<p>We have a question about the response deadlines. The college my dd wants to attend has an online tuition deposit and a mail-in response. We paid the deposit last night-April 30-and put the response in the mail last night about 9:00 p. m. The university happens to be in the state where we live, so the response should arrive on Monday. For whatever reason (think-crazed with the decisions!) we didn’t realize that the response couldn’t be given online. As long as the envelope is postmarked May 1, will we be all right?</p>
<p>You should be fine. Congratulations!</p>
<p>Thank you for the reassurance. It was a tense night here! I am so thankful for all the information we have found on CC to help us on this journey. The funny thing is that this daughter is our 5th to enter college. You would think by now we would have everything under control, but each one is different.</p>
<p>So true! My first agonized over her decision - and the family got tired of the month-long cloud over our heads. My second didn’t even have to choose. He will go where he is going because he only applied to one school that ended up being affordable. There was one other school where he was accepted that he likes better, but it was too expensive & there were no truly compelling reasons to borrow the necessary money to finance an education there. He isn’t especially excited about where he will go to school this fall, but he isn’t upset, either. He is … ambivalent, I guess. Better than disappointed, I suppose! :)</p>
<p>S. mailed off his acceptance to Macalaster at 11:30AM. It was so tough. His other choice was Cornell–an Ivy league school, closer to home. S. is a very logical guy. He did a decision matrix and Cornell came out ahead by a tiny margin. But when S talked about Cornell it seemed he felt he “should” go there–I didn’t see the love. </p>
<p>It took a lot of talking to get to his feelings about his choices. This morning at about 10:00AM after putting a Cornell acceptance in an envelope something shifted and he just couldn’t talk fast enough and as he talked it became clear that he really wanted to go to Macalaster, felt the fit was better (had overnight visits at both). It was kind of wonderful to hear him think out loud about how he was processing everything. I am so proud of him for taking care of himself like this—choosing something that is best for him and not what many of his peers and teachers expect.</p>
<p>What month it’s been!</p>
<p>chilady—congrats on your son’s decision for Mac. I have two nephews who are recent Mac grads and they love the place.</p>
<p>chilady-congrats to your S- in the end his 
led the way .
Gooood for him ;)</p>
<p>I am practically in tears today reading everyone’s posts. The angst is overwhelming in so many ways. You’ve brought back stressful memories for me from last year and I’m already dreading my 2012 decision process for my daughter. I can dream that it will be easier, can’t I?</p>
<p>Congrats to all on getting through this process!!!</p>