Deciding on a college - parents or students?

<p>As a student, the choice was mine. As a parent, the choice will be mine. </p>

<p>College isn’t what is used to be. A student can not work his/her way through school the way we could 20 years ago. My kids at age 17 & 18 just will not be able to understand the stress and limitations debt will cause. This isn’t to mean I don’t want my kids to have any say. I plan to give my kids a list of 30-50 schools which are either affordable or traditionally offer enough FA/merit that it is a realistic choice.</p>

<p>I hate the parents who permit the kids to have complete choice in the application process and then take away the choice in the final deposit due to $. My objective is to not permit my kids to fall in love with a school that can not realistically be a choice for our family.</p>

<p>If my kids disagree, well they have the choice to wait until they are 25 before going to college and no longer need me to fill out FA forms.</p>