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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I haven't read this full chain but I do like this forum and I have one college and one high school student.

We are college touring with my younger DS right now---- when my own Dad texted and asked how it is going, I told him about the school yesterday (loved a lot of it, a few things didn't like) and my Dad said "I hope he finds the one place that he absolutely loves".

And I just think this is the attitude that is super outdated and we need to get away from - there is no one place for these kids and even if there was, it's unlikely they can be assured admission.  I think any parents reading this chain need to talk differently about college than we did, or our parents generation or even a few years ago.

I'm sorry OP's kid is disappointed - most kids work really hard and it's disappointing not to get into the school you want - but it's going to happen to all of our kids so they need to start understanding it's not a reflection of how hard they worked. There are literally not enough spots for all our kids at even the mid-range schools and most kids whose parents are lurking on DCUM will be just fine.[/quote]

I totally agree with this. The flip side of it is that, by looking at all the strengths and pros of the various schools along the way, DD is now having a hard time deciding as her admissions fortune brightened towards the end. But, happy problem. I do think if she hadn't gotten the reach admissions, she would have been happy at the safeties and targets. They all had much to offer.[/quote]

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