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Originally Posted by AGDee
And, they're up. Wash U is a rejection letter. She's fine and says she wasn't expecting to get in there.
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Argh! Like I said earlier, it sounds like she's got some good acceptances to cushion the blow from this.
This time of year--college admissions season--is such a stressful time, ugh. Honestly? I don't think I've ever been as stressed as a working, bill-paying adult as I was during my junior and senior years in high school.
I can't see it letting up anytime soon, though. I see my niece, who went to the same HS and has many of the same teachers, and it's ridiculous how much higher the bar is raised for these kids. Spanish V and calculus for a junior? Those were senior classes back in my day, unless a kid had studied in a Spanish-speaking country or was a math whiz. Now? It's virtually standard. Granted, my HS was--and is--extremely competitive, but it's still a small HS in a relatively laid-back town. We aren't talking Fairfax or Westchester or Fairfield counties!
