These are the weeks when seniors in high school are hearing the good, and the bad, and the ‘we’re not sure yet’ news.

Even before the letters (or e-mails) arrive, the college admissions frenzy has left both kids and parents emotionally raw. After all the testing, tutoring, campus visiting, essay writing, financial aid form processing and interviewing, the time spent getting into a dream school has become disproportionate with the amount of time spent in college.

Not surprisingly, these are the weeks when everyone says it doesn’t matter where you go to college, that college isn’t the sole determiner of life-long happiness and financial success.

Achieving life-long happiness is a rather abstract concept no matter what your age. Try convincing a kid who has spent 12 years in school (more…)