“hello, when do I need to pick a college by” No capitalization. No punctuation. Perfect. Out of the blue, this text arrived, and I smiled. A mid-January text, reminding me that—at last—the students are now the ones who hold the cards. They get to pick their college. Sure, some are still waiting for admissions decisions—ahem, UF and FSU, and all those late-March notifications—but most students have heard from at least one college, if not more. All the fanciful talk about the