The application fees were waived by the schools. I assume it was based on gpa and SAT scores. She’s planning on majoring in Engineering (mechanical engineering at this point). They also waived the essay, teacher recommendations, etc. Basically, she’s being recuited by the various College of Engineering of each school.
It probably has more to do with the College of Engineering as they’re heavily recuiting women.
Most of the app fees were about $75. Most if not all schools waived the app fee.
Yep. She’s like your son. She’ll get into whatever school she applies to...she’ll have the choice. It really all depends on how much scholarship money they offer. Her first choice is Penn State, our alma mater. My husband got a full ride there. We’d love for her to go there but we’re out of state so unless she gets tons of scholarship money, I don’t see how it’s possible. Renssalear (sp) is heavily recruiting her but haven’t offered enough money yet. NYU Poly is also calling all the time. Drexel is too but coming from philly, I don’t want her living in West Philly (University City). She doesn’t want to live in the city either (which pretty much negates NYU Poly).
Texas A&M, Texas Tech, and University of Texas have called. She wasn’t even considering those schools since she was focusing on Penn State and Virginia Tech mostly. When Texas A&M contacted her, she asked me about Texas. Now Texas is far from here, lol. I thought Virginia Tech was far, lol. Now I’m thinking about plane tickets and visits. It’s hard.
Of course we would love her going to Penn State, our alma mater, my husband got a full ride there for Engineering. But, we were both in state. And it was decades ago.
She’s seriously considering Texas Tech and Texas A&M now. She thinks Texas would offer her opportunities she can’t get in this area.
At this point, I want her to go where she wants. Talking about not having debt, etc. We’ll do what we can to help pay but we don’t want her to have a huge loan to pay once she graduates. She’s a smart kid. She’s looking to that now. She knows if she gets a full ride anywhere, she’ll take it. We’re crossing our fingers for Penn State. Texas A&M and Texas Tech are looking really good.
Our 16 yr old junior is like your daughter. She’s awesome in Math and Sciences. She just has no interest in them. Her gpa is great and her psat score is great...she’ll take the SAT in January. But, she doesn’t know what she wants to major in, she just knows she has no interest in math and science despite being in AP and Honors.
She’s imaginative and creative. But she won’t be going into Engineering which where the freebies are (at least the freebies for women in Engineering). Next year will be more difficult, college wise, for us. Hopefully her gpa and SAT scores will help.
Our 7th grader, no interest in school. An A student so far but really no interest in school. She’s all about sports. Hates school. Loves whenever she’s on a field or court. THAT one is going to be tough when it comes to college.
It makes me so happy to see the bond between the girls. The two older ones, they know each other is their best friend. The two younger ones, they’re learning each other is their best friend. All 4, amaze me. When it comes right down to it, they are there for each other. It’s wonderful to watch.
I didn’t have a sister. I had brothers and as much as I love them and they love me, it’s different.
I see what you’re saying with my own girls. The two oldest are best friends as are the two youngest, yet they fight. The oldest and youngest have a bond, maybe because of the difference in age. The two middle fight yet are so close too. They all have a different relationship with each other.
Wow, I know you are proud of your girls. Sisters are great, as I said I have five, each one a unique and distinct personality though we all share certain mannerisms. Separately you would never guess we are sisters, together there’s no doubt.
I know what you mean about the money and debt. Unfortunately, my son has had to take out some loans but not much. One thing I like about it is that he is invested in his success. I remind him that those loans have to be paid off whether or not he graduates. It’s a great motivator. When he was accepted to Pepperdine I told him that that was great but he would need to get X amount of money in scholarships in order to go. We don’t have Pepperdine kind of money. I prayed and told God that he needed X in dollars in order to go there. LO and Behold, that’s is the exact amount he was offered and every year he has won more from private alumni scholarships. We are so blessed with this school and he has thrived there.
My daughter is interested in telecommunications and broadcast journalism. Megan Kelly is her idol and she watches her whenever she is on Fox. I told her that Ms. Kelly is also a lawyer, but she has no interest in that direction. It’s amazing, when I was her age I wanted to be a newspaper journalist. I never finished school and I look back now and think it’s because I never had a real role model in that business, a clear example of what to aspire to. Barbara Walters was one of the only one two women in TV news. Katie Couric was still in the future. What a difference a generation makes.