I'm Going to College---Not You! Surviving the

Acceptance by a top college has become the ultimate "good parenting" stamp of approval'”the better the bumper sticker, the better the parent, right? Parents of juniors and seniors in high school fret over SAT scores and essays, obsessed with getting their kids into the right college, while their children are pushing for independence.InSurviving the College Search, Kenyon College dean Jennifer Delahunty addresses the tight-rope parents must walk between "control freak" and resource as they help their children through one of the most difficult phases of both their lives. With humor and hard-won knowledge, Delahunty and writers including Anna Quindlen, Jane Hamilton, Janet Maslin, and the directors of admissions at Smith and Colby Colleges answers questions like:'¢ How can a parent help but not take over?'¢ How can a parent be less of a "helicopter" and more of a "booster rocket"?'¢ What do you do when your child wants to put off college to become a rock star?'¢ How will you keep from wanting to kill each other?

Jennifer Delahunty has been the dean of admissions and financial aid at Kenyon College since 2003 and has worked in higher education since 1982. Her writing has been published in The New York Times, The Cleveland Plain Dealer, and the National Association of College Admissions Counselors Journal. She is also the mother of two college-age daughters. She lives in Gambier, Ohio.

Acknowledgments	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Where it All Begins
An Unsentimental Education	p. 13
A Cautionary Tale	p. 20
Personal Statement	p. 25
From the Outsiders
How to Get into College Without Really Trying	p. 31
The Age of Reasons	p. 46
Application Madness	p. 51
A Piece of Cake	p. 70
From the Insiders
Impersonating Wallpaper: The Dean's Daughter Speaks	p. 81
A Life of Too Much	p. 91
The Kids Are Alright: (with Apologies to the Who)	p. 100
Let It/Them Be: (with or without Apologies to the Beatles), or How Not to Spend Your Child's Summer Vacation	p. 103
From a Mother's Perspective
The Deep Pool	p. 113
When Love Gets in the Way	p. 116
Hooked	p. 121
Our Quixotic Quests for Utopia U	p. 129
From a Father's Perspective
Market Lambs and Chaos Warriors	p. 137
Flowers Will Grow	p. 145
The Worst of Times, the Best of Times: The Scholar-Athlete Applies to College	p. 154
From the Belly of the Whale	p. 164
Where the Chips Fall	p. 171
Road Trippin'
The Most Difficult year to Get into College in the History of the World: Excerpts from "The Neurotic Parent" Blog the Neurotic Parent	p. 181
Laundry, Lost Luggage, and Lord of the Rings	p. 216
Sound Tracks	p. 223
A User's Guide for Parents
Love in the Time of College Angst	p. 231
Wait Outside	p. 244
Sophie, Real and Imagined	p. 251
T-minus Thirteen Minutes and Forty-one Seconds	p. 258
About the Contributors	p. 265
Copyright Acknowledgments	p. 275
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