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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As the parent of 2 young men who are now in college (one will graduate tomorrow -woo-hoo!), I'd venture a guess that your son just has freshman boy-itis.  In our experience, this is best cured by the shock induced in the patient upon seeing his 9th-grade transcript.  Recovery, in the case of both our sons, was complete and dramatic.  The upside was that it gave the school counselor a strong positive narrative line for the recommendation letter to colleges.

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Freshman boy-itis is a quite common ailment. In the case of our own patient, [b]we are hoping that a treatment that harnesses the patient's own natural competitiveness,[/b] in combination with a much-anticipated visit to an older sibling's new university next fall, will effect a cure.

If it's too late to get into a college-run sports camp and you don't posses a college-age sibling, how about planning a 2-3 day vacation this summer in the vicinity of an appealing college? Hit Monticello and then UVA, or maybe NYC with a side serving of NYU or Columbia or another of the many universities there. Then give him a good (but not over-bearing) dose of reality about how selective these schools and Penn State are.[/quote]

I'm the poster you were responding to, and, yes, I'd say that natural competitiveness is a great asset in fighting off freshman boy-itis!:)[/quote]

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