I often wonder about the travel thing.
Once you’re on a plane, does it matter? Going to Atlanta but then driving to Oxford…not close.
But there’s lots of Jesuit colleges closer to home. Does the student have a major yet?
Holy Cross, Fairfield, Loyola MD, Fordham, Scranton.
As the student liked Catholic Notre Dame, there’s many (the schools on the Jesuit list appear on this one too).
Well, I hope you all figure it out - and the concussion is just another unfortunate but impacting issue.
One other thing that just popped - and this might give you a chuckle if you know the Golden Girls - or might resonate with your daughter as @AnonMomof2 noted on a different thread where at first, a student was concerned with pedigree but chose St. Olaf (in transfer) as she noted above. It goes to show you, if you take pedigree out of the equation and find the right fit, then all can be great. And a lot of top names aren’t known names to the masses anyway.
Well, I wish you well - it’s one of the unexpected and tough parts of parenting….never easy!!
AnonMomof2Parent HS Class of 2025
I know this is an old thread, but regarding prestige, my daughter started at Hamilton. A top 20 LAC. It is less than 5 hours from us. Zero people from our large city that we told where she was going had ever heard of it. She transferred to St. Olaf and I have found in my entirely un-scientific research that it has much more name recognition. Even if it may be because people say hey isn’t that where Rose was from.
OP - I know you said money no issue but you are the parent and maybe you use that - to at least steer vs let her get what she wants - if you think what she wants is not necessarily in her best interest - as Emory was apparently not. By this, i mean if you feel she’s putting a name over a place you see isn’t right, you might use that lever.
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