| I feel for you sadmom. Your son, though, has some incredible choices. Maybe you could do some sort of hybrid agreement if he's so stuck on Pepperdine -- meaning suggest paying for the 1st year, then if he likes it, he'll need to figure out how to come up with the shortfall (maybe his grades will be so good, they'll give him a scholarship to continue?) in subsequent years.
We had similar issues last year, but took a stand right off the top. My husband refused to let son apply to Pepperdine because of their religious affiliation; and as for USC, we were very upfront and told him he could apply there, but we wouldn't be able to pay for it.
I don't think Pepperdine is all that anyway -- doesn't have the best reputation, at least not down here in So. Cal., but maybe up north people have a different opinion about it. Very nice campus, but gets hit with fires periodically. Wash. State, on the other hand, has wonderful colleges like the ones you mentioned. |