@TrendaLeigh I think you’re exactly right. Saying yes to one is closing the door on other dreams and possible opportunities. There are a couple of schools that have been so great (lovely people that we have met, great vibes, etc.), and it’s a little sad to close those doors.
@CTCape I’m right there with you! We’re kind of doing the same thing, and a few times this week after attending an admitted students’ Zoom session or receiving swag in the mail, mine has asked me, “Should I go to x?” or “Should I go to y”? At first, I would lay out the pros and cons of each school, but now am at the point of just shrugging my shoulders and saying, “I don’t know. It’s your decision.”
Usually May1st, but some schools have extended the deadline. It only seems fair for schools to delay the decisions when so much is up in the air. Most schools have not been too forthcoming with fall plans thus far…or are still in wait and see mode, like most of the rest society right now.
Hi,
What are your kids doing about voter registration? Such an exciting year for a first time voter. S20 registered in his history class. Is it possible to register in the place where your dorm is? Or Should he get an absentee ballot? He will be out of state, and would prefer to vote at school.
Good Question!! Our D’s vote will have more impact in our home state (MI) than where her campus is located (MA), so we are hoping to get her registered for an absentee ballot – although she doesn’t turn 18 until mid September.
Our D also doesn’t have her driver’s license yet. We were going to practice parallel parking more and then have her take the driving test this spring…oops!
Hoping she can register before she leaves (even though not yet 18) for an absentee ballot and by using her passport??
My daughter has registered and plans to vote by absentee ballot. I’m pretty sure they have to vote for where their permanent address is, not where their dorm is. So she’s going to FSU but lives in PA and will vote absentee as a PA resident.
I think a student can register in either state, but not both. We live in MA, and my D19 registered in OH, at a campus event last fall. She can vote absentee in OH while she’s home in MA. I believe D20 pre-registered when she got her drivers license, but she won’t be 18 until August.
That’s what I think, but I’m sure google can tell you the real answer.
We live in VA and my daughter goes to college in PA. One of the first things the school did in the fall was get the kids on campus all registered to vote in PA.
I can understand reminding students of voting or options, but organized “college led“ voter registration efforts to have them vote locally seems way outside the mandate.
It’s not like they required them to or tried to influence their political party or anything, they just made it really easy to do and made sure they realized they could vote on campus. I think everyone should vote so I have zero issue with them nudging new voters toward participation.
In my D’s case, it was a booth on the day when all the clubs and activities set up booths on the oval (aka quad). For a lot of freshmen, fall of freshmen year is their first opportunity to vote, so they may not have registered before college. That was the case for my D, so she was excited to see she could register on campus. And, to be fair, even the census counts the college as her residence.
My S20 already registered so he could vote in the primary, which he did. He’ll probably vote absentee in the fall, but then his dad and I probably will too.
