We’re into college acceptance season, when high-school seniors find out which institutions of higher learning have accepted them for enrollment, which have not, and which will ask them to ride that purgatory surfboard called the “wait list.”
It’s a stressful period for many. If you’re a well-organized high-school senior who’s already been accepted early—congratulations, I have no idea what that wonderful feeling is like, but you have my profound admiration and awe.
If you’re sitting there, sweating, panicking, wondering if any school is going to take you, wishing you’d spent a little more time hitting the books—I’ve been there.
If you’re waiting, a couple pieces of advice: