http://theneuroticparent.com/2009/12/the-even-more-difficult-year.html Angst-ridden look at the college admissions process Wed, 20 Apr 2016 03:30:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 http://theneuroticparent.com/2009/12/the-even-more-difficult-year.html#comment-1975 Mon, 03 May 2010 15:22:03 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=212#comment-1975 Yep. I’m part of that competitive class. My stats are even as amazing as some people, like my friend who got into Dartmouth. I was just glad someone saw potential in me (Thank you UPenn). However, I did have other factors going for me (URM, crazy volunteers hours [close to 5000 at this point], and other stuff). I mean April 1 was D-day, and sat on my computer waiting for 5:00 to hit. Harvard sent their rejection that made it seem like you really weren’t rejected, but you knew you were dumped. Then, Penn said CONGRATS!, and I immediately went into hysterics, crying and screaming–not because I got but because I didn’t exect it. And I love Denny’s–actually, I more of a Shoney’s fan, but it’s hard to find a good one near my house.

]]> http://theneuroticparent.com/2009/12/the-even-more-difficult-year.html#comment-1974 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:32:25 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=212#comment-1974 You can access the March ’08 archives. Try and let me know if it doesn’t work. And Wes and Vassar are both rural.. I thought the the three categories are urban, suburban and rural. What else is there?

]]> http://theneuroticparent.com/2009/12/the-even-more-difficult-year.html#comment-1973 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:49:15 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=212#comment-1973 Wes rural? Kind of shooting from the hip there, NP. No more rural than, say, Vassar, which is not to say that Vassar and Wes aren’t riverine.
Having a car at Wes turns out to be pretty important.

]]> http://theneuroticparent.com/2009/12/the-even-more-difficult-year.html#comment-1972 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:40:29 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=212#comment-1972 Hey there, old amigo. I’m working the tourguide angle on the groves of academe again, and it’s good to see you’re still active. Nice note about stressing out on sophomore PSAT scores. Have to read through the recent entries, but is it just me, or are the original archives here gone? I ask because the Spring ’10 trip I’m consulting on is considering Cornell, and I think you went to Hamilton and Colgate, right? Or something like that. Did a Middlebury drivethrough when we were in Vermont last week.

]]> http://theneuroticparent.com/2009/12/the-even-more-difficult-year.html#comment-1971 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 18:06:11 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=212#comment-1971 Wes is not rural, and its students do not head elsewhere every weekend.

]]> http://theneuroticparent.com/2009/12/the-even-more-difficult-year.html#comment-1970 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:38:08 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=212#comment-1970 “Yes, I’m aware that Wes is rural, but its students head off to NY or Boston every weekend.”
I love your blog quite a bit. But as a Wes student, I wanted to write in lest some readers mistake the above line for fact. It’s not.

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