Can anyone make me feel any better.....

rainmama
Wed, 30 May 2007 12:32:12 +0000

You WILL have a great time at your college-to-be and you’ll get a great education. As you get older, you’ll realize that life is much more fluid than it seems now, and that you have absolute control over very little. Embrace uncertainty and you’ll have more adventures, more fun, and a life you really like.

That stuff is easy for us old geezers to say, but I do have one practical suggestion: write an essay or article about your experience and try to get it published in a national publication (Seventeen magazine, or a women’s magazine (because mothers obsess about college and their kids) or a major newspaper, e.g.). Start it now, and finish it after you discover how much you love your new college. It will help other kids and parents to see the reality of competitive college admissions, and it will make you feel great to be a published author.