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[quote=Anonymous]OP - you said you have a DC? How old?

Most things on this thread are true, but it's also totally possible to get into college for most students these days (which is another reason why elite colleges are harder to get into).

My oldest had plenty of options, including schools with merit aid and he is a freshman at his first choice school where he also got a significant scholarship. He had a particular hook/interest but it was something he wanted to do - not something a parent could force.

My younger child will be undecided major at school and is looking at colleges right now. I'm positive he will be able to get into and afford a school he wants to go to and will be able to afford.

The things you can tell your kid, depending on age, is the better you do in school the more options you will have and stick with something you like/are good at because colleges (and employers) like to know you have the guts to stick with something. But it could be a job, a volunteer gig, watching a younger sibling or a club/sport/instrument.

Also, go ahead and manage your family's expectations now that college isn't as easy to get into as when we all did it.

(my father kept pushing for my kid to apply to his alma mater which would have been a bad fit and he couldn't have gotten in).

There are a lot of good schools out there.

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