I am going to ask my teenagers - a HS senior and a freshman - to read this piece, and I am saving it for the younger two when they’re old enough to absorb it. I hope that it will inspire them. Last week, my senior and I spent a few days touring colleges. We had pre-scheduled admissions tours at most, but a few were cold calls for a varie…
I am going to ask my teenagers - a HS senior and a freshman - to read this piece, and I am saving it for the younger two when they’re old enough to absorb it. I hope that it will inspire them. Last week, my senior and I spent a few days touring colleges. We had pre-scheduled admissions tours at most, but a few were cold calls for a variety of reasons. The cold calls were by far our most rewarding experiences. At one school, we were given a cook’s tour of the engineering department; at another, a gracious admissions counselor sat down with us for 30 minutes and imparted endless amounts of wisdom not only on the school but on how to ace the college admissions process. This essay is beautifully timed for my senior in particular, as though to put the exclamation point on that experience.
I am going to ask my teenagers - a HS senior and a freshman - to read this piece, and I am saving it for the younger two when they’re old enough to absorb it. I hope that it will inspire them. Last week, my senior and I spent a few days touring colleges. We had pre-scheduled admissions tours at most, but a few were cold calls for a variety of reasons. The cold calls were by far our most rewarding experiences. At one school, we were given a cook’s tour of the engineering department; at another, a gracious admissions counselor sat down with us for 30 minutes and imparted endless amounts of wisdom not only on the school but on how to ace the college admissions process. This essay is beautifully timed for my senior in particular, as though to put the exclamation point on that experience.