<p>I remember being anxious AND excited at the same time. You know that there is most likely going to be some disappointments, hopefully some great news–but most of all, it gives some clarity to what your kid and your family can look forward to for the next 4 years.</p>
<p>Is anyone else waiting for ALL their decisions in Mar./Apr. or are we the only ones?? We have one deferral and that’s it. Nothing else. Talk about STRESS!!!</p>
<p>That’s why it is recommended that you apply to a safety with rolling admissions.</p>
<p>Yeah, we didn’t do that. We have safeties, but they have RD, not rolling. I didn’t see any on the list of rolling admiss. that he would even have wanted to apply to in the NE area.</p>
<p>Even if you have a rolling or EA acceptance, the waiting for the whole picture to emerge is still hard :)</p>
<p>Do you think it makes us more anxious learning the decisions on line at a set date/time?</p>
<p>I think so. When S1 was applying, some results still came via snail mail. I remember Matt McGann posted a photo of all the envelopes ready to go out. Twist the knife a little, will ya’? (It seemed odd that MIT was one of the schools that didn’t email results.) It spread out the anxiety over a longer period of time, but it was not quite as intense. Otoh, I remember seeing other applicants reporting their email results (on CC) while DS was still waiting. The agony, then the happy moment. :)</p>
<p>Anxiety is approaching a fever pitch here.
Ds was deferred to 1st choice and will hear “regular mail 4/1” which I’m sure you all realize is a SUNDAY.
to add to the stress DH and I will be OUT OF THE COUNTRY, leaving 4/1.
SO very hoping that decisions come just a little early so we can contratulate or console as appropriate.
And the wait for FA is perhaps the worst part. Big scholarship decision expected 3/15.</p>
<p>Good luck to all. At least we are in this together</p>
<p>I am in the same boat as you Megan. Deferred first choice and now we wait. Gah!!</p>
<p>I remember that I was more stressed for younger d than older d as she was applying for BA programs and conservatory admits…and was still undecided whether or not she had even applied to the right schools and the right programs. In the end she had a couple of good choices along with rejections. Grad school for older d was much more stressful because it really is more defining as a grown-up person… and it only gets worse for those applying for med school and law school. Even though I am on the sidelines I am somewhat stressed about younger d’s boyfriend applying for grad school MA/PhD programs- he is a top candidate in his field (along with many other top candidates) and only applied to top programs on the assumption that in academia, candidates from top programs in the field are going to be more sought after for positions.</p>
<p>We did ed and I think I would croak of an anxiety attack. I think I would have really lost it to still be waiting. Seems like such cruel and unusual punishment.</p>
<p>For my dd, we will find a rolling admissions school to ease the anxiety. </p>
<p>How did a previous poster hear from 2 ed schools? Aren’t you only supposed to apply to one ed?</p>
<p>^^^That poster, Pizzagirl, has twins.</p>
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<p>I don’t think many would argue the contrary, but anxiety to the point of feeling sick when one already has options seems to be an unnecessary expenditure of negative energy and clearly unhealthy.</p>
<p>For parents of college seniors this is the real March madness. </p>
<p>I’m old enough to remember when it was all April 15 and a snail mail big or little envelope thing. When you applied you’d get that dictionary size College Board directory and the house would fill up with actual physical college catalogs. Do they still make those?</p>
<p>My daughter has been accepted to a few rolling safeties, and not only did some of them use the big envelope thing, but one of them put on the outside, “You’re In!” to leave no doubt about it. </p>
<p>These days whenever I see a big envelope my heart skips a bit but mostly it’s been stuff from school’s she has been admitted to, trying to close the sale. Or, more of a tease, big envelopes from schools she wants to be admitted to but with stuff like thanks for your recent visit and I’ve enclosed some brochures about the blah blah blah program we spoke about. </p>
<p>In the end she’ll have the excitement of going and I’ll put on my green eye shades and count the beans. </p>
<p>GBS said, “Youth is so wonderful, it’s a pity they waste it on the young.”</p>
<p>latichever–I love your post, and I love this thread. I have become maniacal about the U.S. mail, e-mail, CC, ie., just being a complete nutcase during this waiting period. DS, like others here, already has several EA acceptances, but waiting for the last three and obsessing about finances makes me crazy. And I am ever so glad to know I am not alone. I don’t talk to anyone about this in “real life.” DS is as cool as a cucumber about it, and by day I am a HS teacher with no audience for my angst. So really glad to have found some virtual moral support here!</p>
<p>I would have been, but DD has been admitted to schools she wants to go to and is just waiting to here from reaches that she has no expectation of being admitted to. Thus, we are just kicking back to see if lightening strikes while planning for what we are pretty sure will be her college of choice, Sewanee. I think I have benefitted more from this scenario than DD.</p>
<p>Hi all … I am anxious with you, but only because some of my son’s close friends are in your boat. I am done with my S because he flipped the switch on ED for his favorite school and was accepted, but I remember this month 3 years ago when my D was going through it. The constant reminder of the end of the month countdown was distracting. I’m hoping my S’s friend gets into an Ivy, which for him is actually not a reach stat-wise, but it’s never something that you count on even for a person like his friend. </p>
<p>If you’re in the northeast, try to get out and enjoy some rare snow … rent some snowshoes or cross country skis and get yourself outside. If you’re in other areas, find a way to point your physical energy in a direction that is productive … volunteer somewhere, help with storm clean up, start a house improvment project, anything to keep your mind from endlessly checking online college status or CC. </p>
<p>Most of all, try not to let your student see your anxiety! They are likely 3 times more anxious than you and they will try not to show it. </p>
<p>It’s a long month, but you’ll get through it. Strangely enough, our kids will end up where they are supposed to be despite our racing and anxious minds.</p>
<p>H is trying to channel his anxiety into being a cheerleader for one of D’s two early acceptances. Her RD applications are all to highly selective places. She has the stats, but as SnowflakeVT mentioned, you really can’t count on anything with Ivys and the like.</p>
<p>Like skier29 we’re going out of country on 4/1 and really hoping to get all the news before then.</p>
<p>My anxiety is that my D will get into Harvard RD and pass on a B/K scholarship at UMCP. How does one say no to Harvard and how does one afford it? She also applied to Stanford but I feel it might be easier to say no there.</p>
<p>Why am I afraid of such a low probability event? I’m afraid because she’s been on a two year gap adventure in Nepal doing amazing work and she wrote about her experiences in compelling prose.</p>
<p>some stress’ers here for us. f/a packages have finally started to come in. still waiting on decision for several RD schools and also on a decision from a deferred school. ds has some pressure to make a decision on one school since it’s a school for his sport. they’ll move on to another player a short time from now. between the f/a packages, decisions, and the coach calls/emails, it’s a busy time and a little bit of a roller coaster for ds. interestingly, one school has already cancelled an admission when ds turned down an athletic scholarship offer. that was kind of a surprise. didn’t know they would do that type of thing. i suppose it affects their yield or something.</p>