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Date Posted: 04:15:00 11/05/11 Sat
Author: mj
Subject: The whole college application process is such a racket, IMO. It's SO important for our children to really have a fairly good idea of where they would like to go -- geographically, as well as, academically, and vocationally and then, to narrow down the possibilities from there. And even THEN -- it could all go 'south' AFTER they get accepted and get to the place! inside for more....
In reply to: TF 's message, "Grown up stuff" on 18:28:36 11/04/11 Fri

Normally, though, it all works itself out once the acceptances and 'rejections' start coming in, where they will finally end up. It's VERY important to not take 'rejections' personally -- there are SO many factors that make colleges accept or not accept applicants. If you want/need to apply for financial aid, be prepared to spend HOURS filling out forms and getting your own 'books' in order. It's also very important to listen to whether your child even WANTS college! MY second daughter insisted, against our wishes, that she didn't want to go, and followed her heart and her OWN mind -- she's now in her second year of drama school and is absolutely thriving and excelling in something, for the first time in her 'scholastic career'! It's probably even HARDER than 'college',too! But, she doesn't see it that way -- that's how much she LOVES IT! She also got rejected from all her applications to all her FIRST choice drama schools when she first graduated high school, so she took a January admission to a second choice drama school and re-applied to just a couple of her first choice drama schools the next year and got in to her very first TOP school! OK, it costed us about $120 in those couple re-application fees, but it was worth it! It is so lovely to see her transforming into the 'professional' she's yearned to be! My eldest went the total academic route, as we did, and is no more 'fulfilled' than her younger sister. They just went down different paths.

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[> [> Luckily she only has 3 she is interested in and all of them are within 6 hrs of us. She wants to go into Radiology but wants her Bachelors so insteadof a 2 year course with one summer semester she has to take a 4 year course. The hard part is getting all of the scholarship info in in time to quilify. You cant apply too early but you cant apply too late either. LOL Then there are Federal Funds and Grants that cant be applied for until after the first of the year. *sigh* -- TF, 08:24:43 11/05/11 Sat [1]


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