<p>My son's AP English teacher invited parents to write to their departing seniors with advice or whatever. I, of course, wrote many words, but your post brought back these, "Remember to be grateful for the good things in life. A heart filled with gratitude cannot entertain despair." You have done a beautiful job and earned your success. It's kind and mature for you to notice that others who have also worked hard may be struggling now. Keep the gratitude in your heart and keep reaching out to your friends.</p>
<p>It's a tie between Spelman and Howard (her dad is an alum).</p>
<p>kelsmom, </p>
<p>In the U.S., Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are colleges or universities that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the African American community. Other institutions have large numbers of African Americans in their student body, but were founded (or opened their doors to African Americans) after the Brown v. Board of Education ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court (the court decision which outlawed racial segregation of public education facilities). By definition they are not historically black colleges. Such institutions have been termed predominantly black.</p>
<p>Today, there are 114 historically black colleges in the United States...most are located in the Southeastern United States.</p>
<p>camelia, you have come so far emotionally in the last week or two --- you must be exhausted! I bet you are ready to just relax. It's wonderful that you are thinking kindly of your friends. It's also wonderful that you realize how fortunate you truly are.</p>
<p>I just have to comment about U of M. I am from MI, NOT a U of M alum, and not a particular fan of the school --- well, that's not really what I mean --- I just don't worship it as the greatest school ever, as quite a few people from my area do :)! BUT ... it really is an excellent school, and anyone can find a place at U of M. The only reason I can see to consider it a place from which to run, run as fast as you can would be if the student is far more suited for small LACs like Bard, St. John's, Middlebury, Williams, etc. I can't imagine that the majority of students --- AS LONG AS THEY BRING A POSITIVE ATTITUDE --- couldn't find some measure of happiness. My D wanted a much different, smaller & more intimate, environment so did not apply. However, if she had for some reason had no choice but to attend, I am certain she could find happiness. Encourage your friends to look for the good in whatever schools they end up attending. Attitude goes a long, long way toward making an experience a good one.</p>
<p>BustAGroove, I had no idea there were 114 historically black colleges ... that is a much larger number than I ever would have thought. Thanks for the history lesson. Even an old lady can learn new things.</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone on their wonderful acceptances! You all have amazing choices! And congrats Camelia on choosing a school after all you have been through. I was also rejected at my top choice and was sad, but then I started looking at the choices I do have and looking at the relative strengths of each school, and have come to the conclusion that mabye my "top choice" would not have been the right place anyway. I think admissions knows this in someway, and when they see a student that is right for them they know, even though you may not at the time. Sorry that was so long and rambeling. The college I will most likely attend is not even in Princeton, nor does it have a subforum here, but I think I will be happy there, even though I get alot of "Where's that"?</p>
<p>McDaniel College in Westminster Maryland most likely. Still flying to another school before May 1st. It originally wasn't even on my radar. I liked it and it seemed like a good school, but it was not my "OMG" school. I actually sent in my application almost on the deadline, as I was getting scared I would not get into the places I wanted and Soozie (mostly posts on the MT board) said it was a good school for my Stats and had a good non audition theatre program. Now look how things turn around. I started off getting 2 acceptances, which was good but they were by no means up there, and then I got two rejections, the acceptances from McDaniel, and 4 rejections in succesion, including my top choice Lawrence, JM, Berg',SUNYs,and IW, and a waitlist at Elon, which was a very pleasent suprise considering there GPA and SAT averages this year. So yeah thats my little story. lol. kelsmom, where is your D. going?</p>
<p>It is quite a sad day for D. Rejection from NYU and USC and Carnegie Mellon, Vanderbilt and Vassar. Waitlisted at Emory and Boston University, Admitted to UT Austin, Chapman and Trinity University. Does any body know how the emory waitlist is and what are the chances.</p>
<p>THe reason she is so unhappy is that all my friends know all the top schools only ( We are Indian you see!!!!) So she is feeling embarrased to tell all that she did not get into the school of her choice. I feel for her but mad at my community for putting such stress on our young bright future!</p>
<p>Lots of hugs and treats for your daughter today, I hope. I've heard that UT Austin is great. Have heard good things about Trinity, don't know Chapman, but most people around here don't recognize my son's schools either. Their loss!</p>
<p>Well, okay, today she have heard from the last school. My daughter was waitlisted at Reed. Kind of surprising, but not devastating. How tacky of them to send a college catalog a couple of weeks ago!!!!</p>
<p>Final Results: </p>
<p>In at Grinnell, UChicago, UCDavis, St. Olaf ($$), Kalamazoo ($$), Wooster ($$), Pacific Lutheran ($$), Lewis & Clark ($$), </p>
<p>Waitlisted at Carleton, Reed and McGill</p>
<p>Rejected at McGill (applied to two faculties)</p>
<p>We're off to Chicago this week to visit UChicago, Kalamazoo and Wooster! Trying to figure out how to visit PLU, Grinnell and St. Olaf before the end of the month . . .</p>
<p>DefyingGravity, sometimes those schools you wouldn't otherwise have considered turn out to be the best ... because YOU decided they were good (not other people) --</p>
<p>which leads me to Priti. I feel so bad for your daughter! I hope she feels better about things soon. I understand about your community, as I know quite a few Indian students. She does have 3 solid schools from which to choose, so she will be fine in the end. My heart goes out to her, though --- it's hard enough for a bright kid to be rejected (any kid, for that matter!), but even harder when others make it their business. We'll all make it our business to send out positive vibes to you & your D!!</p>
<p>It looks like my D will be turning down Tufts & Vanderbilt, among several other fine (though lesser-known) schools to attend Furman. She sure has been getting the business for that (me, too, actually) --- fortunately, she didn't make her decision based on a whim. She still loves Tufts, so that's hard to turn down. She knows that Furman is the best place for her, though.</p>
<p>Bethie, your kid must be pretty amazing! You & oldoldad have raised some mighty impressive offspring.</p>
<p>Thank you! :) I'll have to make sure to tell my junior friends to wait 48 hours before speaking to anyone if they're rejected from their (so-called) "dream school" ... that's about how long it took for me to realize I was being absurd and rebound. I've spent the last few days rereading the viewbooks, reminiscing about my visit last spring, and reading the student</a> blog and LiveJournal community, and last night I finally ordered [url="<a href="http://www.dartmouthcoop.com/browse.cfm/4,987,1,14,35.html%22%5Dthe">http://www.dartmouthcoop.com/browse.cfm/4,987,1,14,35.html"]the</a> sweater<a href="green,%20size%20small">/url</a>. I'm, like, really ridiculously excited right now (as if you can't tell by the extremely out-of-character gushing). :p</p>