| LIMOMOF2, the lesson I'm taking away from having watched this year is that the crafting of the list of colleges to which one applies is extremely important. Those who apply to all selective schools, and then the state school for a safety, are, I think, positioning themselves for heartache. There are no more "match" colleges, because those, even for a superstar student, are going to get way way more applications than they have seats.
This will likely ease some in the coming years -- not a lot, but some -- but I think creating the list of colleges carefully is vital for an excellent outcome and will remain so.
I've decided that when the time comes for my S, I'm going to tell him that I expect him to get at least three rejections, because if he doesn't, he's played it too safe with schools (assuming that's possible these days!); I hope that will also help him to manage his expectations so that rejections don't hurt quite so much.
My expectations, too..... |