http://theneuroticparent.com/2013/01/excellent-news-for-ninth-graders.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/2013/01/excellent-news-for-ninth-graders.html#comment-111 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:39:04 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=52#comment-111 As much as I agree with the article, it makes me wonder – what happened to letting kids just be kids? It seems that our children just spend their entire childhood trying to be perfect in preparing for college admissions.
As a parent, it’s a struggle. Should I be more involved? Should I make my daughter be more involved? I just saw another article on how parents can actually sabotage a child’s admissions opportunities: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/2/prweb10393141.htm
So where’s the balance? Or is it a choice – top-tier college, or giving our kids a childhood?

]]> http://theneuroticparent.com/2013/01/excellent-news-for-ninth-graders.html#comment-110 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 12:35:44 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=52#comment-110 That is an excellent article. It is really important to start as early as possible in the college admissions process. We didn’t know that with our first daughter, and were definitely more prepared for our second.

]]> http://theneuroticparent.com/2013/01/excellent-news-for-ninth-graders.html#comment-109 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 02:49:05 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=52#comment-109 It doesn’t go crazy with continue enhancers about famous oboe contests or guidelines about how to get internships.

]]> http://theneuroticparent.com/2013/01/excellent-news-for-ninth-graders.html#comment-108 Sun, 03 Feb 2013 20:49:37 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=52#comment-108 Cal Newport wrote a great book, “How to Be A High School Superstar” (http://calnewport.com/books/highschool.html) that I think would benefit most freshmen.

]]> http://theneuroticparent.com/2013/01/excellent-news-for-ninth-graders.html#comment-107 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:06:18 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=52#comment-107 How DARE they ditch the analogies???

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