On Tuesday, I had the honor of attending our school’s Commencement Exercises, the future-oriented euphemism for what the rest of the world calls graduation. Although there were four kids commencing who I had known for their entire lives, I was not there as … Continue reading
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CJ graduated from TI Preschool in 1995. Last night we had a reunion barbeque with five other TI families, all with sons who had been CJ's best friends when they were three, four and five. Our get-together was a celebration of the high school graduation of the three older … Continue reading
Courtesy of Brown's a cappella group, this is dedicated to students on waitlists everywhere: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EaZB4ey7a8&feature=related … Continue reading
Recently, the Neurotic Parent received the following comments from readers: I have a niece who got into Middlebury off the waitlist and gave up her slot at Hamilton and her brother got into Emerson off the waitlist, which opens up a slot … Continue reading
This is Waitlist Week on my blog, so I must extend a big thank you to the four readers who sent me the link to this piece from the Wall Street Journal – "Elite Colleges Reach Deeper into Wait Lists": http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB121132542836108695-lMyQjAxMDI4MTIxMjMyMjI1Wj.html … Continue reading