Parental pressure horror stories

marite
Thu, 29 Jun 2006 20:58:48 +0000

UCSD-UCLA dad:

At top colleges, a majority of students come in with enough AP credits to received Advanced Standing, but most of them do not choose to exercize this option. S2 falls into this category. He raced through his public high school and graduated in 3 years, but will take four years through college. There just are so many courses he’d like to take.

I don’t know about the partying. If it’s partying, then of course, I’d have something to say about it. But lots of college students find their vocation in their ECs. David Halberstam hung out at the Harvard Crimson–as did many who have gone on to great careers in journalism. Conan O’Brien and other SNL writers hung out at the Harvard Lampoon. Some discovered their passions doing community service, etc… So I’d be leery of lowering the boom on college ECs.