A graduate listens to Tom Thorne's Commencement speech.
March 21, 2007 9:19 AM
No Man's Land
“Waiting is the hardest part…” - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Applying to college – sitting for the SAT, writing essays, etc. – that’s the easy part. It’s waiting for the decision that’s the hard part. From January 1 until about April 1, most students become increasingly anxiety-ridden, waiting to discovers their fates. Maddeningly, for many, many students – an increasing number, in fact – the wait just got or will soon get about a month longer.