Helping child deal with unexpected results

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And one more piece of free advice…make sure your son is applying to two sure things for admission, that he likes, that are affordable. If it comes to that, it’s nice to have choices.

This sure thing school is THE most important one for the application list.

Please read this thread I’m linking. This was a tippy top student who really didn’t have a sure thing…and was rejected everywhere his senior year of high school. This thread highlights the need for that sure thing school. This student was a NMF, class Val, excellent ECs, etc. and this was in 2005 so admissions to these schools has only gotten more competitive.

No Acceptances: One Kid's Story - A year later...

Part I of III Sorry this is long but some posters have pm’d me about our story and I thought it would be of help to re-tell it. One year ago I posted a question here on CC – “We’re Picking up the Pieces …but what went wrong?” My son had applied to eight schools, been rejected at five and waitlisted at three. I expected to get a few responses and see the thread disappear deep into the archives of CC. Little did I imagine that one year later, not only would I still be posting about the progress, but an entire cyber family on College Confidential would still be going through it with me. For the benefit of those of you starting out on college applications, or – hopefully not-- for those of you who may find yourselves in our position, this is the story of one kid’s worst case scenario and how he made the best of it. I’m re-telling it here by way of my own original posts and those of other CC posters whose advice was so vital to the journey. Thanks to all of you! My original post o…