Navigating the College Application Labyrinth: A Parent's Journal from Junior Year
As a parent, there are few experiences quite as exhilarating, and simultaneously nerve-wracking, as embarking on the college application process with your child. It's a journey that takes you through an emotional rollercoaster ride, packed with highs and lows, anticipation and anxiety, joy and worry. It is a path that is both uncertain and uncharted, and yet, it holds the promise of a bright future. This blog chronicles my personal journey with my child through the maze that is the college application process. It's a narrative filled with countless Google searches, late-night discussions, endless paperwork, and the most pivotal decisions that are shaping path towards the next significant milestone in my child's life as he is at the end of Junior year in High School. We had a session with five college advisors from Stanford, Duke, UPenn, Cornell and Berkeley. Here are the raw notes from the meeting and lot of good questions from meeting that will help. Sharing unfiltered