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[quote=Anonymous]NP. Going to say this as gently as possible...

You've been somewhat blindsided by the realities of college admissions.

You mention med school. That pathway might be [i]very[/i] different from what you, your family, or your child are imagining.

[u]The time to educate yourselves is NOW.[/u] Before you make a massive financial commitment, or miss a deadline, or another opportunity.

Before you make a massive decision that is conditioned on an imagined future pathway, you need a serious crash course in the realities of that pathway.

Personally, in your position, I would pay for a few hours with a consultant: This is not your area of expertise, and you don't know what you don't know.

Your child will be infinitely happier when they have the opportunity to make well-informed, self-directed choices about their future. If you haven't already, communicate openly, visit Towson and Salisbury, and take charge of the moment.

P.S. Make sure you aren't telling your kid what you [i]can't[/i] pay, but what you can. Could they earn enough to cover the shortfall? Or might they more enthusiastically embrace the available choices when they realize they could pocket or invest their earnings instead?

Do what you can to shift the conversation from one in which they're subject to circumstances to one in which they [i]choose[/i]. [/quote]

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