College Searching/Advice Seeking

NJdad07090
Sun, 26 Apr 2020 12:09:11 +0000

I am generally in the camp , a coach makes your life easier but at a cost, and next year is really new territory for them as well as you. I have not used one for my 2 kids bc I am open to spending the time to do the research and would rather have the cash to spend on something else. The rule of thumb in my house is , you have to apply to one of our instate schools as a safety, after that apply where ever you want, schools you should get into , reach schools, really reach schools, and do not worry about list price BUT college is a investment in their future and decisions will be made after the aid packages are in with the acceptance letter. My son got into U of Minn business school, a top 25 B school, we are OOS and the cost would have been around 55K a year, they offered no aid, so full pay, our instate flagship would have been about half of that and their business school is top 75. U of Minn was off the table bc of cost ( and distance and the fact we did not get to see it), my kid got to apply and was thrilled to get accepted but when we as a family looked at their aid package , it was an easy decision to drop them from the list. Use this board as a resource, it is very helpful.