Is it important to have a mentor?

collegemom3717
Fri, 28 Feb 2020 17:19:25 +0000

You are what? 14?

Remember when you were 10? are your ambitions now the same as they were then? Now try and imagine 18 year old you. You will change at least as much between 14 & 18 as you did from 10 to 14- and there would be something very wrong if you didn’t.

You are clearly smart and ambitious. You want to aim for the top? great. but…be smart about it. Deciding - at 14- that there are only 8 schools worth shooting for is not smart. Deciding- at any age- that what will make you a success is a prestigious label (on your diploma, your clothes, your car, etc) is not smart.

Here is some smart advice from MIT- not, you will note a member of the Ivy League, and yet by any standard a tippy-top college:

https://mitadmissions.org/blogs/entry/applying_sideways/

Read it, believe it, live it. Hand on heart there is no better way to use your high school experience.