Kid refusing to make a decision

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With all the college admission results out, my kid got into 9 of the 15 he applied to.

Great results from a parent’s perspective (we weren’t expecting more).
Most of the rejects were high reach which we as parents knew the outcome.
He is not happy with the in-state options, the out-of-state options are decent enough and we have finances planned for it.

With a month to go, the kid is in a shell, refusing to make a decision (or discuss in detail about what his decision making process is). He is a bit introverted and doesn’t talk much, but the lack of communication is making it worse :frowning:

We are OK with any of the decent universities on the list and have told him that he just has to make/own up the decision.

How are other parents handling the decision making.

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Has he gone to any admitted students days, or any coming up in the future?

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He still has a month to decide. If you were writing this at the end of April I’d be a lot more worried. For now, I’d ask if he wants help narrowing it down or wants to visit any campuses. In a week or two I’d get a bit more insistent about narrowing things down.

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Mostly virtual, we are asking him to narrow down, so we could visit - but he is focussed on what he didn’t get :frowning:

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Closing temporarily for review

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