Last week I attended Senior Separation Night at GC's school. About twenty of us showed up for a poignant evening with the school counselor and the lifeskills teacher (yes, the school offers a lifeskills curriculum, although our son has … Continue reading
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It is mid-February. Your son has written an update email to his top eleven choices describing his recent gig as a guest trapeze artist for Cirque du Soleil. You've procured an additional letter of recommendation from Gabriel Garcia Marquez. And … Continue reading
Check out the College Inc., the Washington Post's College Blog, for today's guest post by the Neurotic Parent. Guest post: Calculator shopping, the night before the SAT In this book excerpt, our guest blogger gives a brief history of … Continue reading
Tuesday, February 7th is Amazon Pre-order day – The Amazon computers will notice and create a buzz if they receive lots of pre-orders at once. So if you don't have a local bookstore or if you're in a non-neurotic city … Continue reading
It's official: Seniors from all over the country have completed their first semester and are coming to grips with the fact that, at this point, it's probably too late to do anything about getting into college. So why bother doing … Continue reading