Col­lege accep­tances and rejections

Ulti­mately, I was very happy with my final choice—though hon­estly, I know that I would have been happy with many of the schools to which I applied. After all of the stress of apply­ing to schools, we some­times for­get that it can also be very dif­fi­cult to hold the decision-making power. Here are some point­ers that I learned from my own experience.

A recent NYT arti­cle dis­cusses con­tro­versy over the down­sides and ben­e­fits of too many honor soci­eties in high schools. I look at the arti­cle through the lens of my own experience.

Not every early deci­sion appli­ca­tion to a col­lege comes from a place of utmost cer­tainty. I applied early to a school largely due to pres­sure that every­one else was doing it so I had to in order to remain com­pet­i­tive. I didn't get in–and that turned out okay.

I caught this "13 Things Stu­dents Love to Hate About Col­lege" arti­cle on the excel­lent Pro­fes­sors' Guide page on USNews.com. They pick up on sev­eral com­mon com­plaints that stu­dents have in col­lege and I thought I'd offer my two cents on a few that res­onated the most with me. 3. My pro­fes­sor is unbe­liev­ably bor­ing. What […]