<p>I didn’t realize it was you who hinted at a “big announcement.” Any idea what it might be? Disclaimer: what you say will have absolutely no bearing on where my daughter goes, so nobody will come looking for you if it doesn’t come true<s>. I’m just curious–as I was when I first heard about it. </s></p><s>
<p>New York University and UNC-Chapel Hill have been summarily shown the door probably. Boston University is fading and I’m fairly sure we’ll be sending a deposit to UR in a day or two. I think she’s more enamored with the city of Boston than she is with BU, though BU is a great school in spite it not being that hard to get into. She’s concerned with UR’s lack of diversity some and the size of the school. I attended a college about the size of UR, her mom to a school about the size of BU. We both see UR’s size as being a plus, not a minus. I hope in a couple of years she will see the truth in that as well.</p>
<p>Another thing she’s concerned about, with UR’s emphasis on business and law, is how much room there is for a left-wing, free spirit kind of person that she sees herself as. I remind her that 1) it is a <em>liberal arts</em> university 2) though there may be a fair number of right-wing type students at UR, right-wing type professors on any college campus in America are about as prevalent as Yankee fans at a Red Sox World Series celebration party 3) you’ll find the rich snooty crowd at nearly any university (even “highly diverse” BU and NYU–maybe even more so, there–and even UNC.) 4) you’re going to be studying so much you’re not going to have time to be a “Boston of NY tourist” every weekend, etc. 5) every kid who goes to college basically has 10-25 people who they are particularly close to, whether one goes to a huge school like BU,NYU, UNC or to a smaller school like UR. Our attention spans can allow us to be particularly close to just so many people.</p>
<p>Did you find the size of UR and it’s location- as some say “in a bubble”- to be much of a problem?</p>
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