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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Does your kid listen to you and take your advice about where to go and how to go about  the college process?

Mine won’t. I am going to hire a counselor to help with her process next year. It’s that bad. She thinks she knows it all.  For the most part, I listened to my parents but that was ages ago; kids reflected on their parent’s advice, finances, and concern more then.  You? Your spouse?[/quote]

It was a very different time.  I pretty much got my information about colleges from books and the glossy brochure colleges mailed to me, the default was staying close by and a somewhat decent student would likely get into the state flagship.

If your kid is actually invested and doing the legwork and you’ve given your parameters what is the concern? Where are they going off track?  What information are they hearing from the high school college counselor?  Usually the issue I hear is the opposite where they are showing no interest in the college process and it’s not because they are looking at a trade/career that doesn’t require college.  It’s a question of when are they are willing to engage and if by that point it limits possible options.[/quote]

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