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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To those of you who say - my kid is 17-18, I let them make their own choices - you are out of your mind. Their judgement doesnt fully develop until thier mid 20's. Do they have experience and life skills to know what the real world is really like? To know how hard it is to get a high paying job or into graduate school? No? Of course they want to have fun and take it easy. When they pay for it, they can decide. Until then, they are children. [/quote]

IMO, if the parents are paying for it, they should be upfront on which colleges they are ok for kid to apply, as long as they are realistic about kid's chances. The parents who are T25-or-bust yet have a kid who does not have a chance at T50 need to be far more open minded and embrace the kid where they are  and be supportive of colleges that will be a place their kid can thrive. Once the applications are set and done, and the parents have expressed any real limits (ie financial) it seems the final pick among acceptances in general should be by the kid. 
If the parent has a true T25 type kid with drive and ambition (not parent initiated) and all the rest, it is unlikely they will get into multiple T25s and yet end up picking a place such as ___ where they can "take it easy". 
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