ItsNotMuchofaTail
but I'm sort of attached to it
- Joined
- May 30, 2012
My DD is a HS junior. She plans to attend the local community college for 2 years. She has mild autism and was only recently exited from the special ed program. She is not ready to leave home, plus academically and financially the CC makes so much sense. I wish I had done it myself. I have always told her we would do the college visit thing for fun, so she feels like her friends (no, I do not need to keep up with the Joneses, but when your child with some special needs wants to feel "normal," you do what you can, am I right?).
SO, my question is, how many visits? We are doing one at a state school within driving distance, so she can continue to stay home. This is the most likely place. We are going to another one that is an easy day visit and she loved when she happened to be on campus for an event, about an hour away. She would like to visit 2 more. One is a definite overnight at UMass Boston, she will not be going there, lol. I figure a weekend is in Boston is an ok idea anyway. The other is a couple of hours away, Bucknell, I believe this is also not a real possibility. But one night overnight maybe, depends on if I think the town looks interesting enough to hang out for the rest of the day. How many college visits do you budget for? Do you travel far afield for them? Her friends tend to be high achieving, driven types who are looking at selective schools all over the country, some have been looking for years. My DD wants to major in English or Political Science, not sure what she wants to do exactly. For years, she wanted to be a librarian, but the Master's degree requirement and the job prospects make me nervous. I want her to have options, and in my mind, keeping debt low is going to be key for that to be possible. But she wants to feel like her friends - do the tour and buy the sweatshirt.
I am a single mom, budget is tight but a couple of visits are not a hardship. One of her close friends is looking at UMass, which is why I think she wants to go and see it, but its the most expensive to visit (hotels/food/etc) and will require the most travel (about 5 hours). There is plenty to see and do in Boston I am sure, we have each been once but not together, although on the same youth group trip (I chaperoned my sister's trip and my DD attended it herself as a 7th grader). I can't find any IRL peers to survey, either their kids are seriously looking and they have unlimited funds apparently, or they are going the CC or trade route and aren't doing any. I figured I would ask the internet (since we can't make a WDW trip a college visit anyway, lol).
Thanks!
SO, my question is, how many visits? We are doing one at a state school within driving distance, so she can continue to stay home. This is the most likely place. We are going to another one that is an easy day visit and she loved when she happened to be on campus for an event, about an hour away. She would like to visit 2 more. One is a definite overnight at UMass Boston, she will not be going there, lol. I figure a weekend is in Boston is an ok idea anyway. The other is a couple of hours away, Bucknell, I believe this is also not a real possibility. But one night overnight maybe, depends on if I think the town looks interesting enough to hang out for the rest of the day. How many college visits do you budget for? Do you travel far afield for them? Her friends tend to be high achieving, driven types who are looking at selective schools all over the country, some have been looking for years. My DD wants to major in English or Political Science, not sure what she wants to do exactly. For years, she wanted to be a librarian, but the Master's degree requirement and the job prospects make me nervous. I want her to have options, and in my mind, keeping debt low is going to be key for that to be possible. But she wants to feel like her friends - do the tour and buy the sweatshirt.
I am a single mom, budget is tight but a couple of visits are not a hardship. One of her close friends is looking at UMass, which is why I think she wants to go and see it, but its the most expensive to visit (hotels/food/etc) and will require the most travel (about 5 hours). There is plenty to see and do in Boston I am sure, we have each been once but not together, although on the same youth group trip (I chaperoned my sister's trip and my DD attended it herself as a 7th grader). I can't find any IRL peers to survey, either their kids are seriously looking and they have unlimited funds apparently, or they are going the CC or trade route and aren't doing any. I figured I would ask the internet (since we can't make a WDW trip a college visit anyway, lol).
Thanks!