</p>
<p>I know of at least one adult “match up” that resulted from CC. Um, unfortunately both of them were married to other people. (Neither are still on CC)</p>
<p>Marite…with two very bright boys of your own…perhaps you are jealous that Wildchild was the first suggestion for Curm’s daughter?</p>
<p>(talk about threads taking interesting turns…this one is a classic!)</p>
<p>2boysima:</p>
<p>Oh no! ROTFL! She would probably make mincemeat of them!</p>
<p>The matchmaking impulse has shown up over the years here on cc…I confess to wondering how I could introduce legendofmax to my daughter, who is now living and working in the tame waters of suburban New Jersey.</p>
<p>It certainly wasn’t match-making (she would, in fact, tie me to an ant-hill and hose me down with Log Cabin syrup) but my data point did have a nice dinner with a M.D./J.D. student from cc in New Haven. They both had complimentary things to say about the attractiveness of the other so…at least she’ll know somebody if she ends up there.</p>