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Great idea, Sciencewoman! He did get the business card and we talked to him a little bit. He was asking about which high school he went to and I said that it isn't a school that typically sends kids to schools like Brown and that, in recent years, we weren't aware of anybody other than Hypo applying there and mentioned that she hadn't gotten into Brown. He asked where she was and I told him she was at Barnard and very happy there.
Munchkin- I was thinking of you as we walked past your sorority house.
The boy is really stressing now. Before, he thought Oberlin was IT but was pretty sure he'd get in. Now that the IT school is so tough to get into, he's stressing. There were some hints about what the essay should express at the info session. I suggested he make a detailed list about what he is loving about Brown and then we'll pare that down to the things that are truly unique about it for his "Why Brown?" essay.
The adcom for the college he would apply to at Cornell also gave some very specific guidance about the "Why ILR?" essay and I think some of that guidance could be useful for Brown also.
It was a very successful, albeit exhausting, trip. I'm wiped out. Driving from Providence to Ithaca and back was pretty brutal.
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