This year's applicants - please listen

atlantamom
Tue, 31 Jan 2006 10:47:48 +0000

I just feel so sad when I read or hear about a student who is rejected and has to hear that something must have been wrong with him or her that caused the rejection. Sure, there may have been a bad match, but in so many cases the reasons are more about the class the school is striving to put together. I tell kids over and over again not to take rejection from highly competitive colleges so personally. If the students, the parents and the high school personnel knew more about the admissions process, then more students would be more realistic, better prepared and less hurt. They also might not have to bear that “knowing look” that they just didn’t have what it takes.