The MS applications process can be stressful for parents of students, since it exposes "our vanities, our social ambitions and class insecurities, and most profoundly our love and hopes for our children." An MS can cost fifty to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars (Caltech) over a two-year period.
Parents have a lot on their plates too:
- Research and master the admission process
- Arranging the required finances
- Monitor your child's progress
- Motivate your child to perfection, but no helicopter parenting
- Synchronize the whole complicated process
