Originally Posted by datlas

Your point is well taken and I agree. That said, a 17 year old girl is not terribly interested in hearing what her father thinks. Sad!

Side note, everyone's experience is different, but I went to an elite pressure-cooker undergrad university and although there was good learning/teaching going on, in retrospect I think I would have done better and been a happier person if I had gone to a state-level university instead. Too much pressure and too many perfectionistic over-achievers in one place is not always a good thing.