It’s not you, it’s the size of the squirrels

The Choice Blog from the New York Times discusses recent postings on the College Confidential web site under the conversation thread, “Stupidest reason a child won’t look at a college.”

…”it was the size of the squirrels at the University of Michigan, a favorite subject in this forum, with others writing to validate the abnormally large size of Ann Arbor’s squirrel population and offer a link to the University’s ’squirrel club’”… (note: perhaps this student had a point!)

…”Simple factors such as name, color and mascot were critical for some. One parent writes that her ‘Son refused to visit/consider a school that is named after a toothpaste’”…

There is a good chance that your admissions department does not have power over squirrel size or the school colors but as, Rebecca R. Ruiz writes, “the dialogue has offered parents perspective on their children and their thought processes.”