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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Any other lessons especially from those who went through the process for the second time or more ?[/quote] From our 2nd time around, I'd say stay open-minded and [b]give space for kid 2 to approach it differently from kid 1[/b]. My kids are completely different. The only commonality in their college search was neither liked urban schools. #1 wanted big rah-rah schools, didn't want to do many visits, liked VT and so we just focused on finding a few alternatives similar to it in case that didn't work out (fortunately, it did). #2 wanted to do visits and developed a pretty detailed list of preferences. Applied to a lot of schools (LACs) and had no interest in in-state publics but included a couple because we insisted on an in-state safety.[/quote] I still remember my mom saying "Your sister really likes UVA, so you would too." We are very different people. (And we weren't even from Virginia!). I ended up at a SLAC. [/quote]
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