bigbottom
Footballguy
A teenager being indecisive? Get out of here! Seriously, congrats to your son on the admissions. I’m sure you all will get it figured out. One thing we did early in the process when there were 30+ schools under consideration was for my son to identify key criteria and what his preference was with respect to each criterion (big city vs. college town, cold climate vs. warm, good football team vs. bad or no football team, etc.). there was also data like 4-year graduation rate, the reported ability to switch majors, reputation of major, overall school reputation, etc. And then we put it all in a spreadsheet where you could weight criteria and do some data analysis (that would be overkill with three schools, but you get it). Talking through all the various things he is looking for in a school, even at this point (and without all the ridiculous data analytics) could be a very helpful discussion to work through what I’m sure feels like a very monumental decision.Update, son has been accepted to all of his top three choices now. However, his choice #1 school (where he could play baseball) has since told him they are no longer interested in him for baseball. I assumed that would mean that #1 is off his list as when we did the tour he didn't like the campus (its in the middle of a metro area, so other than the few blocks it takes up, it is surrounded by a metro area). But, he was comparing the out of pocket costs between choice 1 and choice 2. Choice 1 is more expensive, but he's still considering it. I'm lost now as it appears his line of thinking changes daily, and he doesn't communicate when and why he changes his mind. Ugh.
Edit to add: I’m sure you’ve had these discussions with your son and this is nothing particularly insightful. But sometimes sitting down and making a list of all the variables is a useful exercise.
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