Meddling Grandparents

LongRangePlan
Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:30:56 +0000

mncollegemom, so sad for your friends’ S. I’m glad he’s finally where he wanted to be all along.
We told our S when he was a freshman in HS that we would support him applying to any college he liked, as long as he kept up his grades, thus earning the right to apply. Now he has heard from 7 of the 9 to which he applied. The big family legacy school doesn’t tell kids if they got in until April 1 (such a long time to wait). Our S grew up wearing Big School’s tee shirts, and figuring he’d go there. He doesn’t have anything against it, and it does have a good program for his desired field. It’s just that in the course of exploring schools, he/we stumbled upon a much smaller LAC, and after visiting twice, he’s sold. And, he has gotten in to the school, and into the program for his major. The LAC rose to the top of his wish list after the 2nd visit. He’s thrilled. In a way, I’m hoping Big School denies him admission so he can tell the MIL that there is nothing he can do about it, he tried and was denied. Case closed.