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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I am glad you posted this. 
Our kids are only in elementary school but I see folks with kids applying to college and it does sound like what you say. 
We were talking to a counselor the other day and I did bring it up. She said that you really need to come up with your own family culture on what matters to you and stick with that. When you feel pressure from the outside, you are probably worrying about things that aren't important to you.

I have wondered though-- what's wrong with community college? I was talking with a colleague and she was saying that going to a community college would be so embarrassing for her kid. I totally do not understand that- but then again, my kids are still too young.

I do like the idea of letting things die down and taking that gap year. I did that in between college and grad school.  [/quote]

Just wanted to comment on community college:

I have two Ivy degrees, and went to a top private.

I SAH, so for fun, I took some classes at a community college. I was absolutely floored by what I found. Many of the kids there were as smart or smarter than the kids at the Ivies I'd attended. The difference is that most of them did not come from top schools, came from immigrant families, came from families where no one went to college and education was not valued. These kids (in their early 20s) figured out that to get ahead, they need college degrees, so while working full time jobs, they were going to night school at a community college. I've never met a more motivated, less spoiled, more interested and really sharp group of people. I was so much more impressed by my classmates at my community college than I was by the vast majority of my undergrad classmates at my Ivy and most of my grad school classmates.

There were some so-so kids too, but most were very bright, mature and motivated. I had to struggle to keep up with a lot of them.

If all other options fail, I'd feel comfortable letting DC go to community college for a year. The teachers were good too. Why such snobbery? Community college is a great deal![/quote]

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