It's one thing for me to tell parents to relax, enjoy the ride, and stop worrying about whether or not your kid will get into an Ivy League school. But I'm sure it resonates better when a fellow parent, especially one of a college applicant, can offer up some reassurance and advice.
From the New York Times "The Choice" blog today:
Above all, I urge parents of high school juniors and seniors not to see their kids as SAT and ACT scores and G.P.A.s, but as creative, unpredictable, unprogrammable teenagers with their own gifts."
Dave Marcus
A Father’s Acceptance: His Son Won’t Be Following His Ivy Footsteps