Life is a journey to learn about your own nature and find the right paths that are consistent with it. While on this journey, you will constantly encounter realities that can teach you and help you evolve your ability to deal with reality well. Doing this effectively is the key to living up to your potential. Reality works like a machine with everything we encounter being the result of cause-effect relationships. Because most everything happens repeatedly in slightly varied versions, by studying many cases of something, you can understand the cause-effect relationships behind how it works and come up with principles for dealing with it well. Being explicit about your principles and stress-testing them improves your decision making and likelihood of success. In order to be successful, you need to work well with others. The most important determinant of the success of a group of people is its culture. Having both meaningful work and meaningful relationships is the most effective way of having a successful culture and highly rewarding in and of itself. How you deal with what you don't know is much more important than what you know.
1. Self-positioning/evaluation: 给自己定位，选定合适的学校/方向 etc.
2. Time management -- 怎么在短时间准备那没多essay 和材料
3. Emotional management -- 录取结果的带来的各种情绪
4. Investment management / opportunity cost evaluation -- 名和利的博弈（例如，T5、T10 vs 州大奖学金etc）
5. Others :) 大家见仁见智了。
走过这一段奇妙的旅行，小孩成长很多。 其实，最后发现~~ 上的学校都不错（或者最适合自己 ：）
桥水基金创始人Ray Dalio
https://blog.wenxuecity.com/myblog/29065/202210/3781.html
Life is a journey to learn about your own nature and find the right paths that are consistent with it. While on this journey, you will constantly encounter realities that can teach you and help you evolve your ability to deal with reality well. Doing this effectively is the key to living up to your potential. Reality works like a machine with everything we encounter being the result of cause-effect relationships. Because most everything happens repeatedly in slightly varied versions, by studying many cases of something, you can understand the cause-effect relationships behind how it works and come up with principles for dealing with it well. Being explicit about your principles and stress-testing them improves your decision making and likelihood of success. In order to be successful, you need to work well with others. The most important determinant of the success of a group of people is its culture. Having both meaningful work and meaningful relationships is the most effective way of having a successful culture and highly rewarding in and of itself. How you deal with what you don't know is much more important than what you know.有一次半夜我被惊醒，觉得心里不安宁。就去儿子的屋里，看到他的书桌旁和床上都没有人，吓得我出了冷汗。等我镇静下来，看到他桌子上的手提没在。就想他可能去23楼了。我跑到休息室，找了个遍，他没在那。我打电话也没人接。只好下楼去问门卫有没有看到他。然后就在一楼的会客室看见他坐在那里的沙发上在写东西。他说23楼有人开聚会，他只能在一楼会客室写了。半夜两三点钟还在写。
你就说怎么问吧。我一听娃说话就知道还是别问了。明摆着当然想去更好的学校。