I wish that parents who are agonizing over the college
application process could have sat in row 7 with me on the cross-country flight
I just took. The woman sitting next
to me was flying out for “Parents Weekend” at her daughter’s college, and this
mom could not have been more excited.
She said that her daughter is flourishing at her new
school. While shy and introverted in
high school, her daughter has “totally come out of her shell” and has made “so many
great friends already,” all of whom Mom will get to meet this weekend. Her daughter is enjoying her classes, she’s getting
involved in activities, and she’s regularly calling and texting with glowing reports
about her life in college.
The school?
University of Puget Sound.
Parents, please remember that whether or not the dream
school says "yes," this is all going to work out eventually. Good kids who work hard pretty much always
end up someplace where they can be happy.
And wherever your student goes to college, you’ll get an invite to
Parents Weekend where you can see for yourself just how perfect the fit really
is.
It doesn’t have be a prestigious college. It just has to be the right one.