Lately my mother has been on my case with college stuff...and I'm not even a senior. I realize getting into a good college is ideal for everyone, and I too want to get a good education so that I can then get a good careeer, blah blah blah. But already my college counselor has come in and discussed our future. I'm barely 17; my future right now is what I'm having for dinner tonight. I don't want to look into colleges that I like; I'm just trying to get through the school day. For me, there's a lot of pressure to be looking at colleges already; not only from parents but from peers. It's scary to hear of students who have been preping for ACT tests or have been going on college visits since they were in junior high. What is the need to be looking into our future this much?
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Abby,
You're right: the application pressure keeps getting pushed up. What gets lost, I think, is the present. If everything is high school is seen as preparation for college, there's a tendency to see high school as a warm-up act and not of value in its own right.
I'd like to see more specificity in your post. Numbers of hours, tests, costs, etc. That could make your good idea even stronger.
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