Hi all.
Tonight’s WYFP will be short. KidCJB’s application to the college he wanted was denied. He’s got the grades and the scores, but his timing was just too late. MrCJB and I were hoping that this was not the lesson he would learn. Not with something this big. But – it is what it is, and we are where we are, and I can tell that this lesson will last a lifetime. So...
We’re all just pretty gut-punched. KidCJB is taking it much better than am I. I’m good at not showing it, but it’s so hard being disappointed on behalf of your child. Especially when I look back and know that it was I who helped set his expectations a bit too high. I thought my alum/legacy status might help give him an edge. It may have, but it can’t perform miracles when there are housing needs involved.
Anyway, he has quickly pivoted, and launched into Plan B at a local school with the intention of transferring to his college of choice next year. And this time, he’ll have his papers in pre-deadline.
That’s all. Just sad for my kid’s setback.
And, if I may ask - what’s YOUR f*!&$in’ problem?