Your Teen Got Into College, Are They Prepared for the Hard Part? (opens in new tab)

She got the sweatshirt in April. The right one — the school at the top of the list, the onethe family had visited twice, the one whose name produced a nod at dinner parties that required no follow-up. Her mother ordered it the night of the acceptance, express shipping, and it arrived two days later in a flat-rate box that sat on the kitchen counter until the whole family was home.