<p>I wish this torture would end! My son opted to stay on the list until June 15 but hasn't heard anything yet. I am guessing there isn't much hope.</p>
<p>Not a parent, but an aunt:)</p>
<p>My poor nephew is still waiting to hear, and I think my sister in law is going to have a coronary!</p>
<p>Another waiting parent here. My D is trying to stay optomistic, but it's painful as a parent to see the toll this process takes on the kids. What happened to enjoying high school?</p>
<p>My son is also waiting for a waitlist college but he's told us he's quite content with his current choice.</p>
<p>My daughter is still on a waitlist, but doesn't have high hopes--they've already gone to the list once. Supposedly she'll have an e-mail when she comes home. Lots of kids at her school are still on lists; one girl got off of Duke already.</p>
<p>My daughter was waitlisted at her top two schools and chose to stay on. One even put her on a smaller, extended waitlist into July. Fortunately she had already decided on Hopkins with a large academic scholarship and has just finished a very happy and successful year. It is a fractional number of kids who make it off a waitlist at a top level school, which includes most of the schools mentioned on this website. My advice would be to embrace the places that have accepted your child and forget the ones that are yanking their chain. Doesn't matter in the end...your kid can be happy and successful wherever he or she chooses to be. Best of luck.</p>
<p>My S is still waiting for 2 schools-- one admittedly more than the other-- but kindly told the other 2 schools he was waitlisted for that he had accepted a spot at another school (which he did). Oddly, my H and I feel that the school he accepted is actually the best fit for him but there is something about these other 2 schools he can't let go of. I think it's quite distracting for me though his school year is almost completely over-- will be after this week-- so I guess for him he has nothing to lose by keeping the waiting. I'm not discussing it with him much now, though, because I would prefer that he start to commit emotionally to the school where he accepted a spot.</p>
<p>My daughter is still on the waitlist for her #1 school. We aren't discussing it right now because she has decided she doesn't want to go to any of the other 5 schools to which she was accepted. Ugh.</p>
<p>Acme, my husband and I feel exactly the same. We think that the school that currently has his deposit is the best fit for him. I think he is pining for the other school as a distraction from the stress of IB testing, finals and moving away from home (that school is much further away.)</p>
<p>Justamom, I feel your pain and empathize. I think I am going to lose my mind before this ends!! I just wish he would begin to accept that he is going to that school and move on!! Did you make a deposit at one of those 5?</p>
<p>I have a HS Senior Son, happy to go to Texas-Austin .. My older osn graduated in 2005.. He was waitlisted to West Point ( I know a different 'school' but the pain was the same) and was offered a Prep spot in June after High School was over. He spent a year in a prep program and is so utterly content and committed to West Point that we cant imagine him anywhere else.... Well sometimes the waiting is worth it, but one must be realistic about their chances</p>
<p>oxyalum - yes we sent off a deposit to a school. One that I thought she liked and had visited 3 times. The night I mailed the deposit she told me she didn't want to go there. She is looking at other schools and trying to figure out where to go for a year before she transfers.</p>
<p>JustAMomOf4-
Once she gets there, I bet she will love it.</p>
<p>Well - I am not sure I can get her there. She is thinking of going to a local college here or community college for a year and transferring.
She is also thinking of taking a year off.
She is the youngest - very independent and knows what going off to college is all about. She knows if she stays "home" she will have tons of freedom but that it will be (sort of) like high school.
She is torn but I can't make her do anything she doesn't want to do - LOL.</p>
<p>Justamom-That's a tough situation, hopefully time will help your d accept the school that accepted her, but if not, here is a link to a list of schools that still have openings. Maybe she will see something she likes.</p>
<p>My daughter is also on a waitlist. Throughout April we thought the chance of going off this list was zero and took it easy (why should we care if 10 out of a 1,000 waitlistees are accepted?). But it turned out that the school is planning to take A LOT. There IS a chance. And it's getting more and more difficult to wait for this phone call. At least we agreed that she stays on only one waitlist (she refused another waitlist offer).
For us, today and tomorrow are the days to go through. After that the chance of acceptance will probably become negligible. I also want to offer my daughter to set her own deadline for the waitlist. Like June 15. I really do not want her to feel she is going to a second-choice school. After all, her current option is a great school by any standard.</p>
<p>I am here to join the misery... Twin Ds waitlisted at 4 schools. One has received a spot on one waitlist. She is so torn, she was hoping her sister might get a spot so they might consider school together. They are enrolled 2 dif schools and one is across country from home. Not their top choices. I wish it all be over one way or another. I don't feel like I am enjoying these last days of HS like I should with this dark cloud hovering.</p>
<p>I can't imagine how these kids are standing the pressure. It is a complete blessing that my son got in reg dec to Columbia but we're waiting for our friends son to find out if he's off the waitlist. We'll know 2day at 5. I nearly had a heart attack waiting 4 April 1st, I know I'd have died waiting til now. Good luck to all!
P.S. Those of us who know that the kids are in are still nervous that senioritos doesn't mess things up. I'll be on pins and needles until orientation.</p>
<p>This waiting on the waitlist is driving me crazy; I'm obsessively checking the CC waitlist threads for the colleges in question. As if there wasn't enough pressure already, my child is taking three AP exams this week. I know that everyone says to focus on the college that has your deposit, but it is extremely difficult to do when the kids are waiting to hear from their top choices.</p>
<p>my-3-sons - thanks for the link. Problem is she will need financial aid - which may or may not be available this late.
She is seriously considering our community college for a year - her idea not mine.<br>
If she were my first I would be freaking out but she being the youngest is in "complete control" of the situation - haha.
She is a smart kid. She will come out ok - she always does!</p>
<p>happy4him, did your friends son hear yesterday?</p>