<p>Technically, you do not know my first and last name. So, how would you know its me? You would probably know once we started talking though. We have a great love and hate relationship jym. Okay, if Ellen doesn’t work, how about the View?</p>
<p>You told me what school you attend. A male applying from your school would be an instant identification. Again, you totally misunderstood what I said, and I assume your apology for the snarky sarcastic response is implied. And no, there is no love/hate relationship. At least not at this end.</p>
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<p>True, but you never know how many students at my school are applying to Vassar. Well, given that I’m the only guy I know that’s applying to any northeastern LAC, I see your point. But really, if my friend does interview with you. Why wouldn’t I tell her to say hello for me? Oh and we don’t have a love or hate relationship? It must just be the love part.</p>
<p>You edited your post. My “sigh” was in response to your continued attempt to justify your misunderstanding of what is required of an alum interviewer. To repeat, ec, so you understand, an alum interviewer cannot interview someone they know, or have knowledge of. So I would have declined to interview you. So you understand now that it was not “rude” as you seem to want to believe, but that it was something I thought you would understand. My error, apparently.</p>
<p>I edited my post because of personal information. I deleted my last post because you deleted yours. I understand why you would have to deny it. And I thought your “sigh” was for something else.</p>
<p>Glad you now understand why I would have to deny/decline the interview. Apology accepted. Now go research your travel plans!!!</p>
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<p>So I guess that is two things you misunderstood 
If you are not clear about the meaning of something, please ask- don’t assume.</p>
<p>FWIW, I do enjoy helping others, when it is appreciated. So for now I am off to help my s, who is moving across country tomorrow :(</p>
<p>Hi, I am the one who called it a saga! early college, several times, you have implied or said you “care more” or are better than your peers, just because you carry on endless threads here on CC and I guess read about colleges on line. </p>
<p>Other students are taking APs/IBs and making As, other students are taking the SAT’s/ACTs several time and improving, they are working hard at their extra-curriculars. Many have part-time jobs. They are applying for scholarships, visiting colleges now and being practical. They appreciate the Georgia HOPE scholarship and realize it a great deal-most likely the best deal they will get. Top students with very high stats stay in Georgia to take advantage of the HOPE. I know many students at UGA, GA TECH, GA State, GCSU that are learning, growing and pursuing their dreams. They also can easily come home for holidays, don’t have to ask their parents for extra money and won’t graduate with debt. They don’t think they are too good to go to a public college or stay instate. They don’t judge the choices of their peers.</p>
<p>Obviously, you can apply anywhere you want and talk forever about what you might do.</p>
<p>But your saga has not been practical, smart or time efficient. It is not better than the student who knows UGA will work for them, applies EA, is accepted and happy. You have not visited one college. No, your brother’s visit when you were a freshman doesn’t count. When I suggest you visit the closest one on list to help you learn what a college visit is like, you made excuses. A few months ago, someone suggested you apply for scholarships, have you done that? You blame many things on your parents. If you parents are contributing at all to your college education, you are fortunate.</p>
<p>CC parents try so hard to help you again and again, but you don’t really listen. They are experienced and caring. It is truly amazing that they keep trying. jym626 and GA2012Mom (and many others) get the college process and LIFE in a way I fear you never will.</p>
<p>I honestly do not remember you, Moreover, at all on my other threads. I do not know anyone who cares about this college admission process as much as I do. I also am taking APs and I’m making A’s (105% with 10 added points in AP Env Science), I was on the varsity swim team for three years, literary magazine, and drama for four years. I didn’t do swim team this year because drama rehearsals were during the same time. I am very committed to acting, I’ve been acting since I was 6. I have nothing against people staying instate, but my friends who will be attending UGA only applied there. They did not put in nearly as much time as I did in this process, but that’s OKAY because we took two very different admission approaches. If I wanted to stay instate, I wouldn’t have needed CC at all. The CTCL organization is one I am also very grateful for. You expect me to visit these colleges when they are no where near me. That is impractical and a waste of money/time. I will be visiting in Feb/April and will then be making a decision. I do agree I’ve spent way too much time on CC, but I’ve learned a lot. I am very fortunate for my parents. My mother doesn’t even want me going out of state. It’s not even all financial reasons.</p>
<p>I don’t think you realize how many other CC parents I’ve talked to over the years, and I’ve gotten opposite advice from jym626 and GA2012Mom. But again, that’s okay because everyone will have different feedback. I did look at car rentals and they were not cheap. I did talk to my father after I did the research, but he doesn’t agree with jym. But whatever happens, will happen for a reason. If I end up at Clark it will be meant to be, if I end up at GCSU if will be meant to be.</p>
<p>And BTW, I did say I would try and visit Lenior-Rhyne in Jan.</p>
<p>There are lots of deals/links/coupons/etc for car rentals. I just returned form a conference out of state. The car rental price I found as literally 25% of what other attendees spent (ie mine was 75% cheaper). You have to do the research.</p>
<p>Thank you, moreover.</p>
<p>I have done the research for a couple hours now, but it doesn’t even matter because my father doesn’t want to fly and rent a car. I also think flying is just too risky in my situation.</p>
