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Education ExaminerErica Jacobs is the Education columnist for the DC Examiner, and has taught high school and college for 33 years. She has been around the education block! Email her at ejacob1@gmu.edu.
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College Entrance Agony is Nearly Over
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by Erica Jacobs, Education Examiner
One by one, students begin getting admission letters from places that still have early action, or colleges that have rolling admission. Everyone is jealous of the few in the fall who know where they're going. Then in March, 99% of my students are admitted to a school. (The one or two who aren't admitted take a "gap year"--something I heartily endorse for students who aren't into academics yet. Better to wait a year or two.)
This was the hardest year to be admitted to selected schools, according to newspaper reports. But, except for the Ivy League schools--and they hardly ever accept students from Oakton High School (I wonder why that is? Oakton is great!)--they seem to have done well in their admissions. A few are on waitlists for their first choice, but they are the only ones who aren't settled for next year.
The bottom line is that there is very little anxiety now in my classroom. They also don't feel like doing much work. Plus, the weather is beautiful, and the birds seem to call, "Bag the homework!" They need to hang in there for the AP tests, which have tangible rewards in college, but right now everyone is pretty much on cruise control. It's not a bad atmosphere in which to teach, even though it means I have to do a bit more cajoling to get them to read James Joyce!
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