I am now entering the thick of things with a high school child coming to the notice of colleges. What experiences do you have, O other parents?
It starts, I assume when they take the PSAT. Suddenly colleges seize on the knowledge of a student seeking to spend money on higher education.
And you get lots of college solicitations both in e-mail and paper from, first, the for-profit colleges. A clumsy label, of course, but as a rule they are the ones who are instant-trash bin. ( The challenge here lies in getting my son to unsubscribe and not wait for mommy to do it...)
Then the colleges you have never heard of. Smaller places, usually. And they are completely unconnected to what he plans to study. But they want his application very badly!
And every now and again a college that has an actual name with a reputation attached (like Duke, UChicago, Bucknell, Stanford, Dartmouth or Clarkson). Not sure what to make of these. Do they actually use an algorithm to care about his test scores or GPA, his actual desired major? Or is this just higher-value spam?
Interesting stuff.
I'd love to hear discussion about the process from other parents who have been through it...
It starts, I assume when they take the PSAT. Suddenly colleges seize on the knowledge of a student seeking to spend money on higher education.
And you get lots of college solicitations both in e-mail and paper from, first, the for-profit colleges. A clumsy label, of course, but as a rule they are the ones who are instant-trash bin. ( The challenge here lies in getting my son to unsubscribe and not wait for mommy to do it...)
Then the colleges you have never heard of. Smaller places, usually. And they are completely unconnected to what he plans to study. But they want his application very badly!
And every now and again a college that has an actual name with a reputation attached (like Duke, UChicago, Bucknell, Stanford, Dartmouth or Clarkson). Not sure what to make of these. Do they actually use an algorithm to care about his test scores or GPA, his actual desired major? Or is this just higher-value spam?
Interesting stuff.
I'd love to hear discussion about the process from other parents who have been through it...