There is a great amount of relief to know what one's tentative future holds. Not knowing what my children will be doing for the summer has never been such a big deal. Summer for years translated to lazy days, beach outings, museum trips, friends. A few years ago, I did worry if my older two would get into Mass Academy's Intellect Quest summer camp. It generally had a long waiting list, but that was long ago.
This summer, I was on top of things. I already enrolled my son in a math camp last month. Travel plans worked around dates from the summer programs my daughter had applied to. I knew the importance of how my daughter spent her time these following months. And with that light, business-size envelope from Smith College having finally made its way to our mailbox, rejecting us for the second year, I felt pleased to know that the waiting game, at least for now, was over.
My daughter's plans to attend a five week summer school at Exeter are now confirmed. Now, I just need to help her schedule in other necessities -- volunteer hours at a local hospital and library, and possibly an internship. I looked into the invitational National Leadership Conference Forum on Medicine, but after hours of reading reviews online, I decided that maybe it was not worth the money.
Internships, too, amazingly are very costly. I am currently looking into any connections I have to see what internship I can land for her, without a middle-man fee, which can cost thousands! I wonder how many parents fall into these expensive traps? I wonder how many parents, like me, have Ivy Eyes and are so willing to do what it takes to help their child succeed?
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