<p>Where's your daughter going? :)</p>
<p>Didn't she apply EA to Harvard, or am I mistaken?</p>
<p>As far as I know, Harvard isn't really relevant to this situation<em>gasp!</em> - I was under the impression that she was choosing between Princeton and Stanford...correct me if I'm wrong oh Omniscient One :p</p>
<p>Hey I applied EA to Harvard too! I was rejected :D.</p>
<p>Sucharita - Thank you for asking. She is deciding between Princeton and Stanford, you are right. As Stanford Admit Weekend has been going on Thursday, yesterday, and today, we have gotten an extension for our reply deadline so she can have tomorrow to reflect on both places. We will have a decision Monday.</p>
<p>I love this "we" stuff.</p>
<p>Hahaha hahaha hahaha :D :D</p>
<p>Byerly is back to his insinuating ways :p</p>
<p>what's up with 'we', byerly?</p>
<p>Byerly.....Do you really think that parents should be exempt from this decision? The parents who have been involved with their kid's education all along are the ones whose input wiil be appreciated and counted. I suppose you went through this process by yourself ? (I hope I am not being too personal).</p>
<p>yep, I was wondering how that was a problem too. Alumother's gotten her D to visit both schools, even getting an extension on the reply deadline so that she can make an informed decision. </p>
<p>Neither of my parents know anything about the US undergrad school process, but even so they try to help where they can. To me, that's what the best parents do -- kids make their choices independently, parents offer their experience and support. What, do Harvard kids' act in more superior ways in your opinion?</p>
<p>Obviously, no parent being asked to pay $42,000 a year will be shut out of the decision-making process, but I don't think its healthy for a parent to talk about what "we" will be doing: ie, "we" will be applying to Harvard EA; and "we" will then be applying to Princeton and Stanford when "we" don't get into Harvard; and "we" will be deciding on Monday where "we" will be going, after "we" got an extension to "our" reply deadline.</p>
<p>Actually, I'll take some of it back if we decide on Stanford rather than Princeton, where we are a double legacy, so that we can strike out on our own.</p>
<p>Byerly, you're just putting words in her mouth, and it's not impressive.</p>
<p>"She" is deciding between Princeton and Stanford.
"She" can have tomorrow to reflect on both places.</p>
<p>I'm not about to make this an english lit class, but evidently the decision and reflection is up to her daughter. </p>
<p>"We" have gotten extensions for the deadline, so "we" will have [note: not make] a decision Monday. </p>
<p>Stanford and Princeton are both awesome schools. Why are you so bent on insinuating Alumother's pushing her daughter in any direction at all (and what's up with your chronic negativity?)?. Quite to the contrary - the extension (which "we" got) is to allow her daughter to check out Stanford too. </p>
<p>You are the only person here suggesting that if Alumother's D chooses Stanford, then "we can strike out". I don't understand your thinking/concerns here -- I'd expect that the vast majority of kids will be going to different colleges from their parents. I hope that if you have a kid, he isn't going to have to choose Harvard to avoid breaking your heart...</p>
<p>Mea the best way to render Byerly is to completely ignore his posts.</p>
<p>Lets not contribute to any further negativity by responding in a negative way to Byerly's posts</p>
<p>After all,The Princeton Board has always been ,and should continue to be, a LOVEFEST :D :D</p>
<p>I guess he just doesn't get it. A parent's only contribution to the process should be monetary? </p>
<p>Byerly....stick to threads regarding admission statistics and keep....far-far away from these threads. We all have our strengths and we all have our limitations.</p>
<p>lovefest, hehe, awesome : )</p>
<p>wow mea, for an 18 year old you show amazing maturity and rational thought process.</p>
<p>Some posters can learn from you :)</p>
<p>Guys, here's the funny part. By "we will have a decision" I meant the cc board:) Seriously, I have come to think of it as a community.The other "we"s are family "we"s. The decision, BTW, has been all Aludaughter's. We are almost there, she has a preliminary conclusion, but we are waiting to see if it survives today.</p>
<p>As for Byerly, let's just approach this as I approached every bad toddler moment when I had little kids. You ignore the first 15-20 whines, "I hate you", "Listen to me", "I don't like this", etc.. If they are really whining a lot and you are locked in the car with them I always found that starting to sing was helpful in convincing them that you in fact weren't going to respond. If it goes on longer than that you relent, because they are still really only babies despite their ability to walk and talk. At that point you pick them up very quickly and take them and put them in the bathtub to get them to relax, then you feed them to make sure they are not hungry, then you put them in the car and drive them around until they fall asleep. Lacking an e-bathtub, a bag of e-goldfish crackers or an e-car seat, however, we will be limited to the ignoring phase of the treatment.</p>
<p>We can always just sing, "Going back, going back, going back to Old Nassau."</p>
<p>^This woman's got it goin' on! Hahahahaha.</p>
<p>I love you alumother, i really hope your daughter chooses princeton</p>
<p>Having not gotten into Harvard, "we" don't have much choice, do "we"?</p>
<p>haven't 'we' read the articles about Harvard bubble?</p>