Advice on talking about Out-Of-State options

condor30
Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:49:38 +0000

taypi31…
our oldest d ended up out of state. she wanted her college experience to be significantly different from her high school experience and effectively communicated that to us. visits to schools helped her see the differences. our state flagship, socially, seemed more like an extension of high school. an in-state private gave the same feeling, more like a high school experience.

visit schools with your parents and let them see the differences. review the quick facts and common data sets with your parents. look at the average ACT/SAT for each particular school. the ACT/SAT’s are a real eye opener.

we were never at all against her going out of state. we just wanted her to have good reasons for doing it. most compelling was when i understood how important it was to her to have a different college experience than from her high school experience. she went to a local public h.s. and is now at a top ranked private college.