You are thinking creatively, using your intuition, demonstrating resiliency, and trying new things.
When you are your authentic self, you are doing things that are helping you to learn and to grow on your journey. Your authentic self is the person who you are when you following your heartfelt intentions and interests in contrast with those dictated to you by or informed exclusively by your community, the media, and/or your family. What do you mean by “your authentic self”? What kind of college experience and life do they want? How can they define and stay true to that vision, despite well-meaning adults who are quick to offer ideas about what they should want? My book is an antidote for college-bound students and their parents to navigate the big questions around college and to cut through the noise of college admissions box-checking and hoop-jumping. As much as it seems that highly selective colleges hold all the power in the admissions cycle, applicants must remember their power. Legatt about what she means by “authentic self”, the best way to share that with the college admissions decision-makers, and more. Her premise? That young people need to show their true selves to stand out. Aviva Legatt, who has been an admission officer in the Ivy League (including at the Wharton School), as well as a professor and counselor. That’s why we were thrilled to read Get Real and Get In: How to Get Into the College of Your Dreams by Being Your Authentic Selfby Dr. That means if you’re helping your kids apply to college, you’re playing a whole different ball game than when you were up at bat.
Applying to college has never been easy, but over the past 20 years, it has become more competitive than ever.
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