Too Many Choices????

crazed
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:21:13 +0000

THANKS CONSOLATION!!!

We knew going into this it would be luck of the draw!
I always and often told my kids that they could go anywhere and be anything. (As in- you can be a doctor, lawyer, or indian chief at any school.) Also, told them there are no rejections, only schools you’ve been accepted to. Rejections don’t count for anything as your choice and school will come from your accepted list.
Son took Miami (full ride) as he knows we’ll have money for grad school and he’ll likely get out of higher education loan free. I think he made a smart choice.
Parents get too hung up on the ratings of the schools. The ratings are composed of so many different things. Of course, research, etc may vary school to school, but does anyone actually think the graduate from school A and school B have such a different curriculum? Same text books, different schools. Unless it is top 100 vs less or non-selective school, I’d say not to worry. Example, physical therapy, nursing. These kids will get jobs no matter where their school ranked. (On the other side of the spectrum, friends son is at Yale. Engineering major. Plans to work at Goldman Sachs or similar. They recruit there heavily undergrad for summer internships. They train so they don’t care what your major is. Obviously, these top schools are advantageous in many ways, but the majority of kids are not getting into HYPES so they have to be realistic.

Back to OP-
I still think that second list of schools you listed is incredible and realistic. No doubt your daughter will succeed anywhere!