THEY CAN START TO FIND SOME SORT

OF SOLUTION.

BACK TO YOU.

PAT: IT'S THAT TIME.

ARE YOU WAITING TO RECEIVE

ADMISSIONS LETTER TO FIGURE OUT

WHERE YOU TRAVEL GO TO SCHOOL

NEXT YEAR?

IT CAN BE NERVE-RACKING FOR

PARENTS AND ALSO DAMAGING FOR

OUR CHILDREN.

STRESSFUL.

THE LETTERS HAVE GONE OUT LAST

FRIDAY AND THERE'S ANOTHER ROUND

GOING OUT FRIDAY.

MID-MARCH IS THE STRESSFUL TIME

YOU REMEMBER, RIGHT?

THERE ARE ABOUT 2000 PRIVATE

SCHOOLS ACROSS L.A. COUNTY BUT

DOES THOSE INCLUDE RELIGIOUS

AFFILIATED SCHOOL SO WHEN IT

COMES TO PRIVATE AND -- THERE'S

BARELY A FEW HUNDREDS SO IT'S

VERY STRESSFUL FOR US.

PAT: YOUR BIGGEST PIECE OF

ADVICE THOUGH AS NOT TO GET

ANGRY IF THINGS DON'T GO YOUR

WAY NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS AND

OF COURSE THAT'S EASIER SAID

THAN DONE.

I'M SMILING BECAUSE IT'S LIKE

DON'T GET ANGRY.

OF COURSE YOU GET ANGRY AND

FRUSTRATED.

I HAVE FRIENDS THAT HAVE GONE

THROUGH THIS.

IT'S FRUSTRATING AND YOU GET

SCARED BUT WE HAVE HAVE TO

REMEMBER AS PARENTS DO NOT SHOW

THAT PANIC AND FEAR TO THE KIDS

BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO THINK

HOW I DO IN SCHOOL DEPENDS ON

WHERE I AM AND THAT'S NOT OKAY.

PAT: A LOT OF STUDENTS WILL BE

WAITLISTED BY SCHOOLS BUT WHAT

ABOUT GETTING TOO PUSHY WITH

ADMISSIONS STAFF?

TEEN PUSHY AND HARASSING AND

SENDING OUT THIS E-MAIL SAYING

WHY DID MY CHILD GET AN, NOT

ADVISABLE.

I TALKED TO CRISTINA SIMON ABOUT

THIS THE OTHER OF A FANTASTIC

LONG-RUNNING BOOK SEVERAL

ADDITION IS CALLED THE ON THE

BROCHURE AND L.A. SPECIFIC GUIDE

TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS.

SHE SAID IF YOU'RE IN THE

WEIGHTLESS CALL THE SCHOOL

IMMEDIATELY AND SAY HOW EXCITED

YOU ARE AND HOW YOU'VE ARE READY

TO WRITE THAT DEPOSIT CHECK IF

AN OPPORTUNITY OPENS UP

IMMEDIATELY AND THEN HANG BACK

AND CHECK BACK IN A FEW WEEKS.

PAT: IT ALWAYS TURNS OUT OKAY IN

THE END.

ONE THING YOU SHOULD MAKE SURE

YOU ARE DOING, CELEBRATE EVERY

EXCEPTION WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A

FIRST CHOICE FOR YOUR CHILD.

ANYTHING THAT COMES IN EVEN

THOUGH WAIT LISTS CELEBRATE AND

MAKE IT HAPPY.

DO FUN THINGS, RIGHT ON BUDDY WE

WILL SEE WHAT WILL HAPPEN

BECAUSE THAT WILL HELP THEM FOR

THEIR FUTURE FOR SCHOOL.

PAT: THAT'S GREAT ADVICE.

THANKS SO MUCH FOR COMING IN AND

SHARING YOUR INSIGHT AND

EXPERTISE WITH US AND OUR

AUDIENCE.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU

HERE.

WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT FRIDAY

MORNING.