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The Top Ten List of What I Learned as a Parent About Searching for the Right College
So it’s finally over. The decisions are in, the choice is made, and the bumper sticker is on the car – and what a ride it has been! Fourteen months ago, I bought a GPS (whom we named Rhonda – “Help me, Rhonda!”), got in the car and set off for a tour of Maryland, [...]
Read MoreBeing Rejected
Being rejected is hard. However the rejection is couched, whether in flowery language, or via George Clooney characters, or with brave reassurances about the competition, the climate, etc., we are ultimately being told that we are not wanted, not needed or not good enough. It’s been happening a lot lately. With our struggling economy millions [...]
Read MoreCollege Counselor and Anxious Mom All Rolled into One
It’s confession time. Not only am I a college counselor, but I am also the mother of a senior. And this week our daughter wrote to her college counselor and complained about her mother. Yes, I confess … in my worst moments, I have said and done some of the very same things that I [...]
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