Update on college stuff
Jan. 11th, 2011 12:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
pegkerrFiona is about out of her mind with stress, between the requirements of the International Baccalaureate degree and the college application process.
She's applying to Macalaster, St. Olaf, Beloit, St. Kate's, Reed, Lawrence University, U of MN twin cities, U of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Carleton, Augsburg, and perhaps Luther and Wartburg. Yes, that may be excessive, but it's a numbers game: we're casting the net wide, with the hopes that somebody will come up with a decent financial aid package for her. Because we're really gonna need it.
After much angst, she's finished her extended essay on the Woman Warrior in medievalist fantasy fiction, an IB requirement. Preliminary quick report is that her advisor, supposedly, is happy with it, which is a real relief. She is frantically trying to catch up on her (dreadfully overdue) homework and online physical education before the semester closes. She is also as sick as a dog. This does not help. The online gym is a particular worry. This is ridiculous: she has a black belt second degree and is obviously in top physical condition. But she has been falling behind on doing online gym, what with all the other work. If she does not finish it, she does not graduate.
We have to do taxes and fill out the FAFSA. Problem: you really have to do your taxes before filling out the FAFSA. The FAFSA is due February 1, and a number of these colleges require further financial information by February 15. But the IRS has announced that their software coding probably won't allow people who itemize to file their taxes before mid February. So I guess we'll have to estimate. I'll be going to a financial aid meeting at the school this week, where we'll hopefully learn a little more about it.
She's applying to Macalaster, St. Olaf, Beloit, St. Kate's, Reed, Lawrence University, U of MN twin cities, U of Wisconsin Eau Claire, Carleton, Augsburg, and perhaps Luther and Wartburg. Yes, that may be excessive, but it's a numbers game: we're casting the net wide, with the hopes that somebody will come up with a decent financial aid package for her. Because we're really gonna need it.
After much angst, she's finished her extended essay on the Woman Warrior in medievalist fantasy fiction, an IB requirement. Preliminary quick report is that her advisor, supposedly, is happy with it, which is a real relief. She is frantically trying to catch up on her (dreadfully overdue) homework and online physical education before the semester closes. She is also as sick as a dog. This does not help. The online gym is a particular worry. This is ridiculous: she has a black belt second degree and is obviously in top physical condition. But she has been falling behind on doing online gym, what with all the other work. If she does not finish it, she does not graduate.
We have to do taxes and fill out the FAFSA. Problem: you really have to do your taxes before filling out the FAFSA. The FAFSA is due February 1, and a number of these colleges require further financial information by February 15. But the IRS has announced that their software coding probably won't allow people who itemize to file their taxes before mid February. So I guess we'll have to estimate. I'll be going to a financial aid meeting at the school this week, where we'll hopefully learn a little more about it.
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Date: 2011-01-11 08:38 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2011-01-11 10:16 pm (UTC)And yes, every time she squeaks through a situation like this exacerbates her inclination to take on tasks she can only handle if no unexpected problems arise.
I know this is easy for me to say as the mother of one already in college, one only in 9th grade, but it's still true: For a kid like Fiona, somebody is going to come up with the financial aid. She's awesome.