College List vs. GC

lookingforward
Wed, 19 Oct 2011 00:31:19 +0000

^ However one does this, mathmom’s and ucb’s examples show alot more than “dream school” or prestige factored in. I think it qualifies as rational and, assuming the right programs for the kid’s interests existed at those schools, I’d call it informed. Not pie in the sky.

In our case, I had some odd (I now think of it as some sort of voodoo) way of interpreting who was likely to give D1 the finaid we need. I look back on it and can’t endorse it for others- but all her admits came in with good finaid, nearly the same amounts. All her apps were to “cost matches” that met her need for solid academic opps in her major.

Sort of agree with Samurai- the right school isn’t just the one with the best rep that happens to admit the kid- it’s the school where he or she can actually thrive.