Making it worse, students and parents say, is a barrage of unwelcome and inappropriate questions from prying adults. Ms. Neville, a senior at Derryfield School, a Manchester, N.H., preparatory school, is awaiting word from colleges about whether her applications have been accepted. “Every adult you meet, all they want to talk to you about is, ‘Where are you going to college? More high-school students are going on to college, and each is applying to more schools on average. Corey McGinley, 18, a high-school senior from Bedford, N.H. Photo: Dachowski PhotographyMany students try not to reveal their No.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 08, 2017 15:44 UTC