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<p>Exactly why I’m insisting son have 3 financial/academic safeties (they are one and the same for him). I know he’s not going to be happy come next spring if he doesn’t get into one of his reaches, so I want him to have a few choices.</p>
<p>Also, I want him to have the choice to attend one of the colleges a large number of his friend’s will likely attend (not that I’m recommending he follow the crowd) and/or stay closer to home. Right now he’s insisting that’s not what he wants but he is very prone to changing his mind once he sees what his friends are doing. It will be too late come spring if he doesn’t apply now. I figure it’s worth the $$ and the effort to have those choices.</p>