How Your Kid’s Senior Year Of High School Could Cost You Upwards Of $10,000

<p>Figure I’ll go through the list:</p>

<p>College Applications: $210 to $600
–Spent $60 I think.
College Enrollment/Deposit Fees: $150 to $250
–I think this was $500, but it went towards tuition
Yearbook: $35 to $150
–$0. Didn’t buy one
Yearbook Ads: $5 to $200
–$0. I don’t even know what these are.
Senior Pictures: $40 to $500
–$0, didn’t take any.
Test Prep Classes: $299 to $1,299
–$0, didn’t take any.
Testing Costs: $35 to $468
–I think ACT was like $50?
–Oh, I guess AP exams were like $100 a piece… Meh.
School Ring: $180 to $500
–$0, I don’t think I’ve ever heard of anyone buying this.
School Memorabilia: $10 to $300
–$0, I don’t think I’ve heard of anyone buying this.
Gifts for Favorite Teachers: $10 to $100
–$0, I don’t think I’ve heard of anyone buying gifts.
Framing the Diploma: $10 to $300
–$0, they gave me some sort of frame thing
Senior Prom: $500 to $3,000
–$0, didn’t go on any. Also, seriously, $3k? How?
Senior Trips: $10 to $100
–$0, I don’t know what this is referring to.
College Visits: $15 to $1,500
–$0, didn’t go on any.
Graduation Costs: $30 to $350
–$0, I didn’t go to graduation. I think $30 sounds about right though. $350 would be absurd.
Graduation Parties: $50 to $1,000
–$0, didn’t have one.
Unexpected Fines: $2 to $500
–I don’t remember having any…</p>

<p>Just not seeing it.</p>