College Application: What Happens to Your Heart After “Submit”

Our son, Sam, has applied early decision to college. “We” have not applied early decision to college, as I recently heard myself say, like couples who say, “we’re pregnant.”

Samhas applied early decision to college.Wehaven’t. But we’re hoping we get in.

The good thing about the abbreviated, early decision application timeline – a semi-frantic period that squeezes September and swallows Octoberwhole, and requires the early decisionapplicant to gather transcripts, sit for the last SAT, line u...