Reddit reviews Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania

Please read Where You Go is not Who You'll Be. By Frank Bruni. He provides lots of examples.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/1455532681/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492628837&sr=8-1&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=frank+bruni&dpPl=1&dpID=51JhDvxHPKL&ref=plSrch

required reading so you don't seem like a fuckin nerd

Gonna add some more potential benefits: you may get a lot more leeway to get your shit together and adjust to college life, along with the ability to explore more majors with less fear of wasting tuition.


Looking back, I’m gonna say this: College apps was a really competitive and low key toxic time for some people, and to be honest, with the exception of a few fields, Where you go is not who you’ll be.

Frank Bruni has a great BOOK about this, it is totally just what so many kids need to read right now. My kids' high school counselors have it in their offices. It's called, Where You GO is Not Who You'll Be. https://www.amazon.com/Where-You-Not-Who-Youll/dp/1455532681

https://www.amazon.com/Where-You-Not-Who-Youll/dp/1455532681/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1518755044&sr=8-1&keywords=where+you+go+is+not+who+you%27ll+be

please read this; it helped me last year when I felt a lot like you. it got me through it. im rooting for you.