<p>^^^</p>
<p>I’m sure many churches, etc, will be passing an extra basket around this weekend taking up extra collections for Haiti. </p>
<p>As for more apps…Yes, kids are looking for some schools that take later apps. Too bad, though, some with good stats have missed scholarship deadlines!</p>
<p>OP–just curious about what changed from your D crossing off one of the schools as too expensive to now applying. Did it suddently get cheaper?</p>
<p>While students can continue adding apps, it doesn’t make decisions down the road much easier–just more to think about and choose among. Ultimately, each student can only attend one school. That said, we did allow our kids to choose the # of apps they wanted to complete. S applied to about 7 schools & D applied to one. Both are attending the same private OOS U; S from freshman year & D as a transfer.</p>
<p>S wanted to apply to a couple of more schools, but they were expensive privates that were a bit of a reach. If he was accepted we wouldn’t be able to afford them without merit aid, so I discouraged it.</p>
<p>I think applying now to some out of reach schools makes sense if the student needs reassurance and bragging rights.</p>
<p>An acceptance to a school gives the student the power to turn it down & to also know that they were good enough for the school. This may sound stupid & immature, but it goes a long way for some egos.</p>
<p>H1mom - Nope, school didn’t get cheaper. D has just been doing a lot of math, weighing financial packages and the cost she had estimated for other schools. Her perception is that the actual cost for the new school might not be as expensive as she had originally thought. She’s fooling around with spreadsheets for gross cost, net cost, etc. Maybe she should pursue accounting instead of nursing…</p>
<p>D says she wants to keep her options open as long as possible. Like Elizabethh, it seems like the #1 choice changes every time the mail arrives. I’ve introduced her to totem poling, which is helping a little to put each school in perspective. (Totem poling: if choice is between A and B, which school? B. If between B and C, which school? C. etc).</p>
<p>I’m adding Knox rather last minute…but it was always on my maybe list</p>
<p>i knew I would regret it if I didn’t send my app</p>
<p>Longhaul wrote
"I think applying now to some out of reach schools makes sense if the student needs reassurance and bragging rights.</p>
<p>An acceptance to a school gives the student the power to turn it down & to also know that they were good enough for the school. This may sound stupid & immature, but it goes a long way for some egos."</p>
<p>There’s my problem. Extra apps for reassurance, bragging rights and ego massage. At what point is enough just enough? Our Wall Street banksters clearly don’t think in terms of “enough is enough.” Just what are we teaching our children?</p>
<p>I don’t follow you. Applying to another school isn’t " getting" more. Perhaps she’s just unsure of her choices, doesn’t think she thought it through enough the first time through. How that compares to Wall Street BAnkers I don’t get. It sounds much more to me like a kid questioning her thinking processes, unsure of herself. I mean, where does her parent say she’s out for bragging rights or ego massage? Those are pure, unsupported speculations. You’re entitled to them, but…?</p>
<p>Appllying to schools & deciding where to get your undergrad degree looms quite large for many kids. If your D is not planning a degree beyond her undergrad nursing degree, not so sure the prestige of the school is as important as having the U in the area where she may be interested in practicing (tho I know it is claimed there is a huge nursing shortage). </p>
<p>It sounds like your D is really carefully weighing a lot of things and will come up with a choice she will ultimately be happy with.</p>
<p>One thing that is sad to me is people who sacrifice a great deal to attend a very pricey school with LOTS of debt, only to decide they can’t afford 4 years there & have to transfer & get their actual degree from local U instead of the other way around (going to local U to take the basics & then transferring to dream U for upper division courses & degree). It IS something to think carefully about if finances are a concern. Graduating with BIG DEBT does limit options.</p>
<p>One of the Vals who graduated with our S applied to & got into LOTS of prestigous schools, so had LOTS of bragging rights but was VERY SAD she hadn’t applied to schools known for good merit aid for kids with her stats. She & her family ended up angry & bitter about going to flagship U with a full-ride & waiver out of nearly a year worth of school due to APs. I was sad but puzzled by her & her family lthat they hadn’t applied more broadly & included financial safeties she LOVED.</p>