I'm glad my daughter was rejected from an Ivy League college

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The author's daughter and son both attend Fordham University.

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I help high schoolers get into Ivy League colleges. My advice to parents is that your teens are taking too many AP classes.

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Steve Gardner, who teaches Leadership and Impact at Harvard Summer School, says not maxing out your advanced classes during high school allows you more time to align your core values with your college application.

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I'm anxious about my daughter's college applications, so I'm often nagging her. I'm now trying to save our relationship.

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The author (right) and her daughter (left) are stressed about college admissions.

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I got pregnant with my daughter in college. Now, she's applying to college herself, and I'm grieving the life I could've had.

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The author (left) was pregnant in college with her daughter.

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The new reality of study abroad: Higher costs, more politics, fewer Aperol spritzes

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I'm a high school senior applying to over 20 colleges. I'm ignoring classic advice and don't care about appearing well-rounded.

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The author is a high schooler applying to colleges.

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I broke a big rule of college applications by writing about my mother. My love for her got me into Yale and Stanford.

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Brian Zhang as a baby being held by his mom
The author wrote about his mother in his college essays.

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I helped my daughter through the chaotic college application process. But there's one aspect no one talks about: the waiting.

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The author (right) helped her daughter (left) get through all the stages of the college application process.

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I supported my son when he changed his college major from law to philosophy. His grandparents warned it was a huge mistake.

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The author's son (not pictured) decided to study philosophy.

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My daughter was too overwhelmed to focus on her college applications. I became the nagging parent.

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The author, left, is frustrated because her daughter, right, doesn't want to do her college applications.

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