The Collegewise counselors have been collecting quotes from our former students and parents for inclusion in our next book. Katie in our Bellevue office got this one back from one of her former parents. Sometimes both parents and kids really do know best.
When our daughter began examining her college options, we thought she should apply to our alma mater and schools with highly recognizable names—it was the best assurance of employment upon graduation. She shocked us when she told us her favorite school was one of which we had never heard. It possessed a liberal arts emphasis and was clear across the country. We dismissed it, thinking there was no way she’d go there. Well, she is completing her sophomore year at that college and loves it. She completed an internship in Spain last summer and is looking forward to a summer of classical studies in Greece this year, one typically attended by grad students (neither program was sponsored by her college). She has grown in ways we would have never imagined. She is making an impact, following her own path, not ours, but a promising one just the same. Sometimes our kids do know best. It’s their life and there’s a point at which you have to trust and support their decisions.
Carol S.
Mother of Becca, Collegewise class of 2010, St. John's College (MD) class of 2014