When I wanted a daughter I loaded up on pink stuff. When I wanted a boy I bought blue hats. The universe has been good to me in that regard. But as stated before I’m not getting anything until I know for sure. Fingers crossed and positive vibes received!
My younger son had to ride a pink baby car (at 18 months, they don’t care/know). I saw my neighbor’s younger daughter riding an identical model blue baby car. I wanted a girl and got another boy and she wanted a boy but got another baby girl. So we switched the cars 
And I am not ordering any shirts.
So no surprise because the school emailed my son. He came and gave us the good news this morning. lol
@nurseb430 Congratulations!
I guess the party lives! Party time
Congratulations @nurseb430Kid! Enjoy the party!!!
Party on Garth!
Thanks everyone! Congrats to you too.
What I did: checked email, got dog, dog threw up on shoes, took dog to vet. Making it rain over here!! 
woohoooo!! For me, all I need is reassurance that I can afford a plane ticket… That is the biggest thing for me now that there is a yes…
I also can’t imagine throwing a party. We keep a low profile about our kids being in BS, because of the hostility or envy the sharing has garnered from non-BS families.
@GMTplus7 There definitely is a negative connotation associated with attending a BS or being a parent of a kid who attends a BS… I understand it, but I don’t agree with it. PS. I love your profile picture 
I went to her LS to be there when she checked the site. It kept crashing and we had to run around the school finding computers with better wifi. School administrators were very much involved in the reveal. Their support will be forever appreciated! Best news was yet to come: her best friend got in as well!!!
I just felt I had to return to say that my kid is thrilled to be wearing the t shirt and hat I bought him. Buying in advance seems not to have brought down the wrath of the universe.
Yay LifeLongNYer! congratulations. Really cool idea for your kid, too!
Wonderful news! Congratulations!
Congratulations!
We bought a t-shirt for our kid as a congratulations gift the day he received his acceptance–and he wore it non-stop for the next six months, so I suppose that was a form of celebration! Probably just too many years in the Midwest, but we otherwise kept the news to ourselves and close friends. Partying here just felt too in your face toward kids who were being rejected to their first choice colleges or didn’t have the opportunity to apply to boarding school (I don’t think anyone else applied to a private school of any sort in our neck of the woods). I noticed this ethic at my son’s boarding school as well–admissions decisions were celebrated very quietly; the ethos of the school seemed to emphasize empathy for others whose news might not be as happy.
That said, on the Exeter website, there’s a tweet of a printed up admissions decision with a congratultions cake beside it that looked like a fun way to celebrate on March 10!
We kept it quiet too. My child’s school forbids the kids to talk about their results in school and discourages conversations outside of school until April 10. A party would have been a very bad idea.
We celebrated by taking our child to dinner at a restaurant that overlooks her new campus. I think she enjoyed driving past the school and picturing herself as a student this fall.
@britmom5 @ongoingcaralarm thanks so much! We couldn’t be happier, although I am now having pangs of sadness at the idea of sending the kid away!
Is it ok to ask where NYer kid is going?
@britmom5 I am a little wary of outing him….