Diversity/College Admission/Financial aide

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

well heres hoping your daughter chooses an ivy league for post grad studies then

Does this mean you will help foot the bill?

I just want her to go to a good school where she wont come out with nothing. I went to UT for 4 years and then 2 more for graduate...

God help her.

Nah. She will be fine.
I just think about a kid
like her in the same situation
that might want to go to an
"elite" school.

She has gotten calls from 3 Div III basketball coaches though Seatlle. But only one of the schools is what I would consider academically secure. I am very proud to announce that she said no thanks in a polite manner. She clearly cant play at a Div. I school like UT unless she was on a practice squad. And she has no illusions about playing. Its a big fat NO in college. At least she has enough sense to move on. No glory days for her thankfully.

Another strange point of contention.
My choice would be she play intramurals.
My wife clearly wants her to play basketball
for a college. Go to Harvard and play basketball... righto.
My wife never played sports.

Normal college kid with time to study and time
to experience I say. Not on the same page with my
wife, but my daughter is on exactly the same sentence
with me. So I am a happy dad.

[Seattleallstar]

lol help foot the bill.. I was fortunate not to worry about not going to college because of not being able to pay. But if your kid gets into Harvard I mean why not go, I regret not going there for a Summer term where they apparently accept any college student with a 3.0 GPA. But as far as colleges go in Seattle the only major 2 besides UW are Seattle University and Seattle Pacific which are both private. In any case its probably nice your daughter is attending the same university you did.

[Crown@club]

Watch it!

Jerry is hornY!'

[GenuineRisk]

Pgardn; it's so interesting you posted this topic- slate ran an article on Albert Shanker (full disclosure: I'd never heard of the guy, and I've seen "Sleeper" a dozen times):

http://www.slate.com/id/2175023/

The article discusses a lot of what you brought up- that affirmative action would be more effective if applied according to economic class, not race. Good article and I think I may have to buy the book on Shanker.

(And Danzig, that's a great line. I'm going to start using it, especially in light of a stupid work situation that just won't go away.)