danb
dont be a dumbass
Well, prom and graduation I can deal with... Right now, despite saving TONS of money in a "targeted" 2020 date 529 plans, we are seeing significant drops. My daughter so wants to go to Purdue and become an engineer. She worked her ass off, putting off social stuff, boys, and general shenanigans to have the BEST grades and right activities.
We HAD just enough to send her OOS, and now we don't. Which means loans loans loans and further assistance from us when we already pumped a bunch of our hard earned money in.... And Purdue is relatively cheap. Wisconsin wanted $212,000 as did Texas A&M.
She got decent money from Delaware and Ohio State but its NOT where she wants to go.... We are worried about her. No prom, no graduation (likely), and now going to college somewhere she REALLY wanted to, may not happen. Lets suppose we suck it up and send her anyway.... What if they close the school and do distance learning instead? The whole premise of Purdue is how to approach education as a collaborative process rather than isolating and judging everyone individually (yea they still get graded on their own but they also get graded for their collaboration effort). So not even really getting that freshman year away from home, doing what they want, when they want to, all part of the growing up and away from the parents.
The level of suckiness is undeniable. And it goes beyond just HS stuff. It's life changing.
Reading this thread backwards. For the schools that she likes, are there gap year options? I bet a lot of kids will do this instead of paying full tuition for remote learning in fall. Many have deadlines in May to request (one that my kid is interested is May 8 and another is July 1). Most tend to be by mid May so schools can give acceptances to waitlist kids for the upcoming academic term. Gives another year to set aside money as well, and if your kid has a job, for the kid to earn.
Have you checked with an admissions counselor? I know a lot of schools have pushed deadlines from May to July for aid packages and so forth. Maryland schools have not even figured out what they are doing the 4th quarter for grades, it could be pass fail (or maybe they wont even count. Or maybe the school year will be extended.)
I do know that it will be a rolling CharlieFoxtrot.