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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I notice everyone is saying “we.”  Do parents really need to go to thee?  I’m not an admitted student.  My kid has already made up their mind but wants to go to check out dorms and such.  Taking a day off work and spending another $800 plus for me to go seems silly.  Am I wrong?[/quote]

I hear you on the cost and inconvenience.  But if there is a way to go to your kid’s top two choices (or top choice if they know where they are going), I think it would be a good idea to make the sacrifice l.   As the mother of a third year student and a rising senior, it truly is one of the last decisions that shapes your child’s future that you will be involved in, and not just a cheerleader.

You picked what type of homelife to give them, their k-12 experiences, their camps, their friends when they were little, their extracurriculars - you have been involved in some way in all of it.  This is the last decision you make together that sets them on their path.  Who to room with, what internship to choose, where to apply for a first job, who to marry - you are on the sidelines of their life cheering for them but not involved in the decision making.  So go - think of it as the coda on the intense phase of parenting.  [/quote]

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