Post 732 - A Personal Story to Share with our rising Seniors and others!
Posted by Sherry S. Andrews - Career & College Wise on 6/14/2017 3:00:00 AM
Career & College Wise Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Post 732 - A Personal Story to Share with our rising Seniors and others!
Email: ccw@lee.k12.nc.us
Please email me with your thoughts, concerns, and questions.
This story has been a few years back, but it is a story worth sharing with my blog readers:
When I told my daughter Morgan that I was ready to see her college list because we were going to begin to visit she gladly and proudly showed me her list.
My response to Morgan’s list of colleges went something like this..….Wow, that is some list. It is obvious you have done some homework, and I am glad that you want to know more about each college/university. I need for you to keep in mind that I will only pay for up to 8 college application fees, so you do need to have your list trimmed quite a bit. Also, keep in mind – as I told, your brother, Spencer - I will only pay for what it would cost you to go to a public university such as NCSU at around $20,000 per year. Anything above and beyond the $20,000 per year is on you – through scholarships, grants, loans (no more than $20,000 in loans in a four year period), work study, jobs, etc.
I agreed that we would plan to visit all of her colleges on her list that summer with a final list complete by the start of the school year.
Reminder, here are all the schools Morgan had on her list:
North Carolina State University (my choice since I attend and graduated from NCSU-undergraduate & masters - she was being recruited for softball at the time by NCSU)
High Point University (where my son was attending at the time)
University of North Carolina at Greensboro (a place she knew well having attended 4 years of basketball camp there)
Queens University (being recruited for softball)
Guilford College (being recruited for softball)
Methodist University (being recruited for softball)
Catawba College (being recruited for softball)
Belmont Abbey College (being recruited for softball)
Wingate University (being recruited for softball)
Campbell University (being recruited for softball)
University of North Carolina at Wilmington
Coastal Carolina University, SC
Winthrop University (being recruited for softball)
Western Carolina University (being recruited for softball)
Elon University (being recruited for softball)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Like I said, she had a very long list - sixteen schools to be exact!
I was proud of Morgan for having such a long list and for allowing herself to think outside the box and be open to colleges that aren’t necessarily the most popular. She wasn’t influenced by me, her peers, or her friends. She genuinely wanted to select the best school for her, and the school that offered her the most scholarship money. She told me in our conversation that her goal was to graduate from college debt-free!! Now, five years past her graduation, she did exactly that - debt free! It is a nice place to be - trust me!!
We will continue this conversation and you should begin to talk about this with your children, particularly if they are in high school and even more so if they are a rising senior!
Have a great Wednesday!!
Have a wonderful Thursday! This week seems to be flying by way too quickly! I hear the weekend is suppose to be a bit cooler so get ready to celebrate Father's Day on Sunday with your dad if he is int he area or with the one who has been like a dad to you!
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