I have enjoyed getting caught up on this thread–I was 250 messages behind. Foreshadowing the fall of 2018, I’m afraid.
DH and I just went out to dinner with S19 while D21 is at a dance class. Like you, @homerdog, I thought about how much fun it is to watch your kids come into their own. We had a wide ranging conversation that included pro basketball playoffs and data privacy and what the US would look like had we stayed under British rule. I know these two years will go quickly, and I hope to remind myself to enjoy every day.
Thanks, Carolina. I loved catching up on the conversation and had many things to say…but they were all out-of-sync and, let’s face it, passé. I will try to stay a little more au courant!! At this rate, we may well reach the amazingly prolific post totals of the Class of 2015 parents!
@Gatormama - LOL on the call thing. My D19 is the same way. Everything is text, text, text. When they won a Regional Field Hockey game and I was at work - my phone is ringing off the hook. I was like ‘she is CALLING me’??? She was so excited and needed to VOICE call just to break the news. Hysterical.
Our D21’s ballet director just told the kids she’s retiring. D21 has been dancing for her for eleven years, since she was three. She’s like a grandmother/mentor all rolled into one for her. After she broke it to the girls last night, D21 TEXTED me that she’s crying and so upset that her teacher is leaving. LOL. Not exactly sure what it would take to get a phone call.
My d19 just made a rare phone call to me yesterday!
I had left to go to d22’s track meet and d19 (who stayed home) called me on the houseline to let me know she had left her phone in my car so I couldn’t text her if needed.
The last call I can remember before that was last school year, either when she called to tell me her screen was shattered or when she called to tell me she couldn’t find her phone. Both calls using the school phones. (Phone was fixable in the first case and ended up being found wedged into a binder in her backpack in the second case)
Oftentimes I will get text from random strange numbers b/c she’s forgotten her phone and so she texts me on friends’ phones.
Meanwhile, a funny from my S23 (? - lord, I don’t even know what year he’s graduating - hah!) – he was watching the crowds as we waited for rope drop at Disney and he decreed that a group of dads was called a sandal.
Hello! I’d like to join the conversation! I have daughter from the HS class of 2019 who attends an online high school. Been looking into college related stuff for a few years. Getting nervous about how we’re going to afford her current LAC choices as we’re not going to qualify for need based aid. In-state tuition makes the most sense, but I understand her desire to go somewhere new! Fingers crossed for some good merit aid opportunities in her future!
@K’s-mom which state?
Also, I told my d19 that she could go out of state if it’s within budget but most likely instate (at the public) will end up being significantly cheaper and she could graduate without student loans and if she works, it would be for fun money, rather than needed for school. She could then afford to go fun places on breaks. She thought that sounded like a good way of looking at it.
Welcome @“K’s-mom” :-h
In the western states, there is WUE (Western Undergraduate Exchange) so kids can go to out of state schools.
Many LACs except for the top few offer merit aids making them somewhat affordable. @dfbdfb has D17 heading Muhlenberg with great offer, I think.
Voicemail will be going away. My kids, as well as other youth, do not know how to use voice mail. “This phone number has NOT been set up for voice mail. Bye.” is the message I get when the kids do not pick up the phone.
You can find merit at LAC’s, but it is often not enough merit to meet or come in lower than an in state option. So it really depends on what your budget is and how far above, if any, you are willing to go. My S17 received merit at every LAC he applied to, but none beat our in state prices. Which are pretty low and as a result, not unexpected at all.
It depends on the LAC though, “top” ones often do not offer any, or very little. If you take a step down and your child is in the upper quartile of their stats (like @dfbdfb 's D) then there may be some very nice offers out there.
One caution on the Western Undergraduate Exchange (and this may be the case for other multistate compacts, I’m not sure): Not all public colleges and universities are part of it, even though their states are part of the compact—for example, the Universities of Oregon and Washington aren’t WUE participants.
Welcome, @K’s-mom! @Gatormama, a “sandal” for a group of dads? Love that!! My little 3yo niece loves flamingos, and I just learned that a group of flamigoes is called a “flamboyance.”
And to add to the WUE comment, at some schools that do offer it…it is competitive and limited. The list changes so be aware of updates and requirements.
At this rate, we may well reach the amazingly prolific post totals of the Class of 2015 parents!
