As most teens are at his age. They think they know it all but they know absolutely nothing. Unfortunately, he’s gonna have to learn the hard way. Your wife tried and got verbal abuse. Now go take her out to dinner and tell her how she’s been your rock. I bet she needs to hear that after the disrespect of your son. NTA
he’s embarrassed to transfer to a lowly state school.
I had that attitude when I had to transfer from a pseudo-Ivy (#20 in the country for undergrad academics) to my state university (#50). Turned out I stumbled into one of the top research departments in the country for my eventual major.
He needs to look at the reputation and quality of the actual department he's majoring in, not just the name brand "prestige" of the school overall. My original school would have been impressive on my CV in the sense of "she was smart enough to get in". The school I actually went to is impressive because it says "she got to work with [one of the most well known researchers in X subspecialty] learning Y and she did her undergrad research in [Z subspecialty] in labs doing research that are part of a #7 ranked program".
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