tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404529782835443415.post1568039677288802478..comments2023-10-19T09:45:58.811-04:00Comments on Thoughts from New Albany: Getting Admitted to a Good CollegeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12009368492043437580noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404529782835443415.post-88261252573155999652009-03-13T07:15:00.000-04:002009-03-13T07:15:00.000-04:00I fully agree with you.I fully agree with you.光头老刘https://www.blogger.com/profile/07077520822186958175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404529782835443415.post-48088416943781177302009-03-12T22:27:00.000-04:002009-03-12T22:27:00.000-04:00This is a very interesting story. Although motiva...This is a very interesting story. Although motivation may have played an important part, but I think it is simply because Ed has found the right fit for his aptitude. He enjoys studying & working on the subjects of visual arts, and doing advertising work that can fully utilize his creativities. It is nothing like “doing what you enjoy doing, and do it well” - FLCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3404529782835443415.post-19676782695539123462009-03-12T14:59:00.000-04:002009-03-12T14:59:00.000-04:00My step-son Ed was considered as one of the bad st...My step-son Ed was considered as one of the bad students when he was in Scarsdale High NY. He did not even try to enter a college because he knew he would not be accepted. How to deal with a situation like this? Well I told Ed that it was a good thing to me if he did not want to go to college, because he saved me a lot of money. I said to him that he could always make a living by delivering pizza......<BR/><BR/>Somehow he changed his mind and got into WCC, a community college that was easier to enter. He began to study hard probably because he did not want to become a pizza boy. A year later he went into NY School of Visual Arts. He became very motivated. After his graduation he found a job, and continue to improve himself on job and in evening school. Today he works in a major advertising firm and I have never seen anyone work as hard as he does. He is earning six figures at the age of 30. <BR/><BR/>I believe the motivation of the Stu is most important. School selection is important, but it does not mean that you cannot change it once a selection has been made. Stu can always work his way to a better school and get what he wants so long if he is fully motivated. If he was not, Harvard or M.I.T would not do any help.光头老刘https://www.blogger.com/profile/07077520822186958175noreply@blogger.com