Does your rising senior have a dream school?
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Anonymous
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If so, what is it?
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Anonymous
| For my rising high stats senior, I’ve been actively discouraging a dream school and encouraging a list of must-haves, nice-to-haves and must-not-haves. It seems to be working so far, and they have a nice list of schools at differing levels of selectivity. If they end up falling in love with a school over the summer, they may choose to ED, but otherwise I’m happy for them to wait and get excited about a school that wants them. |
Anonymous
| No thankfully. |
Anonymous
same. No "dream school" here. |
Anonymous
| No and current favorites are both safeties |
Anonymous
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Please no Dream Schools
Responsible parents do all they can to avoid that |
Anonymous
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Mine does. It is a T20 and the likelihood of acceptance is very low.
DC also is realistic about it and has a few other schools they she would be happy to attend. There is absolutely nothing wrong with having lofty aspirations. In fact, it is a good thing. You just have to be realistic about it. |
Anonymous
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No, not at all. They are planning to go to community college and work a little at the same time. Possibly take a break after graduation or continued to state school.
No interest in dorm/college life luckily. |
Anonymous
| My DC did and devastated when rejected even though stats to get in. I highly discourage promoting a dream school. |
Anonymous
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Parent of newly graduated high schooler here. A “dream school” doesn’t serve anyone well. This is not the time to be pinning hopes on one particular place, or to build up one school to almost mythical proportions.
Having a top or preferred choice is great. Having a collection of schools the student is excited about is even better. But please help your child approach applications, admissions decisions, and their final enrollment choice in a healthy, open-minded way. |
Anonymous
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He did and he was rejected. He went to the next best for his major, and found out that uni offered a concentration within his major that he's very interested in, and that the first one doesn't have. So now he's relieved things worked out the way they did!
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Anonymous
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Not really. They do have a favorite where they would ED if it weren’t so expensive, but they also don’t want us paying full price, so it’s a top choice. Luckily, they have other top choices.
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Anonymous
| Yes, the 2 hardest state flagships to get into. Neither of which is our home state. |
Anonymous
| Mine did. Nail biter until RD decision came in in late March. It worked out for DC, but I do not recommend it! (I also think if a DC has a favorite or two, there is little that parents can actually do about it no matter how much talking up you do of other schools) |
Anonymous
| No, DS does not, but I do. I am really rooting for Georgia Tech. |