<p>Wow…GREAT helpful threads on here! THANK YOU!
Erin’s Dad …yes, it is early to be planning. However two things are driving this to some degree:
- We are not a wealthy family. So we want to see a few school when we can, on family vacations. That lives only a handful of times to get out and about this year and next.
- My husband had NO help for college (first generation, no school help in his big inner city school). He took the first full ride that came along and it was a terrible fit for him academically. He transfered to a school that had great academics but eventually not the major he needed. He ended up at a third school and did fine. BUT his college experience was not great because of the stress of the aforementioned. He wants our kids to get a feel for places…not to CHOOSE a school, but to choose the TYPE of place they might feel comfortable so that when the time comes it will be easier, ideally, to narrow things down.
- DD is a strong student. I don’t forsee a drastic drop nor lower SATS and ACT scores than she had in 7th and 9th (when she had to take them for a gifted program) and they were solid then. Our boys? Another story. I suspect we will not know what they are capable of or willing to work for until senior year…if then! Ugh. </p>
<p>Still, I get your point. Don’t stress or plan too much just yet.</p>
<p>T</p>