Blinded by the Dream

oldfort
Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:17:09 +0000

Never fall in love with a school until after acceptance, rule #1 we learned after older daughter’s experience. With our second one, all schools will be treated equally. We will just write down characterics of school she likes, but not pin them to one school. We will not set her up for another unnecessary disappointment like her older sister.

D1 had her dream school too, and was considered a shoo-in for the school. It didn’t happen. She is at Cornell now. Looking back 2 years later, she couldn’t understand why the first school was her dream school. She is where she should be, couldn’t be happier. Cornell is beautiful in the summer. It’s hard not to love it. Come winter when walking across that huge campus, many people do wonder why they are there.