Is this obsession healthy

07DAD
Mon, 12 Mar 2007 13:00:37 +0000

MotherOfTwo

As my S moves towards graduation from HS, I realize that one of the real benefits of the prep school is the counseling office. I have great respect for any parent who has to find out about, analyze and respond/react to what is required to get the college application/financial aid/merit scholarship process completed.

I believe that it is still preferable that the choices of courses and EC in HS be that of the student. That means parents have to advise but ultimately go with the student’s choice. Same with college choices. Once the student is given the amount of the parent’s financial commitment, the student can assess the cost of any particular college as part of the decision making process.

THAT is not something that the counseling department at a prep school is prone to willingly get involved with, except when the HS student is on a HS scholarship.