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Originally posted by carnation
Dear newbie,
I bet your mom is doing what I've done before--acting like she doesn't like something you really like because she doesn't want to see your heart broken if it doesn't come through! (Lots of doesn'ts here.)
She's probably afraid you'll fall in love with USC and then be unable to make it happen financially...what do you think?
We're kind of dealing with Deltalum's problem here because so many schools consider loans to be as good as grants and my 2 seniors have the option of attending state colleges free (with a little left over even!) or having to pay $4-6000 for private colleges since we can't do loans. Luckily, their hearts weren't set on the private schools or our hearts would be broken.
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Thank you carnation for your advice!! Again, it's always so helpful to have a parent's perspective because sometimes I just don't understand what my parents are thinking
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Problem is, I fell in love with 'SC a long time ago (ever since visiting in August). For the longest time my friends and family were telling me not to get my hopes up about 'SC just in case they didn't accept me. My family especially. Well, now that I'm in, USC seems more like a reality than a fantasy...except for the finances part. I understand...it's horrible to get one's heart crushed. It's frustrating because I thought getting IN to 'SC was the hardest part...well I was wrong! (Seems that way at least.) Definitely not smooth sailing after being accepted!