Need advice on college choice, $$, etc.

bookworm
Sun, 06 Mar 2016 13:11:39 +0000

Ph unto,

I don’t consider myself spoiled. I do think that my siblings and my experience at large flagships was a bad fit for both of us. Our lists were ill conceived.

When my son was little, he asked me-a single mom- that if he got into MIT or The like- could we afford it. I told him I’d find a way. When applying for colleges, he applied to top tech schools and a few Ivies. He could go for free at our flagship or UMiami. Those were his safeties, financially and academically. When he got into a reach school, I paid the check. I think he has gotten many opportunities that he wouldn’t have had with our instate schools.

If UCB or UCLA or other CA schools had been an option, and CS was the intended major, our discussions thru HS very well would have been different. Being near SV for school would have presented so many internship opportunities