Parents of kids “too young for college” let’s talk

[DreamerMom]

@howdidwegethere thank you, thank you for sharing this positive story. What would be an example of odd experience you mentioned, if you don’t mind sharing? Have you stayed in cyber field after that first job? This is what my D is planning on majoring in, so any experience with this career path would be appreciated

@howdidwegethere

I would, however, strongly urge your D to (1) look at schools with access to excellent public transportation as being a new/inexperienced driver in a new city can be scary (2) take full advantage of any opportunity for a junior semester/year abroad, even if it throws off the sequence of her ‘major’ classes needed for graduation in 4 years - she has the luxury fo being able to graduate in 5 years and not have anyone question the slight detour (3) if she is given the chance to go directly from undergrad to a grad program OR to an internship program - DO IT! I thought it would be easy to get a good/standard first job right out of college but it was very difficult to convince employers that a 19 year old could hold her own in the workplace (granted this was 30+ years ago). Not surprisingly, the best offer was from the cyber/tech world - where an internship turned into a paid position within a few months.

Amazingly, everything you mentioned fits so much into my hopes for her college experience. Thank you for your suggestions! One of my D’s big wants is a public transportation. We have a few colleges in big cities that are top of her list.