<p>I still haven't gotten my letter as of Sunday, April 2, anyone else in that boat?</p>
<p>It's so great to read all this discussion. My son wasn't even going to apply to Whitman originally -- the location didn't excite him. After spending a night on campus at Reed last fall, he decided it wasn't a good fit. For some reason, Lewis and Clark didn't excite him. So, for a Pacific Northwest option, he did decide to apply to Whitman -- knowing it had such a great reputation. He is pretty sure a LAC would offer the kind of community he is looking for in a college. He's accepted at Carleton and a couple other schools he is less interested in - rejected by Stanford and a couple of Ivies. He still is waiting on Pomona, but that is a tough one. We finally visited Walla Walla and he spent the night in a dorm. He LOVED it. My husband and I were delighted with the town - quite charming. I'm looking forward to some winery tours! He got the Brattain scholarship and great financial aid from Whitman and has another good scholarship that is only good if he attends a Washington state school. He got a smaller national merit scholarship -- all together it enables us to we're so happy send him to Whitman. He has a friend at Oxy would loves it -- but he misses the outdoor recreation that he grew up enjoying in the Pacific Northwest (downhill skiing, x-country skiing, fishing, hiking). Many Whitman kids are involved in outdoor adventures and seem to take great advantage of their location for activities. The kids our son met mentioned snowboarding at the nearby Blue Mountain area (?). A bike is very good to have at Whitman - good for getting around town and great stretches of rolling countryside for long rides. The cutesy part of town is right next to the campus. The strip malls and fast food joints are in the other direction and are further from campus.
By the way, here is a link to one of the articles about Parents Core participation:
<a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/%5B/url%5D">www.voanews.com/english/</a> AmericanLife/2005-11-30-voa27.cfm</p>
<p>Sorry for the typos.
Here is that correct link for the Core article:
<a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2005-11-30-voa27.cfm%5B/url%5D">www.voanews.com/english/AmericanLife/2005-11-30-voa27.cfm</a></p>
<p>My D is just finishing her first year and I can't say enough good things about the school and her experience. She has really spread her wings and she is challenged academically which is really important to her. She is taking an outdoor leadership class this semester, went snow camping, kayaking and is going to lead a trip. She has made great friends and is involved in the campus community.</p>
<p>She applied to Macalester, Carleton, Grinnell, Wash U. and was waitlisted at these and she was admitted to Whitman, Kenyon, Willamette and Western Washington. This time last year she was so upset because the midwest schools were her top choices. We made reservations to visit Kenyon and the weekend before we were to leave for Ohio she and her Dad went to the admitted students weekend at Whitman and she fell in love and we cancelled the trip to Kenyon. Later in the spring she was admitted to Macalester and Grinnell and turned them down. She has never looked back at her decision, she is very happy and thriving.</p>
<p>Quite honsetly, Walla Walla and Whitman didn't jazz me when we first visited two years ago but the more I learn about it, the more I like it. To tell you the truth, my D spends so much time on campus she doesn't go into town much but when she does she finds little spots here and there that are really alot of fun. </p>
<p>Whitman also has a great relationship with the community which is not so with all small LACs. A lot of community cultural events happen on campus which is a boon for everyone.</p>
<p>If you are on campus for admitted students weekend look for my daughter Julia, she is on the Admissions Team and will be volunteering during the day. Tell her her Mom sent you from CC and you will see a big grin on her face. We spent a lot of hours on this website last year.</p>
<p>Good luck with your decisions. This time next year it will all seem like a distant memory...almost!</p>
<p>I haven't heard anything in CA yet. You'd think this was an outpost. No mail from Whitman...no mail from Emory. Even my umpteen ivy rejections haven't arrived yet though I found out online on Thursday. But I still have hope......</p>
<p>Accepted! Yeah, this was my last one. I don't know if I'll go to Whitman, UW or Emory. I'm just glad I got in somewhere!</p>
<p>I didn't think the decisionmaking process could get more complicated once we received our Whitman decision... but that's exactly what happened. D is admitted for spring, with a chance of entering in the fall if space opens up. </p>
<p>I'm thrilled she is admitted -- but figuring out how to deal with the possibility of starting in the Spring was not even on the radar!</p>
<p>Anyone know of anyone in this situation in previous years?</p>
<p>A friend of my son's was admitted for spring, accepted, and then later was offered a place in the fall. She ended up going then, but had come up with a pretty great "wait until spring plan". (Summer job to earn and save money, then go to Europe in the fall with a friend.) Think of it as a demi-gap-year. You could certainly ask the school to let her talk with someone who was a spring admit this year to see how they welcome them in. </p>
<p>And I imagine that if Whitman is her first choice and she jumps on this offer, while also saying she'd love to come in the fall if possible, that they would try to make that work.</p>
<p>rix -
I would assume your daughter will be given a fall slot before kids from the waiting list? If so, it sure seems like she'd get in for the fall, since it seems there is typically some movement off their waitlist. I know several kids in recent years who were waitlisted and got in -- in most cases they heard by late May.</p>
<p>They said they would resolve the waiting list by the end of May, so that is better than later. I'm not sure about where the spring admits sit on the waiting list. I also would think an admitted student would be "higher" on the list than a student not admitted -- but the admissions rep I spoke with on the phone implied otherwise. I'm going to discuss in more detail when we visit.</p>