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CTyankee

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9. I think it helped that she faced it straight on with her application.

Reply to trublu992 (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 31, 2014, 06:12 PM

Mar 2014

She actually talked about her struggle with it, her failures as well as her successes. She didn't sugarcoat anything and she vigorously pursued it with the admissions office folks and that must have impressed them. I mean, at one point she even visited after she had applied to talk to the admissions office people. She was pretty up front about
her enthusiasm to go there.

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UPDATE: my granddaughter just got in to the College of Charleston! She is going to accept! [View all] CTyankee Mar 2014 OP

Congrats CT yankee!!! darkangel218 Mar 2014 #1

so good! handmade34 Mar 2014 #2

Congrats to her for a job well done! brer cat Mar 2014 #3

Oh, thank you so much! I just cry thinking about her struggles...so awful for her...but she has lots CTyankee Mar 2014 #7

I suspect she has learned some very valuable life lessons during this process. brer cat Mar 2014 #10

Wonderful!! Congrats to her and you for supporting getting her there trublu992 Mar 2014 #4

I think it helped that she faced it straight on with her application. CTyankee Mar 2014 #9

That is really good yeoman6987 Mar 2014 #11

she had some bad spots, though. It was a rough ride. She had to learn some rules, too... CTyankee Mar 2014 #12

Going through struggles makes the successes that much better. yeoman6987 Mar 2014 #13

CofC is a great school n2doc Mar 2014 #5

I hope that will become evident to her and she will reassess her career sights. She might go further CTyankee Mar 2014 #8

congrats to your daughter mercuryblues Mar 2014 #6

Congratulation to your granddaughter, but I think you may have missed this thread that I posted: TexasTowelie Apr 2014 #14

I did read about it. It looks like she'll be in a rekindling of what my generation did in our own CTyankee Apr 2014 #15

just a tip mercuryblues Jul 2014 #16

pretty funny! thanks... CTyankee Jul 2014 #17