First Generation Concerns

[colonelcamp]

You guys make great points about testing out of stuff and saving money for sure. Something to definitely consider.

As far as delaying my graduation, I'm beginning to think full speed ahead. As a previous responder indicated, and now that I think of it, I have seen the same from school to school. We've visited like 20 schools since October and they all pretty much say the same thing. They have support groups and structures in place for first gen students, but as far as scholarships specifically for first gen? Not that I can remember. I'll keep looking though.

---

I think any scholarship requiring a first-gen status would be pretty rare... I wouldn't worry about it, and would just enroll right away... 

Are you helping your son to get whatever alt credit he can? CLEP and AP are generally the best for current high schoolers.

I’ll tell you what. I’m of the opinion that this whole hacking business is perfect for adults. On the other hand, I think that kids coming out of HS should go the traditional way if they intend to go to college. Go through that experience of being on their own, be in a classroom learning from a professor, interacting with peers, etc. I have a 24 year old that went to college right out of high school and decided he didn’t want to do it any more after one year. Now he’s on Sophia and going my route. But again, I think for the kids it’s better to be there the traditional way. My opinion.

I mean, CLEP is pretty standard. And using Modern States, you can literally check off a whole year of basic classes for free. These are the types of classes covering material lots of people are already familiar with because of the same content being taught in high school.

But, hey, if you'd rather pay for your kid to have one extra year of the "college experience," that is certainly your prerogative. As someone who went that route for my first college semester, though... I'll say that I think it's terribly overrated. Not to mention overpriced.

I hear you!