I feel like all readers should be tested with a relatively recent edition of Trivial Pursuit.
But apparently they will actually google stuff too while reading. “What is Star Wars?,” however, probably will not be one of those things (or so I hope).
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I think that we put too much stock into this process making any sense. You have a whole bunch of kids with great grades, interesting ECs and good essays. There will be a few with something special (interesting story, or interesting skill, or mentioned something the AO is interested in) but the other countless number of kids arent really all that different. So I still think that if my kid is accepted somewhere or not has little to no reflection on him. I keep thinking back on my older one’s process where he auditioned for BFA acting programs. He was accepted to and attends the second highest rated program in country but didn’t make it through prescreens for mid rate programs. Why? No idea.
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Maybe he’s so talented that those midrange programs didn’t bother, knowing he’d get into a higher level program? Maybe those midrange auditions didn’t go as well for whatever reason?
This can be true without the process being random.
Regardless, happy to agree to disagree.
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We did not originally have it in the list because it did not have a engineering options and that was his focus. Now that he is leaning more to CS+economics or just economics we are considering adding it to RD list.
S24 want a big city and I want a direct flight if possible and Atlanta is a great option that meets both.
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I’m just glad that I’m not the only parent apparently exercising a large measure of mental and emotional energy over something that is 99% out of my control. Before this last year, I swear that I was a fairly easy-going parent. 
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My exercise consists of making martinis.
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Great. Make mine dirty, two olives.
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Done! As in, literally.
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I prefer wine and am having a glass right now.
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…after the martini!
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i am more an ice cream person,ha!
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That’s bold.
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After my own heart, DH and I are enjoying our martinis right now.
Cookies. It’s all about the cookies 
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Just opened a bottle of wine for the second half of the SEC championship. My Dawgs are definitely adding to my stress tonight
Cheers!
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I’m curious about your comment about the “what we look for” webpages. I have heard other people make the same observation, but to me these descriptions have always sounded vague and generic. Would you be up for sharing an example of a description and what you take away from it?
I have found that it is worth really spending some time to identify schools that have special strengths, programs or scholarships in your kid’s area of interest. Colleges like applicants who can make a credible argument that the school is a uniquely good fit for them. Lee Coffin, for example, mentioned Dartmouth as an especially good fit for students with an interest in Native American studies or politics (because of the NH primaries). I suspect that students who build their list based on prestige may not spend enough time identifying a school’s special features, which both makes their college list less good of a fit, and reduces their chance of admission.
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Aperol Boulevardier with homemade fig bitters.
S24 is meeting new girlfriend’s parents tonight, so I have it relatively easy for once . . . .
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You win. What else goes into it besides the aperol and fig?
Sweet vermouth and some sort of brown liquor. I went with Canadian this time for a lighter touch, as I find that lets the fig shine. If, say, I use my Blood Orange Mocha bitters instead, I like a 100 proof bourbon. My Mole bitters has some spice and I sometimes swap in an anejo tequila, although 100 proof rye also works well.
Classic recipe is with Campari not Aperol, but for me that completely overpowers my various bitters. I went through a phase and have way too many mason jars of the stuff, but I can’t just waste them . . . .
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Hmmm. Might be worth a try.
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