<p>I’ll chime in to agree with ec about not planning to fly at least for the April trip (where he is probably going to want to make last-minute changes to his plans due to receiving his acceptances/packages right when he is about to embark on the trip). I think he needs to stay flexible, and driving gives him that. (For the February trip, I haven’t been keeping up, so I don’t know if the details that trip also might change between now and then based on information he expects to receive in January.)</p>
<p>A road trip isn’t always time-efficient, but flying is such a PITA these days that you do lose a lot of time having to get to the airport early for security, waiting for delayed flights, etc… So between that and wanting flexibility, I certainly understand the preference for a road trip.</p>
<p>If one of the schools will give $300 for a flight and not for gas, though, that changes the equation. </p>
<p>A roadtrip with Dad can be a nice bonding experience, too, before EC goes off to school.</p>
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<p>I’m pretty sure I’m not the only parent here who thinks your time would have been better spent studying for your SAT and ACT. That could have opened up more doors and possible scholarship money and made the entire application process a bit easier.</p>
<p>I just wanted to say I do appreciate everyone’s advice even at times when I don’t necessarily agree. I’m sorry Jym if I came off rude before, but I just read it the wrong way. You can take that as “official” if you like. </p>
<p>The February trip can also change like the April trip. I could be rejected by two of the colleges and lets say there is a snow storm for instance. If we were driving, we would just not go. But if we were flying, we would be stuck with those tickets. Yes, we would be able to use them another time, but it would really be a waste of money. There may be some last minute changes with this trip as well. Lets say, I end up visiting Earlham. If I have a flight, I cannot do that. </p>
<p>I agree with you 100% GA2012Mom. I should have studied more for the SAT. I know that, but I cannot go back in time now. I also do not believe in the SAT/ACT. I don’t think a 3/4 hour test should determine someones future. I did take a high school prep class for it though. I will say a lot of my friends didn’t study that much for the SAT either, even the ones going to UGA. But they are just naturally gifted, so they did better. I really like the approach SAT Optional schools do. Even schools like Wooster have told me I should be fine given my SAT scores. And I have received $10,000 per year from 3 out of the 4 schools I’ve been accepted to. Ursinus has this creative writing scholarship I’m going to apply to and I’m applying to theater scholarships at OWU and Cornell as well. I may audition for Cornell in Feb instead of sending a video tape. Video tape auditions hurt me for Knox because it is not live.</p>
<p>And I have received $10,000 per year from 3 out of the 4 schools I’ve been accepted to.</p>
<p>Subtract $10,000 from the $53,000 COA from Ursinus & you have only $43,000 to come up with.</p>
<p>when money is a big issue, it really needs to be a criteria when considering your list.</p>
<p>If it is hard to visit, how hard will it be to get back & forth for vacations/emergencies?</p>
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<p>Just make sure that you have a financial safety other than that one school in GA that deferred you. Those college FA calculators/estimators are just that, estimators. They are also only as good as the information that you feed into them. If there is any error in what is put in that can really put an end to many choices that you believe that you might have this spring.</p>
<p>Boy, there are a lot of posts here since I last checked into CC!</p>
<p>emerald,that is the thing that continues to puzzle me with some of this. I believe early_college said in post 36 that he would not have been able to visit colleges in the north or midwest even if he had not gone to France because money for visiting was an issue. The logistics/costs involved of some of these places are difficult even for well off families. There are also numerous other siblings in the family from what I gather and the parent’s resources can only go so far. I agree,northeastmom,a financial safety is a must.</p>
<p>Ursinus never gave me a 10k scholarship. Knox, Hiram, and Lenior-Rhyne did. Although, I will be applying for a creative writing scholarship which I can get 30k a year. It isn’t hard to visit, we were just waiting so I can get accepted to the schools. Lenior-Rhyne and Flagler should be good financial safeties once I receive enough financial aid. If GCSU does not accept me in January then I’ll apply somewhere else instate. My father did the early estimator for me, so it should be very accurate. We did not have to guess on anything.</p>
<p>My parents couldn’t afford to go up north when I went to France. If I didn’t go to France, they may have been able to afford to. Please disregard what I said earlier, I don’t know what I was saying. But even if I didn’t go to France, my father wanted to wait until after the acceptances to visit these schools. My older brother is a freshman at a local technical college, while my other brother is a freshman. My sister will be 2 in the end of December. I am willing to take loans to go out of state. For me, happiness is worth more then some debt. However, I will not take over 30k in loans for four years. It’s going to depend on how much financial aid I get. I could apply to Valdosta right now, but I feel as though it would be a waste of money because I have no desire to go there. Also, I have a friend who got into GCSU and she only took one AP class, I took five. They base it more on GPA/SAT scores. I think I’ll get in January. I know a lot of people who got deferred in past years to GCSU and they eventually got in.</p>
<p>As I think I mentioned earlier. When my son visited Allegheny (and they reimbursed us) he flew SW airlines into Pittsburgh by himself. They picked him up on a shuttle bus and he returned the same way. I can see why a parent would be hesitant about agreeing to a college without seeing it for themselves, but at that point we had visited probably 10 colleges and I trusted his judgement. Allegheny looked great on paper but seeing it, sitting in on a class or two and spending the night as one does at their accepted students weekend really helped.</p>