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We are starting to look at colleges for our oldest daughter. While we still have years before she leaves the house, getting into a good college is becoming increasingly difficult for regular Americans. Now, if she were in a protected class — black, Hispanic, immigrant, gay — I wouldn’t be so worried. But alas, she’s just a regular American who can trace her lineage back to before the American Revolution, so figuring out her future has to start a bit early.
And if it’s not enough to stress about whether or not she’ll get into her top school, I wonder what will happen to her after she gets there. Ideally, I want her to attend a Catholic college where she’ll be among faith-filled students who share similar morals and values. But there is really only one such college in Texas that fits the bill, and more than anything, I don’t want her moving out of state.
So what happens to her if she goes to a … state college? Well, I’ve thought about it, meaning I’ve had a lot of sleepless nights and nightmares about it, and decided to table the worrying for when I get closer to that moment. That was until one of my friends sent a recent Wall Street Journal piece about what women are doing to combat the sky-high rent in New York City. And it got me thinking.