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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS went to Mason and lived on campus because he wanted a campus experience but has a chronic disease that is sometimes difficult to control. We had hoped he would be able to go further afield for college, but his senior year was rough, healthwise, and when it was time to make the decision that April, we all agreed that having him close to home and his medical team would be best.

This was a hard decision -- not because there is anything wrong with Mason but because it was really disappointing to DS that his condition had to dictate something so big in his life. I think before this he held onto some hope that somehow his condition would just go away and his life could go back to "normal." It was when he really faced the fact that his entire life would be affected by his condition. And of course watching him come to grips with this truth was heartbreaking for DH and me.

Because this was a painful experience for our family, it's not something we talked about much. I'm sure there are people we know who think it is crazy that DS lived at Mason, when he could easily have lived at home for much less money; or who were shocked that a good student like DS did not end up at a higher ranked school.

You don't know why people make the decisions that they do, but when you aren't privy to the details it's nice to extend the benefit of the doubt and assume there's a good reason. [/quote]

New poster. This, above, times a thousand. I was coming here to respond, as this PP does, that there can be myriad reasons for families to make choices that aren't the ones OP would make. None of us can know all the details that go into these life decisions.

PP's child has medical reasons to be closer to home but also deserves to experience living away from home. It's awful that people they know have the gall to speculate about "why a good student didn't end up at a higher ranked school." In our world, DC's best friend has anxiety and some other diagnosed issues that make it better for all involved that she go to school close to home, so she can come home easily any time she needs to but also gets the needed experience of starting to live away from her family.

So, OP, please realize that you just can't know what student or their families are dealing with when they make choices, and it is unfair to make any assumptions.[/quote]

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