In WashU's defense...

jaxmo
Sat, 15 Apr 2006 08:32:13 +0000

My son did have a chance to talk to someone about finances when he was there last weekend, and they referred him to the student loan program. I’m sure there are tons of really superior kids getting scholarship money already who met the Jan. 15 deadline because they were very sure about WashU. My kid is bright but slightly immature – he won’t be 18 until the end of July. Until recently, he’s acted like the whole college search thing was quite an imposition. He’s getting around to it --after a grueling 7 1/2 month long football season, after wrestling districts and regionals in February, after his job at the gas station, after his tutoring job, after his gig selling thousands of dollars of Cutco knives…NOW he’s feeling serious about choosing a college.

He’s obviously got what it takes to handle all that and a full load of AP classes, but envisioning his future and all that jazz is just a bit ahead of him.