WE are Not Applying

Last month, I took my daughter, a high school junior, to visit a college an hour away from our home. On paper, the school seemed like a good fit for her. But between the tour, the information session and the other students we met on campus, it became clear that the school would not be a good match for her.

On the ride home we got into a little argument. We had already seen several schools and she was frustrated because she had not fallen in love with any of them. I countered that she wasn’t b...