Isn't This A No-Brainer?

dadwith3kids
Thu, 27 Feb 2014 19:50:51 +0000

Earlier this month, my second daughter (HS junior) set up a very well-prepared idea about graduating from HS early. Her mother and I were impressed and we were all thumbs up. She would be able to graduate summer 2014 and she wanted to take classes at a local community college for what would have been her senior year, then transfer to the University of Arkansas as a Sophmore+.

Then it happened! Just this week we got her latest score on her ACT… It was a 32! We were elated, naturally, until we realized that the ACT scores are not part of the scholarship process as a transfer student. Furthermore, that 32 ACT paired with her 3.7 GPA would get her an automatic free ride at the University of Alabama, IF and ONLY IF she enrolled there by the December deadline… Ok, screw the graduate early plan, right? She would have to wait until December 2014 to apply and get her automatic free ride to Alabama.

My blessed daughter is already soooo emotionally committed to this graduate early plan and then transfer to University of Arkansas that she cannot let go of it… Alabama was on her short-list for a long, long time, but she does NOT like the extra 4 hours of driving time to get there from home, making it a 9 hour drive. It is 5 hours to UArk.

Further complications, her older sister is at University of Arkansas already, and so is my second daughter’s boyfriend of a couple of years. Lastly, my wife is not at all crazy about the extra 4 hours either… Well, neither am I for that matter!

But…
OMG! This is a $95,000 dollar issue! I am in need of psychotherapy!!!

Oh… this daughter in question has been planning for a Law degree. So the importance of getting into the right school to leverage into a good Law School is a factor.