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A&S alumni join in events to welcome new students

7/30/2015 by : Usha Viswanathan , A&S Parent

LONDON — Alumni recalled snow-packed days when they transformed cookie trays into sleds and sun-filled days sailing on Cayuga Lake, while high school seniors listened carefully, during a recent admitted students reception hosted by the UK’s Cornell Alumni and Admissions Ambassador Network (CCAAAN) in London’s Soho district.

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Finding the right fit at Cornell

7/22/2015 by : Usha Viswanathan , A&S Parent

As education reporters note each year, March and April are frenzied months for the parents of high school seniors.

“I hear you,” is all I say when I’m with parents waiting out March. With some, I hold back, unsure about adding to the conversation.

They are the tightly wound, and their talk is oddly anxious and hubristic: “Of course, they will accept her, how could they not?”