I eat keto so there’s not alot of options at these places except buying a $7 hotdog & throwing the bun out & of course the $5 bottled water
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They do use groupme but I am new to this & all of them are not so I think they all just already have their own ways/places to stay etc. as they have been to these venues many times over the years so they don’t think to share info. Apparently its quite unusual to start playing club ball at 17. I found out about the stay & play hotels (that they’re always awful apparently) after spending my 1st terrible night in one & asking if others had the same experience.
). The town home has like 5 bedrooms crammed into it (obviously designed to be a short term rental as are probably all the units in the complex). They use it for all their competition needs and let other parents in the group use it. When not in use for dance, it gets rented out as usual through AirBnB. They actually make some money off it (helps to finance their girls’ dance fees and costumes) and they plan to flip it as soon as the kids are out which will be in another year or two. There are already some younger dance moms trying to see if they can pool funds and make an offer on it.
This is a similar situation as the parents who buy a house in their kiddos college town and the kids roommates pay rent - they usually sell when the kids graduate.This is an extreme example but in the senior teenage dance group at the studio my daughter goes to, two of the families invested in an AirBnB in Phoenix when their girls were young (because all the dance competitions are in Phoenix … never down in Tucson
I tell ya’ … what parents won’t do for their kids activities …
This is a similar situation as the parents who buy a house in their kiddos college town and the kids roommates pay rent - they usually sell when the kids graduate.
Unfortunately I am not quite so affluent. Still working on funding my primary domicile
Wait till you see what room and board costs. It's not part of scholarships so even with a 'full ride', most are paying full room/board. I don't even care what the mortgage on a house in the college town is, it'll be cheaper.
The one full ride athletic scholarship offer she has so far is D2 - & it covers tuition only. They require athletes on scholarship to stay on campus. If you are a resident they require you have a meal plan as well.
. Between the summer camps and these activities I am not sure how it’s going to go. She goes to public school so at least there’s that I suppose. And I only have 1 kid, hats off to those with more!
Ugh. My kid is in kindergarten so I always appreciate the brief glimpses into future costs. Geez Louise! She does a lot of outside school activities and I’m hoping she’ll start losing interest in 1-2
Many schools do not allow fresh and soph to live off campus forcing kids to pay insane amounts for 8x8 shared room. Insane
We have Ole miss right down the road about an hour so we have our fingers crossed on that one showing some interest. The jr college that has already made the offer is a feeder school for ole miss which is nice. Everything transfers. Ironically ole miss tuition is actually less than some of these other smaller schools like delta state. Our plan b has always been to do the jr route for an associates then the bachelors at ole miss. With a good gpa her tuition at ole miss would be covered just not r&b. Which is required of all 1st year students - along w the meal plan I believe like many places. I think getting some actual numbers would make me feel better so that is my next task. Not just whats on the tuition sheet. I did find out that it is totally appropriate to ask the coaches for concrete numbers for your child’s scenario before committing so I will be sure to do that as we get further along in this journey. I feel very uneducated about the whole college thing but I am trying to get a better understanding. I went to our local state tech school for a few classes and then learned a trade & worked 40 hrs a week while going to apprenticeship school at night for 5 years. I was on the “technical path” in high school so no one ever explained anything about college to me. I was unaware until just recently (23 years after the fact) that I could have applied for scholarships to help pay for that.
They get their hunting & fishing in while we’re off doing our thing.
oldest boy transferred from a d1 to a juco. all we pay for is an apt and food. He was not ready for d1 ball. Juco has matured him and he is also no longer undersized. nothing wrong with juco athletics.We have Ole miss right down the road about an hour so we have our fingers crossed on that one showing some interest. The jr college that has already made the offer is a feeder school for ole miss which is nice. Everything transfers. Ironically ole miss tuition is actually less than some of these other smaller schools like delta state. Our plan b has always been to do the jr route for an associates then the bachelors at ole miss. With a good gpa her tuition at ole miss would be covered just not r&b. Which is required of all 1st year students - along w the meal plan I believe like many places. I think getting some actual numbers would make me feel better so that is my next task. Not just whats on the tuition sheet. I did find out that it is totally appropriate to ask the coaches for concrete numbers for your child’s scenario before committing so I will be sure to do that as we get further along in this journey. I feel very uneducated about the whole college thing but I am trying to get a better understanding. I went to our local state tech school for a few classes and then learned a trade & worked 40 hrs a week while going to apprenticeship school at night for 5 years. I was on the “technical path” in high school so no one ever explained anything about college to me. I was unaware until just recently (23 years after the fact) that I could have applied for scholarships to help pay for that.
For now I’m just trying to enjoy this travel ball & school ball ride with my kiddo while we’re in it. Without stressing so much about the $$
I’m taking it trip by trip!
My hubby stays home with my son during these trips so just me & her feels kinda like Thelma & Louise!
It is quite arduous though (aside from the expense) I can’t imagine doing this for years & years but many have!
We have Ole miss right down the road about an hour so we have our fingers crossed on that one showing some interest. The jr college that has already made the offer is a feeder school for ole miss which is nice. Everything transfers. Ironically ole miss tuition is actually less than some of these other smaller schools like delta state. Our plan b has always been to do the jr route for an associates then the bachelors at ole miss. With a good gpa her tuition at ole miss would be covered just not r&b. Which is required of all 1st year students - along w the meal plan I believe like many places. I think getting some actual numbers would make me feel better so that is my next task. Not just whats on the tuition sheet. I did find out that it is totally appropriate to ask the coaches for concrete numbers for your child’s scenario before committing so I will be sure to do that as we get further along in this journey. I feel very uneducated about the whole college thing but I am trying to get a better understanding. I went to our local state tech school for a few classes and then learned a trade & worked 40 hrs a week while going to apprenticeship school at night for 5 years. I was on the “technical path” in high school so no one ever explained anything about college to me. I was unaware until just recently (23 years after the fact) that I could have applied for scholarships to help pay for that.
For now I’m just trying to enjoy this travel ball & school ball ride with my kiddo while we’re in it. Without stressing so much about the $$
I’m taking it trip by trip!
My hubby stays home with my son during these trips so just me & her feels kinda like Thelma & Louise!
It is quite arduous though (aside from the expense) I can’t imagine doing this for years & years but many have!
What I would not do to rewind 4 years and be on the circuit with both boys again.......Yeah, the whole college process and scholarship thing is a huge learning curve. Technically, your kiddos highschool guidance counselor should know all this and be able to guide you but …
We have Pima Community College here in Tucson and PCC has a larger total student enrollment than U of A. PCC has over 60,000 students enrolled (part- and full-time) and they manage a budget well north of a billion dollars a year. They offer an amazing array of associate degrees and technical certificates. All of it transferable to just about every university in Arizona. Many, many kids here go the route of PCC -> College -> (grad school or career). And a lot of the universities offer 5 year masters degree programs. I just found out the other day that Grand Canyon University offers an array of 1-year technical certificate programs and, if you want to, you can roll right into an undergraduate program and the courses you took for the certificate will count towards a bachelors. State schools are getting smarter and more flexible with their offerings because they know the educational model is changing - fewer and fewer families want to commit to an expensive 4 year school and degree program.
Enjoy the travel ball with your kiddo. It’s a lot of work and exhausting travel but it’s also memories that they will treasure forever … even if they don’t say so now
We really love the juco school, team & coach & the fact that she has a starting offer so she would actually get to play but I just worry its a bit too soon to verbally commit (she’s still a junior) & that it would stifle other more lucrative offers.
What a ride!