Twenty-Five Years Later: My Thoughts on College, Then and Now

Denise Schipani / 11 Comments / education / college reunions, Vassar College /

Just last weekend, I attended my 25th college reunion. It was fun. It was hard, even painful, to contemplate going again, but it was fun. Why hard? Well … college wasn’t my best time in life. I wonder if it really is for anyone, but the way folks talk about their college years — the […]

February 4, 2012

Vassar College Makes Huge Acceptance-Letter Screw-Up, Hurts Students’ Feelings. But Should Their Parents Try to Fix It?

Denise Schipani / 21 Comments / Uncategorized / college acceptance letters, New York Times, Vassar College /

A long time ago (let’s call it 1984 for sake of argument, because that’s when it was), when high school students received college acceptances or rejections in the mail (you know, with envelopes and stuff) exclusively, I got an acceptance to the school I really, really wanted to attend. When I’d first applied, I hadn’t […]