Preparing for college

Hello Krupar5! This is like me talking. :) My eldest son is also in bis fourth year highcschool which is equivalent to 1oth grade to your country. As early as now, I am also looking for scholarships. I believe that education is my gift for him. But due to financial constraints that we are facing, I am afraid I'll not be able to send him to college if I'll not be able to get a scholarship grant for him. I hope we can find one as early as now. I am saddened because most scholarships requires a certain average. What if the child don't hit that certain average? Does that mean we can't send our children to college/university?

I know how you feel happy when your daughter is enter in college. Really time is going fast and we dont when our child is grown. Give my best luck also for your daughter.

GOOD FOR YOU!!! I wish someone had started me on that path at that age. My parents supported my going to college but they didn't go so helping me plan for it was a little out of their realms. But my school had a very ... I guess, small town mentality about college. I don't know the exact statistics but I'd wager somewhere in the neighborhood of 75-80% of our graduates either went straight into the workforce, into the military or to the local state college. I would guess not even a full 5% of the remaining 20-25% went out of state to college. And unless a student had parents like you, pushing them to think about it earlier, we didn't start talking about or planning for college until our Senior year. Which is pretty much too late to actually plan. At that point it simply becomes, "This is what you've done, so these are the options available to you." So, awesome for you and your daughter for starting now. Awesome for giving her the opportunity to mold her extra curricular activities and elective classes to fit the colleges she wants to go to.

It is nice for your daughter when she has your support and caring. You are a such good mom!!!

You should also let her choose the course she wants to take up. I hope she'll be granted an scholarship. That's correct! Every child has the right to education. All parents should do what you're doing. It's true that there are people who can also be successful without a college degree, but it's always better to take up a college course. Good luck!

I feel it is the most appropriate discussion to put my words in. I am also entering into a renowned engineering college of my country by the end of this month. I am very excited and greatful to my parents as they have put their all in helping me get admitted their. It is quite costly and we do not have a wealthy background, so I am also looking forward to earn some scholarships to lessen the burdens from my parents shoulders. I will be entering into a well established institute, so I will also look forward to get good grades to make my parents feel proud.