The downside of honors

toneranger
Sat, 20 May 2006 23:22:55 +0000

Mrs P
Agree. My son plays guitar and he loves it. Plays every day -teaches himself different blues, jazz and rock numbers. Has his friends over to play every weekend. He’s actually pretty good but he does it just for fun. But of course, colleges don’t respect guitars and he had no awards to list on his college applications. Maybe that’s one of the reasons he was rejected from one of his top schools and waitlisted at another. But we don’t care. He’s having fun, and he did get into some perfectly fine colleges (he’s an excellent student). I know his love for his guitar will help him enjoy life (much like his love of tennis and the outdoor skills he learned as an Eagle Scout). He may not have had the most impressive list of ECs but he really enjoyed what he was doing and these actiivties will follow him through his life. I agree - we need to stop the emphasis on quantifiying everything. Do what you love.