How much does it cost to go to College here in America? Many of my sentences start with “Never in my Wildest Dreams…” Well in this case my sentence starts like this: “Never in my wildest nightmares … did I expect to be looking at the American College system.”  Not because I didn’t think it could be done but because I didn’t think it was necessary to look to America when we have a great University system in Australia. Differences between College in America and going to Uni in Australia My son is now a Junior and the talk is seemingly nothing but “Does he know where he wants to go to College?” We were with some great (American) friends we met in Shanghai.  We are so lucky in a world with Facebook and Messenger etc that we’re able to keep in touch.  Naturally, as their son is the same age as my son that question came up. My 16 year-old’s top choice is Stanford, to which my daughter always chimes in, “but he won’t get it.”  (Tsk tsk to her and it’s besides the point). “Stanford’s out of our league so we’re not even considering it,” was their response. When […]

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