Women Quitting or Taking Leave of Absence to Manage Kids' College Applications?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm the one who wrote about having a tv in the office to lighten the mood. Certainly, someone was trolling who said they would give up a $1M job. Probably ten women in the Greater DC area even make that much.

That's the way I read it, too -- PP #1 makes a reference to Linda Evangelista's modeling career, and PP #2 comes in with a reference to the perks of having a TV. It was a joke. And if that mom is really worth $1 million on the job market, even if she no longer has that job, she wouldn't be slumming here with us on DCUM....

[Anonymous]

Plus her boasting (or trolling) has derailed the whole thread. Well, it was losing its point anyway. It's time for this thread to die.

[Anonymous]

Agree that no one making $1M a year would be bragging about it here --

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just more justification for women to avoid paid work.

You're an idiot. I have 3 children, one of whom has special needs. I would LOVE to have paid work, but then I'd have to pay someone to take care of my special needs child; and anyone who would do this as well as I do, is too expensive to afford.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just more justification for women to avoid paid work.

You're an idiot. I have 3 children, one of whom has special needs. I would LOVE to have paid work, but then I'd have to pay someone to take care of my special needs child; and anyone who would do this as well as I do, is too expensive to afford.

I don't think anybody was talking about you and your situation. The thread topic is about moms who stop working only to help their kids with college applications. Which you will one day be doing too, but right now you stopped work for a completely different reason.

[Anonymous]

I bet there are 1,000 women in this area who make more than $1 million.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I bet there are 1,000 women in this area who make more than $1 million.

But the point was, they don't waste their time on DCUM

Why is this thread back? It was off-track when it died, and there's no point resurrecting an off-track discussion based on somebody's speculation on something a troll said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Okay - here's an example we are currently dealing with. Tell me how to get a kid to St Lawrence University. It's 10 hours from here by car. Closest airport is Ottawa. Albany is about 4 hours or so away. Syracuse is closer but RT airfare is over $500. Car rentals not allowed. Let me know how to do this economically and without parental involvement.

Let them drive themself, with a friend. Book a room for them online. Trust.

[Anonymous]

PP, no way. If I'm paying, I'm checking out the schools for myself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP, no way. If I'm paying, I'm checking out the schools for myself.

Wow do I ever agree. When a financial planner told us to save $250,000 for private college when my daughter was born I thought he was nuts. Lo and behold. No way we're laying out that kind of cash without vetting the schools ourselves.

[Anonymous]

Hire a babysitter or a trusted family friend...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Okay - here's an example we are currently dealing with. Tell me how to get a kid to St Lawrence University. It's 10 hours from here by car. Closest airport is Ottawa. Albany is about 4 hours or so away. Syracuse is closer but RT airfare is over $500. Car rentals not allowed. Let me know how to do this economically and without parental involvement.

Let them drive themself, with a friend. Book a room for them online. Trust.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Hire a babysitter or a trusted family friend...

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Okay - here's an example we are currently dealing with. Tell me how to get a kid to St Lawrence University. It's 10 hours from here by car. Closest airport is Ottawa. Albany is about 4 hours or so away. Syracuse is closer but RT airfare is over $500. Car rentals not allowed. Let me know how to do this economically and without parental involvement.

Let them drive themself, with a friend. Book a room for them online. Trust.

Babysitter? Seriously? This was in response to people criticizing parents who don't just send their kids off on college visits on their own. It's not that I can't/wont go, it's just an example of some of these remote schools being difficult for a 17 year old to get to on their own. Sending along a babysitter seems to defeat the purpose doesnt it? Anyway at this point we've visited at least a dozen schools and have still not encountered a single unaccompanied child so it seems like the DCUM population is out of touch with reality. Which is kind of funny since this is the same population that won't let kids go on sleepovers or walk to neighbors houses, etc.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I was joking about the babysitter.

[Anonymous]

Campus visits can take place after the student is admitted.

[Anonymous]

Wow! I'm amazed at how complicated the process has become since I went to college back in the eighties. Being from Illinois, most of the students in my high school narrowed it down to nearby schools like U Illinois, U Iowa and U Wisconsin. You picked 3 and hoped to get into 2. Smaller second tier schools were Northern Il, Southern IL, etc. "Privates" were usually smaller religious schools like Loras College or Valparaiso University. The valedictorian of my class attended U Mich on a full scholarship. I think he also got into an Ivy, but took the best financial deal. Most of the top 1/4 of my class went to U Illinois because it was highly ranked and they could get the in state tuition.