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The Neurotic Parent's Guide to College Admissions is out
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Replies to: The Neurotic Parent's Guide to College Admissions is out
We will need a signed dr. form for the enlarged print, extended time shouldn't be a problem as long as you didn't recently buy your diagnosis, but be prepared, use of the computer is very very difficult to obtain
I'm with mstee on this one....I'm so much calmer with kid #3. She's a freshman; we'll see if it lasts
Now, if you don't live near one of the signing locations, I'm sure TNP will be understanding of how not all families can afford to fly out for the event. But if you live within an 8 hour drive and you don't show, TNP might look at your attempts to be in the next book with a skeptical eye.
:eek: Great, now added to my to-do list is to have a third kid.
S2 got 10 and 10. Is this a new hook? ha ha
Would you like access to my Cosmo collection for inspiration? I'll erase my answers.
And yes, the stress dissipates on the third. BUT.. while not overly invested during the application process (although my youngest didn't let me even see her applications until about a week ago), the waiting for decisions is stressful. Maybe the fourth or fifth is even less so, but honestly I can't imagine I would have lived long enough to find out!
And hey....... wait just a cotton picking minute! Are you setting up your kid to get marketing credit in publishing and parlay this into some sort of scholarship worth a full ride AND a car to drive it in? Stepping on MY toes? Why you competitive, little .... Didn't you already get some sort of free book? Why should your kid get credit when he has no intention of even going to the book-signing/test-date/self-worth defining/coffee chat?
Legacy. Totally ticks me off.
And no worries- your scholarship is safe. He's done with school. YIPEE!!!! About to be... off...the...payroll!!!!
But I will say I am slightly relieved. My biggest fear was ending up attending some second tier book signing and having to do the ACT instead!
Ouch.. I think I might resemble this remark.
I've only really held contempt for legacy when there is a refusal to recognize its existence. Otherwise... hey, you play the cards your dealt and accept that some people get to yell Bingo before you do. But don't get bitter because that doesn't guarantee them to be the biggest winner across time.
And bingo? Pshaww. The cards he is dealt witll be played in 5 card stud. I am not sure this is a good thing.
I can't imagine anyone on CC NOT reading this book to be honest. It's like the best Saturday Night Live skit in print of all time.
PS... Don't tell your S or H - we'll just consider this the CC version of "The Help"
Anyone now wonders why where you go doesn't matter? No one knows who gets in where in the first place, not even the adcoms, it seems from the book.
I've purchased a couple recently and found the following valuable though:
1 - Amazon.com: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (9781594202841): Amy Chua: Books
2 - How To Get Into Harvard |
3 - Amazon.com: How They Got into Harvard: 50 Successful Applicants Share 8 Key Strategies for Getting into the College of Your Choice (9780312343750): Staff of the Harvard Crimson: Books
Michele Hernandez book on Admissions is another great one too.
Not a fan of "Battle Hymn," nor of Michele Hernandez either. I read their books after my kids had already made their college decisions, and realized that I wouldn't have found their information of great value to our family.
I read the Neurotic Parent's Guide and found it quite funny. I think the author was a bit too snarky about CC posters, though, given that she references CC fairly often and obviously obtained some great source material here.