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ODU. Loved my experience there!  Study Abroad and live close to the beach! [/quote]

NP, YES, the beach.  Thats what i have been trying to sell to my kid!! Convinced that she "must" go out of state. [/quote]

If she's in the ODU range, tell her she hasn't earned the opportunity yo go outvof state.[/quote]

Good gravy. You are a nasty piece of work.

ODU has a lot to offer and it’s sad that people continue to have such a lousy attitude about it.[/quote]

I took what the PPs were saying to be more along the lines of saying their DCs aren’t necessarily mature and/or hard working enough for the parent to be willing to financially support them going way out of state.

But I can see where it would also be construed as shitting on ODU[/quote]

It was the former. From the start, we've told our 4.05 wgpa/no EC's kid that in-state schools were what we could afford.

If she were straight A's and a million EC's, maybe we'd bend and look at expensive out of state schools that are better than any of the in-state publics.

But she's a very good but not incredible student, so we're not. If she were a C student, no way in h-e-double hockey sticks would we send her out of state and pay full pay out of state costs.[/quote]

I agree.  If my kid could barely get Cs in HS, I would think the best path might just be to start at CC and live at home.  Because Cs in HS is an indication of lack of maturity/self direction and other skills that are needed to be successful at a 4 year college.  So I wouldn't spend $$$$ or want my kid to be too far away until I am certain it's worth it.

Nothing wrong with Cs in HS, but in reality, it is not difficult to get a 3.0+ in HS.  And if it is, then a 4 year college would likely overwhelm your kid and do nothin for their self esteem.  They would be much better served at a CC and possibly with a job and just taking courses part time while they mature and decide what they want to get out of college.  Because CC will be much harder than HS, and the profs except your kid to do the work, turn it in on time, show up for exams, etc.  There is no hand holding.

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I let my child apply to some schools to see if she had a shot anywhere. She has 2 acceptances right now. But her current senior year grades aren't showing me she is ready for us to spend $30K+/year. So, in my mind, we are down to Randolph (which should actually come in closer to $20K/year and the Take2 system for classes) vs staying home and going to community college. If she heads to Randolph, we will know pretty quickly whether or not the pros we see there actually are working in her favor as she will be taking 2 classes at a time almost like a quarter system - We will have grades halfway through a normal semester.

We have not heard from Radford yet, but my assumption is that they will offer her a spot with the Bridges program where she will take community college classes but live on campus.

She wants a clean slate and some independence. I think there might be a happy medium. We shall see where we land in a few months.[/quote]

All excellent choices.  Only you know your daughter, but if she really wants "some indepence" then the take2 or bridges and living away from home might be the motivator.  And as you stated, if she's not doing well, you will know soon enough and can bring her back for CC.

You want your kid to succeed, and those programs sound like they will provide the assistance and guidance to help make it happen (along with your daughters hard work).  Which IMO is much better than just throwing her into a normal 4 year situation, even at a school that accepts her.  If you want her to actually finish 4 year degree, you need to ensure self esteem remains high and avoid outright failures.  Because statistically, most kids who flunk out of a 4 year school in first year simply don't go back---they get frustrated and sidetracked and don't want to do school again.   So easing into it is a great program.  [/quote]

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