Interesting WSJ article

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<p>The Wall Street Journal now has a Saturday edition!
In yesterday's Journal, there was an interesting article, "Application Season, Beating College Stress". </p>

<p>Excerpt from the article:</p>

<p>"The school year is barely under way, but for many high-school seniors the pressure is already building. They're facing SAT retests in October, early-admission application deadlines in November and, in many families, battles with their parents over the high-stakes business of getting into college. The stress of college applications is now so well-documented that the dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology considers it a health risk for teenagers; she's meeting with a group of pediatricians to discuss ways of reducing kids' anxiety. Meanwhile, parents around the country are taking action to calm their kids -- and themselves."</p>

<p>Link to article:</p>

<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB112690295399243286,00-search.html?KEYWORDS=gamerman&COLLECTION=wsjie/archive%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB112690295399243286,00-search.html?KEYWORDS=gamerman&COLLECTION=wsjie/archive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>P.S. College Confidential is mentioned in the sidebar</p>

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<p>Tahoe,
I know a few parents, including myself, were interviewed for that article. But the link is only available to subscribers. Would you mind emailing me the full article? Thanks,
Carolyn</p>

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<p>Or...if anyone else could email me a copy, I'd appreciate it. Send it to <a href="mailto:czlaw@aol.com">czlaw@aol.com</a>. Thanks!</p>

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<p>Carolyn,
I just e-mailed the article to you.</p>

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<p>Carolyn, you are mentioned!</p>

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<p>Tahoe,
Thank you so much for sending it to me. Yes, I'm mentioned but I was hoping they'd mention my blog as well. :( Oh well.</p>

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<p>Can someone post the text of the article here?</p>

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<p>I was contacted by the author, but never got in touch. Would love to read what she wrote.</p>

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<p>Beating College Stress
Movie night, anyone? New ways families alleviate high-school anxiety</p>

<p>By ELLEN GAMERMAN
Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
September 17, 2005; Page P24</p>

<p>The school year is barely under way, but for many high-school seniors the pressure is already building. They're facing SAT retests in October, early-admission application deadlines in November and, in many families, battles with their parents over the high-stakes business of getting into college. The stress of college applications is now so well-documented that the dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology considers it a health risk for teenagers; she's meeting with a group of pediatricians to discuss ways of reducing kids' anxiety. Meanwhile, parents around the country are taking action to calm their kids -- and themselves.</p>

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<p>Thanks for posting this. Ellen PM'ed me also, but I was wary to speak with her.</p>

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<p>Carolyn, what is your blog...maybe its mentioned here, but I am too lazy to go looko for it ;)</p>

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<p><a href="http://www.admissionsadvice.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.admissionsadvice.com&lt;/a> --- hope the mods will forgive me just this once for mentioning it. :)</p>

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<p>Folks, be careful about posting web site url dealing with college issues and admissions. The mods here view that as a violation of TOS policies. If I were you, I would just note the site and have folks search for the url.</p>

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<p>I am not a subscriber to the newspaper. Could someone PM me the article or post it?</p>

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<p>Did you not look below your knees?</p>

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<p>I am interested in the article 2 can u post or PM it to me</p>

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<p>I didn't see that the edit button had struck.....sorry about directing to #9.</p>