| Okay, I simply cannot just read this thread without commenting.
Is there SOME way I can get some of you to promise to come back here in four years, read your comments and follow-up with updates?
U of MN, undergrad full-ride is a come-down??? I don't EVEN know what to say to that idea. Personally, I refuse to let my kid even apply to an Ivy for undergrad-in my NEVER humble opinion, it is a waste of good money in this day and age. Any midwestern or northeastern large state u is going to be just hunky-dory for under-grad; then hit the ivies for grad school and show 'em what they missed first go-round.
Peege, I mean no offense and believe me, I grasp the mama/papa bear syndrome (been accused many times myself); however, enough already. The fact is, your son WILL be miserable/unhappy or successful/happy if he DECIDES to be. I know you didn't ask my opinion (but why let that stop me now?) but force him to take responsibilty for his reaction and his future results. Sounds like you provided him with 18 years + of the best oportunities you could, time for HIM to make the lemonade. If the U of M is so lacking, why doesn't he sit the year out, let someone else get the scholarship money and re-apply next year to the sainted Ivies?
In the words of Forest Gump, "...and that's all I want to say about that." |