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Kids might be looking for a place to paint their face blue and jump in the fountain or read poetry under the tree or go to a fraternity party or go into the city and have a wild night with a fake ID. They are much more interested in the social side, although, there are kids that care about what they are going to be studying. Parents are more interested in the destination, rather than the journey on many levels. They do want to see their children intellectually engaged and that's very valid. One thing you want to do on the tour, or online, is to see how much interaction there is between professors and kids. I think that's an important thing for kids and for parents.
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JD Rothman

Author, Blogger & College Pundit

JD Rothman, the author of the L.A. Times bestseller The Neurotic Parent's Guide to College Admissions, started her popular satirical blog TheNeuroticParent.com while on an eight-state college tour with her older son. She frequently appears on panels with admission officers, and blogs about the insanity of the college process for the Huffington Post. A former instructor of remedial freshman composition, Rothman's day job is as an Emmy-winning children's television writer, producer and lyricist, but she also has a famous blog satirizing the college admissions process, www.theneuroticparent.com. In 2012 the blog morphed into the LA Times Bestseller, "The Neurotic Parent's Guide to College Admissions." She grew up in Brooklyn, and resided in several Latin American countries before settling in Santa Monica, where she and her husband live in their emptying nest. She prepared for none of her careers in college.

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Kids might be looking for a place to paint their face blue and jump in the fountain or read poetry under the tree or go to a fraternity party or go into the city and have a wild night with a fake ID. They are much more interested in the social side, although, there are kids that care about what they are going to be studying. Parents are more interested in the destination, rather than the journey on many levels. They do want to see their children intellectually engaged and that's very valid. One thing you want to do on the tour, or online, is to see how much interaction there is between professors and kids. I think that's an important thing for kids and for parents.
TEEN, Education, Applying to College