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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wrong: all the anxiety. If you want to make this process elongated and a mess, you can, but you don’t have to. Just be reasonable, have a strategy, execute, and keep to yourself. Oh, and when you “win,” nobody wants to hear about it, especially if you got great results. [/quote]

This.  Our family was swimming entirely alone by practicing this ^^ as our class of 22 grad went through the process

(For context, kid was a Sidwell grad and we live in upper NW).

Honestly I believe many of our peers reveal their mental illness during this process.  [/quote]

So true.  I was so anxious with my older kid.  I was obsessed with who was applying where, constantly talking about it, etc.  I alienated her and made her more nervous.  It worked out perfectly.  She is super happy and engaged where she ended up.

With my younger one, who is going through the process now, I’ve chilled out quite a bit (probably not enough for her but much better). It will be fine.  She will end up somewhere.  She tells me she can be happy pretty much anywhere.[/quote]

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