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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hear, hear, OP! I find it jarring when parents here write "we have applied to 20 colleges" or "we sent in a SAT score" or "we wrote the essay". It should not be "we". It should be he or she (or they, if that's how you roll). The parent needs to divest a bit and let the applicant own their own decisions, write their own essays, etc. Back off and stop micromanaging to the point that you use "we". When you write that "we" did it, it shouts: "I don't trust my kid to do the process correctly". Well, why is your child applying to college, then? [/quote] We lived in a smaller house, we skipped vacations, we had a tighter food/entertainment/clothing budget so we get a say in the decision. When I went to college, merit aid brought my state flagship tuition down to almost nothing. If my kids can find similar deals the we'll have no say. If they think Oberlin is their best fit, then we get a say [/quote]
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