Reply to As a parent of a rising senior, I am completely paralysed.

Forum Index » College and University Discussion

Reply to "As a parent of a rising senior, I am completely paralysed. "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]The most important thing is to write all the essays this summer- easier said than done.  I had a high stats kid who took 7 APs senior year and I knew it would be difficult to do in school year. Write supplementals too. Have someone else (beside you) review the essays. It’s amazing what a non immediate family member can offer.

We looked at College Confidential to see how much merit aid we would potentially get at safety schools. Common Data Set is a great resources too as it provides SAT scores, acceptance rates, retention rates etc. We are in Maryland too and I really wanted to like UMBC but their retention is bad. Defenders will say that’s because it’s still partially a commuter college.

The problem with being a high stats kid is that your kid will likely get into some elite schools with BIG price tags. If you don’t want to spend a fortune and won’t qualify got aid don’t apply. It’s so much harder to turn down Yale with an acceptance in hand. Most flagship universities are like Costco for most students. Look for ones where you kid will likely  be in a special program. I don’t think going to a school ranked 30 or 60 is going to make much of a difference.  If your kid wants individualized attention, try a less SLAC where they give high merit aid to high fliers. It’s super stressful- good luck![/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics