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[quote=Anonymous]considering that our LCPS counseling department was almost useless, I wouldn't say I "took the lead" but I did make sure we visited schools in our area starting from about sophomore year so that my kid started to get some idea of what a college campus was like, whether they liked big or small etc. My kids insisted that I buy that big top 350 colleges book back when they were sophomores too and they poured over it.

Once we got later in the process, I told them we could only afford instate or if they went someone else, it would have to offer merit or need based scholarships to make it equivalent to in state.

With respect to the process itself, when they had identified their favorite school, I strongly suggested they apply ED and I gave them a deadline to get their essays done by the start of the school year - which they did. It was quite a collaborative process, and they asked my opinion often (and that of my spouse) and ultimately decided what they wanted to do. Thankfully, got into ED to their fav in state school.

I would not say I drove the process at all, they were engaged and interested, but i did help steer, mostly by telling them the parameters of what we could afford, and giving them help in the timelines etc. Counseling did NOTHING in that regard.[/quote]

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