help with degree plan for my 17 yo

[alab21]

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.”The colleges won't legally be able to discuss anything with you due to FERPA.

Kids can sign a FERPA waiver so the parents can help them plan and talk with their advisor (should not talk to teachers), just like a high school advisor does with the dual credit students in her charge.

In the homeschool world this is very common practice, since we are parent, teacher, and academic advisor. It may be less familiar to people who attended public school, and therefore less comfortable. Her daughter is a high school student (public or homeschooled), with learning disabilities that could become a blockade to her future, trying to essentially navigate dual credit and a degree. The student needs an advocate willing to take the time to help guide her. Mom happens to be that person. <3

Kids with parents who are involved in the planning side, tend to do better overall. Kids don’t have a concept of finances at this age. I’m a big proponent of parents staying involved. There are too many adults running around with a life time of debt hanging over them. Aka indentured servants. This group is all about preventing that and getting across the finish line.

There’s obviously a line not to cross, where the child should step up and participate in their own higher education and OP hasn’t shared the level of that involvement with us. Probably bc it’s not information we need in order to help her.

PS: Please read all of the above from a point of kindness and no snark, as that’s how I wrote it. it’s difficult to tell a person’s intent from a text box. promise I’m sending nothing but love out into the universe!



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