<p>happymom, you read my mind exactly! Every day my D comes home with stories of her lunchtime conversations with friends and a MAJORITY of them cannot afford ANY school they applied to! When asked, it turns out they did not apply to a single SUNY and they did not know enough to do research for financial matches. Sadly, my D has become their financial “guru” due to the research we did during her junior year. Her advice is go to CC for two years then transfer and apply now to the publics that are still accepting apps. </p>
<p>They had several senior meetings with guidance, group and individual, and were never told that they should apply to at least one public school instate as a financial safety. Overall, I’ve been pleased with the guidance offered at this school, and we even have a separate college & career center, but this is a glaring oversight, imo. I really feel bad for these kids now, most of them are in the top 10% and are very jealous of the 3 truly affordable choices she ended up with (out of 8 acceptances). I’m wondering if the school would be receptive to a parent volunteer mentoring program to get kids through the financial aspects of college decisions.</p>