How much info do you share with extended family?

mathmom
Mon, 20 Jul 2015 14:07:23 +0000

I don’t think we ever shared the exact list, but it was no secret which colleges we had visited. My oldest and my brother’s oldest were applying at the same time, but sil is a big fan of Colleges that Changes Lives and my son was a computer nerd looking at tech schools so their lists were completely different. At one point she shared with me very proudly he’d gotten an 800 on the writing and a 12 on the essay. Since it was the first year that section was on the SAT no one cared, but I didn’t have the heart to tell her. (Or that my son had gotten 800 in CR and three subject tests!) They both ended up at colleges they liked very much and are gainfully employed now.

My Dad (who had lost his long term memory) asked reguarly where they were applying, where they got in, and why they chose what they did, and I never felt the need not to tell him the truth or to prevaricate.