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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do any of you do this?  I did it this for my first born, and it helped me understand some of the “good, the bad and the ugly” of my kid’s top choices.

Some groups only let you join once you show acceptance letter (looking at you UVA group). I get it sounds like too much hovering, but if we are paying for their schooling, then we should have a good understanding of what our kids are getting into, and what is expected of us.

Ok, go ahead, and say I need to cut the umbilical cord![/quote]

Yes, I joined several for each kid, once they had a list of where to apply to.  It is an excellent way to get a true feel for the good/bad/issues a school has.

If I'm paying $90K (or anything) per year, I want to have all the information we can to make an informed decision.  At the school my oldest picked, I knew going in that the parents were extremely nice and helpful.  I knew that despite us being 2K miles from our kid (and 85% of the students being from within 4-6 hour drive) that I would always have a "parent" who would step up in an emergency.  I've seen some of those parents go to the hospital and wait with a kid until their actual parent can arrive (2 appendectomies, and several other urgent situations requiring surgery).  So complete strangers just willing to take it upon themselves to do exactly what any parent would want if they are a distance from their own kid and an emergency happened.  Similarly, no kid would go without a place to be for a holiday if they were on campus, unless the kid didn't want to go to a "stranger's home"....always notifications of "we live nearby and can host X kids for the holiday---for dinner or for the 5 days of thanksgiving if your kid wants to get off campus for any/all of it.

For me, that provides comfort knowing my kid would be good should any emergency arise.  I took comfort in that
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