College Admission: From Application to Acceptance Step by Step

How many times have you heard college-bound 18-year-olds and their parents weave the randomness story about college admission?

"It's sheer luck."

"It's unfair."

"It's a roll of the dice."

But is it? As the public conversation circles the admission decisions rolling in, it's a good time to look at the way the cookie actually crumbles -- or how admission decisions are really made.

I'm talking early decisions, the bill of goods that is the "perfect school" and how to trash talk in the face of rejection over at TeenLife in Dealing with Early Decision Rejection. You can read the entire piece here. Thank you, Randi Mazzella!