March is college admissions decision time, and it has families with high school seniors on the edge of their seats. Whether it’s using all of your restraint not to tackle the mailman to see if the envelopes are thick (accepted) or thin (rejected or maybe wait-list), or hovering around the computer with the cursor poised over the “decision” button on colleges’ websites, kids are thinking if they don’t get into Big-Name U or First-Choice U, their life is over. Parents, while they want to be supportive, are secretly thinking the same thing: This yes or no feels like do or die for their child’s future.
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