Explain Early Action/early decision?

SlackerMomMD
Sun, 21 Feb 2016 12:55:18 +0000

I have a college freshman and a muddle schooler. DS, the middle schooler, is aware of colleges and expects to go to one but aside from that we haven’t discussed colleges at all. He and his older sister have talked about his future plans (according to his sister), but we parents haven’t said or heard anything about them.

DD talked about colleges with friends when they were in middle school but it was the “I want to go to Harvard” type except DD said “Why Harvard? I don’t think I want to live in MA.” While some middle schoolers absolutely know where they want to go, what they want to study and the adults around them agree and that scenario comes to pass, I don’t think that’s the norm. When I look back, DD is studying something totally different in a place no one expected. I agree with YDS, if you must talk about college, come here, Let your child talk but leave them alone otherwise.

CC is a great place to learn things. It is a tad early but time goes by fast. When I discovered CC when DD was a high school sophomore I felt it was a bit late. I can’t imagine spending thousands of dollars on college planning. One thing that did help us was DD having friends one year ahead of her - we learned from their actions and both kids and parents often had good suggestions for DD in particular.