Girls in Pajamas Talking About College
Hey
Seniors! So Homecoming spirit days have come and gone but I had a delightful
conversation last week with five comfortably-clad senior girls all clutching
teddy bears and stuffed rabbits. They
were sitting in the Counseling Office waiting for the representative from
University of Delaware who was very late.
The talk turned to the aggravation and stress of the college application
process.
Melissa
told the story of how at her lunch table someone had mentioned that the Green
transcript request forms were due that day for the November 1st
Early Action college deadlines. (They weren’t due that day but they are due
NOW!) She spit out her food and ran to
see her school counselor, filling out green sheets as she climbed up the
stairs. She was very relieved to hear she still had time and her counselor
asked her to spread the word so that other seniors wouldn’t freak out. “It’s too late” she said. “Two of my friends are in their counselors’
offices right now in full panic mode.”
Strangely,
Rolling Admissions ( deadline is ongoing) is causing undue stress because
Morgan says that she is getting nearly DAILY EMAILS from her college reminding
her to send in her transcript as soon as possible. Melissa says that University of Minnesota is
starting to send her emails in all caps:
SEND YOUR TRANSCRIPT NOW OR WE CANNOT GIVE YOU AN ADMISSION
DECISION!!!! It’s getting intense out
there.
When I
asked if the girls were enjoying Homecoming week their eyes twinkled a bit but
then the shadow of Early Action deadlines passed over them and they
collectively sighed and hugged their stuffed animals a little closer.
Samantha
and the other girls expressed dismay at the short week (3 days of school) and
all that they had to finish: college
essays and applications plus school work
and, of course, homecoming
activities. Hopefully, they were able to
enjoy the cool stuff like the bonfire, senior skit, and homecoming dance.
Abbey and
Morgan talked about their parents’ involvement in the process. Some of the girls thought their parents had
STRONGLY ENCOURAGED them to get their essays done over the summer. Others said that they wished that their
parents had nagged more. Morgan thought
she would have been further along in the process by now which worries her.
Meghan’s
green sheet philosophy is she will turn in a green sheet if she falls in love
with the college when she visits – you have to love that!
So
seniors, the worst thing you can probably say to your friends right now is “YOU
HAVEN’T DONE THAT YET”? Instead, help and encourage each other. You will get through this and next year at
this time you will be smiling, taking in the Fall colors on the campus of your
dreams, on your way to your 11:00am class.
T.T.Y.L.,
GW College
Coach
