College Frenzy

It's started. Joe High School got his results from the AP tests he took this year--one in Chemistry, the other in US History. While we don't brag here at Domestic Tranquility, suffice it to say that he could use the scores for credit or exemption from prerequisites at Columbia or Princeton or Stanford. However, there's the little problem of his GPA in an inner city high school.

Pillsbury Hall, U of M

And an old friend is bringing his kid to check out a couple of local lights in the private college pantheon--Macalester and Carleton. Both good schools. But Joe, with a GPA barely scraping the top 15%, would probably not get in to either, despite the AP test results. These aren't the golden key they once were. But maybe lightening will strike. And it doesn't stop my bursting with pride at my baby's achievement.