Philosophical Question - Please provide your thoughts/comments! All are welcome.

SQBrit
Thu, 16 Apr 2015 19:23:12 +0000

Hello all! I have a question about deciding between 2 schools for Fall admission. They each have pros/cons and it looks like the parents/son are siding up on opposing camps. I won’t reveal which side is which. The choices are UMass Amherst (Microbiology/BioChemistry) or Virginia Tech (General Eng.) VT is OOS and UMass Amherst is IS. The parents are paying and are neutral on the cost difference between the two schools. DS doesn’t really know what he wants to study in college but likes and is very good at math/science. He has talked about pre-med. There is no guarantee that he will stick with his accepted major at either school.

Here is my question: If the parents don’t agree with the son’s inclination who has the final say? I know this might sound simple but it isn’t. Both sides have persuasive arguments for their position. Father is strongly in favor of one choice, mother weakly in favor and son seems inclined to the opposite.

I would greatly appreciate your thoughts.