In my lifetime, phone technology has gone from party lines to busy signals to long distance operators to area codes to princess phones to calling cards to answering machines to wireless phones to call waiting to voicemail to mobile phones … Continue reading
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After spending several days on a college campus during registration, I can offer the following invaluable advice for Fall 2010 course selection: 1. No classes that meet before 11:40 am 2. No classes that meet after 5:40 pm 3. Friday … Continue reading
The NP has heard of a very qualified senior who was accepted to Berkeley, NYU, Vassar and WashU, but was waitlisted at _______, where both of her parents attended AND her mom is an interviewer. Moral: Apply early or forget … Continue reading
The acceptance and rejection reports continue to trickle in, but because we are one year removed from CJ's class and two from BH's, the drama is not the same. The stories of surprise, elation and disappointment are just not as … Continue reading
The Ivies, in a time-honored tradition, have chosen April Fools Day to inform students whether they are accepted, or whether they'll have endure four years of academic mediocrity at somewhere like…UC Berkeley. Yes, what an appropriate date this is to open a … Continue reading