Reply to For those with kids in college, give me the real scoop on the “perks”

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "For those with kids in college, give me the real scoop on the “perks” "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Some of the opportunities that they play up are not available to every student, but rather students have the opportunity to compete for them -- so there's no way of knowing if your student would actually get the paid internship, the funds for a project, study abroad, a chance to work with a professor.  Therefore it's worth asking how many of these slots there are, and what the criteria are for selection.

In some instances, however, if your child gets a named scholarship, it might come with specific perks -- like funds for a summer internship, etc.

Don't assume that just because a school has a program that your child will be able to afford it or that they will be selected for it.  Here again if your kid is barely in range for the school or in the mid-fifty percent, they might be less likely to win if there's a competition for the internship, etc.  But if your student is kind of overqualified for the school looking at test scores, etc.  then this might be a perk that would choose your child to pick this school over another -- particularly if they are offered a merit scholarship which guarantees access to a particular program that interests them.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics