As parents…please start thinking about what you actually can pay per month (over a whole year) for college. If you think you can spend $24,000 a year, start banking $2000 a month now and see if that’s sustainable. And how long is it sustainable?
Your student will need to know your college budget.
We looked at colleges sometimes as part of a family vacation. If we saw an interesting college campus, we would drive through. Or park and walk around. Very informal…no tours or info sessions. Just a look see.
The only thing I wish I had known…we took our kid to see a gorgeous expensive private university on a gorgeous spring day…and of course she loved it. We were able to support this…so it wasn’t an issue. But I sort of wish we had taken her to see some less costly and selective and nice schools first. I doubt it would have changed the outcome.