“Over drinks one night with friends, a Palo Alto mother
announced that her son just came home with a B and she said to him, “What are
you thinking? You think you’re going to get into Stanford with a grade like
that? You’re going to get into Arizona State and if you think I’m going to pay
for Arizona State, I’m not!” This mother obviously doesn’t think highly of
Arizona State. Apparently she didn’t know that it’s in the top ten U.S.
producers of Fulbright Scholars, that one alumna is Susan Cartsonis, producer
of the second-highest-grossing romantic comedy movie of all time, What women Want, or that the designer of
her very own handbag – Kate Spade – went there.
The truth is that most of us have no idea how to judge a
college’s suitability for our kids. We salivate over the U.S. News college
rankings, even though the list mostly reflects how hard a school is to get into
and what a group of other educators think about it, which is a function of how
hard it is to get into.”
The entire Chapter 19 in Julie Lythcott-Haims book “Howto Raise an Adult”, talks about having a wider mind-set about colleges.
There are several different lists and actual discussions about how certain
schools view test scores vs. grades vs. recommendations. There are even a few
top notch schools that don’t even look at test scores.
If your swimmer is thinking about college this chapter is
highly informative and up to date. If you are curious about the process we
encourage you to check it out.
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