Just when I was convinced that Andy was going to head to Ramapo in the fall… I just got the mail and there’s a fat (well, not that fat, but tall…) envelope from Andy’s reach school, TCNJ :woohoo:.

He won’t be home for an hour, I can’t wait to see his face- he has himself convinced he’s not getting admitted. Honestly, I really didn’t think he would, either, because it’s just a really tough school to get into.

For those of you who don’t know what TCNJ is, it’s the College of New Jersey, a state school. Rutgers is typically held up as the top public school in NJ, but TCNJ has a more elite feel to it. The campus is compact & suburban, they have small classes and no TA’s. It’s real Ivy feeling, which explains why it’s so hard to get into- the top students in the state, the ones who apply to the Ivies, often also apply to TCNJ, since it costs tens of thousands of dollars less to attend. So the competition is fierce. We were told by a number of people that for a kid from NJ the chances of getting into TCNJ are similar to getting into Princeton. I don’t know how exaggerated that might be, but the fact is- its tough.

So I guess a road trip is in order (a short one, the campus is about 30 minutes away.) And now the boy has a tough choice to make.

Glad I’m not him!