College "acceptance"

I read acceptance a novel by Susan Coll. The book revolves around the lives of three teenage seniors, their parents and one college admissions worker. It shows how hard it is to get into College even for kids with amazing grades or test scores. Sometimes its amazing how hard it is for us to grasp our future and how much work we do just to get into college, just insure our future. Acceptance really asks the questions 'who are you?' and more importantly 'who do you want to be?' Harry (who coincidentally has the same name as my little brother) is severely motivated to get into Harvard at any cost and who everyone refers to as AP Harry because of his brains and that in early HS years he was in all AP classes. Maya is a spectacular athlete, and really very smart but her over achieving family is horrified by her average SAT scores. Taylor the last kid is Maya and Harry's neighbor and has perfect grades and SAT scores, but her family life is crazy. She steals mail and almost cuts one or twice one getting caught by Maya in the girls bathroom with a bottle cap pressed to her leg. Taylor's mom is so proud of her daughter and constantly tries to be her best friend even though her mo is into things like shopping and Taylor with her technicolor hair and piercings could think of nothing less fun than going shopping with her mom. Harry's dad was rude and loud and his mom threw him out when Harry was very young even having to go as far as getting a restraining order. Harry gets to see his dad once a month though and ever since Harry was little he has been pressed that the best go to Harvard and Harry s the best! Harry's goal is to get into Harvard no matter what, he works as hard as her can to get into the college finally. Taylor only wants to go to Yates this little school, but has issues writing her essay about something productive. Maya gets into a small school she loves and so does Taylor.
I guess i learned that college is a battle never won.