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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Generally speaking, I do think the child's opinion should be one of the factors you consider.   I also think it is a great opportunity to allow your child to have a voice and take part in a big decision making process.  [/quote]

After shepherding two kids through middle and high school choices, this statement rings true with me. Question is indeed how and how much. It's your money (or will be when it's about college) and your choice, that's the baseline. And keep in mind, if you let them choose, there is just about no good reason you should suddenly have a say when it comes to college... All these choices are really about building a matrix of choices on the one hand and criteria on the other. The way to approach this is to let your child have an impact on scoping and especially on defining (and weighing) criteria. If "staying with friends" is an important criterion of your child, then include that. Likewise with languages, which you may care about (or not), commute etc.
Having a strong default, is always a useful approach. If you can't find good reasons to do something that's not the default and a continuation of what works, what are your good reasons to do it? Just because everyone else does, isn't a good enough reason.[/quote]

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