Parental Pressure Vs. Encouragement

merovingian
Sun, 29 Dec 2013 02:09:55 +0000

I would let him pass on Stanford. Not because it is a long shot… it is. and Not because it is the end of app period and he’s lost momentum. I would let him pass because any App at the deadline looks like a “Hail Mary pass” to the Admission committee. In the end, he will probably be happy at 10 different schools, why push this one? just let it be.



Do you have any source to back that up? I applied within an hour or so of the deadline, unhooked, and was accepted. So don’t discourage him to apply just because the deadline is coming up; that’s such a depressing attitude.