Comments on: Why Your Brilliant Child Didn’t Get into the Ivies http://theneuroticparent.com/2015/04/why-your-brilliant-child-didnt-get-into-the-ivies-2.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 By: Michele Orris Modugno http://theneuroticparent.com/2015/04/why-your-brilliant-child-didnt-get-into-the-ivies-2.html#comment-17572 Wed, 15 Apr 2015 10:57:09 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=3939#comment-17572 This is a terrific article! I especially enjoyed #7…as the last sentence applies to my husband! Our daughter got into a top West Coast college…and she is over the moon happy…

]]> By: Rena McDaniel-Alz Caregiver http://theneuroticparent.com/2015/04/why-your-brilliant-child-didnt-get-into-the-ivies-2.html#comment-17414 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 22:56:27 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=3939#comment-17414 I can’t imagine the stress these kids much be under! Great read.

]]> By: eveofreduction http://theneuroticparent.com/2015/04/why-your-brilliant-child-didnt-get-into-the-ivies-2.html#comment-17404 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 18:57:25 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=3939#comment-17404 This is a great article! My boys are the type to be all in on what they love and have no interest in sports and school plays. I worried about this being a problem, but they’re winning in their chosen interests and that makes everyone happy. Ioved the “boring and obedient” comment!

]]> By: javaj240 http://theneuroticparent.com/2015/04/why-your-brilliant-child-didnt-get-into-the-ivies-2.html#comment-17402 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 18:15:28 +0000 http://theneuroticparent.com/?p=3939#comment-17402 Luckily for us, our daughter got into her first choice (it’s one of the “public” Ivies). I don’t know how she would have handled the rejection if this hadn’t been the case. It was, truly, where she wanted to go from the start. She just finished her first year and, I am happy to report, she still loves, loves, loves it. Thank Goodness!

I will say this, though, if she had to go somewhere else, I’m sure that, if she gave it a chance, she would have been just as happy there. This was a conversation we had over and over and over during the whole college admissions process. Thankfully, it all worked out the way that she wanted it to, but if it hadn’t, I’m sure that she would have been just fine wherever she went.

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