This Is Peak Stress Time For College Applicants

Colleges throughout the nation usually notify applicants that they are accepted — or rejected — by April 1. Families, friends and teachers in Connecticut are dealing with the highs and lows. Even seniors who celebrated an admissions offer weeks or months ago say these days are heavy with stress over financial aid. Overall, said Stan Glowiak, a New Britain guidance counselor, this is a difficult time for students. "This time of year, they're all stressing out so much about their futures, what they're going to be doing in their lives," Harris said of his students. The competition and "the pressure about getting into college ... is something that's going to be very valuable to them later on, but it's so awful. They're crying a lot."  Read more at:
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