Anonymous
Post 01/04/2017 10:04     Subject: Re:I'm a nervous wreck! Daughter only wants to attend college in London
Oh so you are not in DC area? I do understand your fear but, I think you should let her apply and then see what happens. If she gets in and gives it a good shot but, doesn't like it she can always go home. But, London is a fun city and she would learn so much living in an international and vibrant city.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2017 10:04     Subject: I'm a nervous wreck! Daughter only wants to attend college in London
I think that part of the concern for me would be that she doesn't know what she wants to do, but she wants to live in London. Guide her towards a school that has lots of different options in case her first choice of major doesn't pan out.

Or, push the idea of a year-long study abroad on her.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2017 10:03     Subject: I'm a nervous wreck! Daughter only wants to attend college in London
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What's nerve wracking for you? The distance to London or that you fear the city in some way? What are your concerns?


Distance. The terror threat is just a way of life now for major cities; I'm fine with London for safety.


That makes no sense. It is no farther to London from DC than most of California.


She's applying to college in LA (only about 3 hours by plane).


It isn't 3 hours by plane from DC-LA. You realize there is a time change, right?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2017 10:01     Subject: I'm a nervous wreck! Daughter only wants to attend college in London
Have you ever been there? London is an incredibly easy city to get around. Speaking from my own experiences, if it were my own child, I would be much more comfortable with her there than in any of the major cities in CA, for many different reasons. And it's just a couple more hours in the air compared to LA, it's not like she's going to Japan or something.

Is it just that you don't want her living in a city by herself or is it because it's outside of the US?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2017 09:59     Subject: I'm a nervous wreck! Daughter only wants to attend college in London
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What's nerve wracking for you? The distance to London or that you fear the city in some way? What are your concerns?


Distance. The terror threat is just a way of life now for major cities; I'm fine with London for safety.


That makes no sense. It is no farther to London from DC than most of California.


She's applying to college in LA (only about 3 hours by plane).
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2017 09:58     Subject: I'm a nervous wreck! Daughter only wants to attend college in London
Anonymous wrote:Think about it this way: it is faster and easier to get to London (from the DC area) than to many places in CA.


This. It's nearly the same distance by plane but a heck of a lot easier to get around once you disembark.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2017 09:57     Subject: I'm a nervous wreck! Daughter only wants to attend college in London
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:What's nerve wracking for you? The distance to London or that you fear the city in some way? What are your concerns?


Distance. The terror threat is just a way of life now for major cities; I'm fine with London for safety.


That makes no sense. It is no farther to London from DC than most of California.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2017 09:56     Subject: I'm a nervous wreck! Daughter only wants to attend college in London

Congratulations on having raised an adventurous and courageous daughter!

I'm European, and had the opportunity to attend McGill, which I turned down because my mother was a nervous wreck.

I regret it.

Anonymous
Post 01/04/2017 09:54     Subject: I'm a nervous wreck! Daughter only wants to attend college in London
Think about it this way: it is faster and easier to get to London (from the DC area) than to many places in CA.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2017 09:53     Subject: I'm a nervous wreck! Daughter only wants to attend college in London
That sounds awesome. I have a friend who has a daughter who went to Ireland to study playing the flute for undergrad. My friend didn't bat an eye...she thought it was great. I don't think I would've been so understanding.

She visited Ireland 2-3 times per year to see her daughter, since flights are fairly reasonable. Now her daughter is in London to get her doctorate in history. An interesting bird, that one.

I guess all of that is just to say, be excited to get to know an international city AND have a tour guide! I think it'd be a dream to train ride through Europe with a worldly DD.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2017 09:47     Subject: I'm a nervous wreck! Daughter only wants to attend college in London
Anonymous wrote:What's nerve wracking for you? The distance to London or that you fear the city in some way? What are your concerns?


Distance. The terror threat is just a way of life now for major cities; I'm fine with London for safety.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2017 09:46     Subject: I'm a nervous wreck! Daughter only wants to attend college in London
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:My daughter really wants to live in London (since she was 11) and will be applying to University College, King's College, and Imperial College. I'm a nervous wreck but I'm being silent about it because I don't want to be blamed for 'holding her back'. I convinced her to apply to UVA, W&M, and a safe college in California as a back up but she's not happy about it. She thinks I don't trust her to go overseas but I just find it extremely nerve-wrecking. She's more dead set on living in London than her major.

Anyone else's child intent on going to college overseas? Did they get in? What was their GPA and test score?


My child is much younger but I would absolutely support her if she was interested in going abroad for school. We are 1st-gen American though, and both my husband and mother lived/went to school in London, so it's more the norm for my family.

What are you afraid of exactly?


Great question. Mostly just distance; in a plane at that.

It's just amazing to me how different my daughters are; one turned down a college in NYC because she thought being 18 in NYC and going to college would be overwhelming (went to UNC instead). She's like me if you can tell.
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2017 09:40     Subject: I'm a nervous wreck! Daughter only wants to attend college in London
What's nerve wracking for you? The distance to London or that you fear the city in some way? What are your concerns?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2017 09:38     Subject: I'm a nervous wreck! Daughter only wants to attend college in London
Anonymous wrote:My daughter really wants to live in London (since she was 11) and will be applying to University College, King's College, and Imperial College. I'm a nervous wreck but I'm being silent about it because I don't want to be blamed for 'holding her back'. I convinced her to apply to UVA, W&M, and a safe college in California as a back up but she's not happy about it. She thinks I don't trust her to go overseas but I just find it extremely nerve-wrecking. She's more dead set on living in London than her major.

Anyone else's child intent on going to college overseas? Did they get in? What was their GPA and test score?


My child is much younger but I would absolutely support her if she was interested in going abroad for school. We are 1st-gen American though, and both my husband and mother lived/went to school in London, so it's more the norm for my family.

What are you afraid of exactly?
Anonymous
Post 01/04/2017 09:34     Subject: I'm a nervous wreck! Daughter only wants to attend college in London
My daughter really wants to live in London (since she was 11) and will be applying to University College, King's College, and Imperial College. I'm a nervous wreck but I'm being silent about it because I don't want to be blamed for 'holding her back'. I convinced her to apply to UVA, W&M, and a safe college in California as a back up but she's not happy about it. She thinks I don't trust her to go overseas but I just find it extremely nerve-wrecking. She's more dead set on living in London than her major.

Anyone else's child intent on going to college overseas? Did they get in? What was their GPA and test score?