Subject: Re: colleges
AntiUtopia@aol.com
Date: Thu Jan 13 2000 - 18:50:10 EST
In a message dated 1/13/00 3:03:45 PM Eastern Standard Time,
Patti.Larrabee@hsc.utah.edu writes:
<< Matt,
At 15 she is considering Boston University and New England Conservatory and
San Francisco Conservatory. I would be interested in how other parents,
teenagers, academics deal with someone like this. I keep telling her she
will need a huge scholarship and she feels that will not be a problem. Also,
we live in Park City, Utah. Still a small town as much as we try to be
Aspen. She attends a very small private school. She can't even read a bus
schedule and she wants me to put her on a plane to Boston?!? Get real here.
Come on my little teenage listers. Are you all like this?
Patti >>
I'm a parent and work in the Financial Aid Office of my college. I'm also a
graduate student.
I'd say your daughter has good goals and should be encouraged to pursue them.
But you need to tell her what she needs to do in order to get there. I'm
reviewing admissions folders for incoming Freshmen right now, and let me tell
ya...she will need to have certain things together:
Good GPA. Over 3.5. Strong SAT scores. Shoot for over 650 on the verbal
and math. Over 700 would be best. She also needs to be involved and in
leadership, if possible. Summer employment doesn't mean anything in my
college. And she needs to be able to write an intelligent essay...no
grammatical errors, clearly written, strong thesis, some demonstration of
depth of thought. She needs to be self motivated, positive, hard working...
But the money is there for the students who need it and have earned the right
to claim it.
Jim
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