Honors College Nonsense

rmldad
Fri, 08 Mar 2013 07:06:52 +0000

@VBCMom - Congratulations to your daughter on her acceptance to UK’s Honor College. Also, thanks for your kind words. I think the college app process might be harder on the parents since we have so much less control over the process and a bit more perpective on the importance of opportunities. DS didn’t seem too upset over the HC rejection and I have been constantly biting my tongue around him. CC is a wonderful place to vent in relative anonymity.

I am still really stumped about why one of my twins was accepted and the other rejected when their credentials are so similar. DD spent more time on her essays and that might have been the deciding factor. It is disappointing since the essays by their nature penalize STEM-oriented students and are by far the easiest part of the application to embellish one’s credentials.