Parents of the HS Class of 2025

[dadof4kids]

We had a week off of school last week, so did a bit of a trip that involved quick visits to 2 siblings and some other college tours. I’ll post a link here if anyone wants to read it.

It’s probably a bit early to be pumping her up for colleges, but I want to keep her focused on bigger and better things she has on the horizon, not on her hometown boyfriend who is probably never leaving town.

Colleges your child crossed off the list after visiting, schools that moved up on the list. Why?

D25 did some early visits last week. We had a bit of a road trip, and included several visits along our journey. Amherst - same. Not an official visit, but an unofficial one by a current student. D really liked most things about it, but thinks the academics will be too intense for her (based on the student she knows who we were visiting). She may be right, but she may also change her feelings a bit over the next few years. If she gets over that fear, Amherst may end up on her list. Really she liked most things about it. MHC - way up. This was her first ever official college visit. She has gone from “hell no” on women’s colleges to “fine, I’ll look at them since we are going to be right there anyway” in the last 6 months or so. I thought if I could just get her to consider them, they may end up being exactly what she wants. I could tell halfway through the tour that she was really liking it. Liked the size, says she still doesn’t like the “all women” aspect, but honestly she likes eve…