<p>^^^^^We live about 5 minutes from SMU. Both D’s said a resounding “NO” to that one.</p>
<p>Perhaps ironically, both of my parents went to SMU undergrad but now live thousands of miles away from it :)</p>
<p>“I worried with the first two until the moment they got their first acceptance. After that it was all good because I knew they were going SOMEWHERE”</p>
<p>I’m with you there. I was worried until a few days ago when my son got an acceptance at one of his safeties. 7 reaches-4 safeties, probably won’t work out so well, but seeing as he liked his safeties, it is such a relief to get that first one. He calls it his “insurance policy.”</p>
<p>I hope everyone’s kid here gets an acceptance from at least one school before that final date, to give them that peace of mind.</p>
<p>We are fortunate that we have several state universities. One of the bigger ones is VERY close to our home. DD refused to apply. “Too close,” she said. “okay,” we answered.</p>
<p>My older S did ED to Vanderbilt and it was so easy! Now my S2 has a second interview with Harvard this weekend…seems like it will never end! Makes me feel better to read other parents comments and worry…we just want him to get into a place where he will be happy and so tired of everyone asking Where??? Most kids here seem to already know…he’s just happy to have gotten 2 likely/early advice of admit letters! I think Spring Break is …well, not going to relaxing but at least the waiting will be over…good luck to all!</p>
<p>Hallelujah!! S just got an acceptance to Case Western and a $30,000 merit scholarship!! Now we can relax a little and breathe a sigh of relief. The boy will be going to college SOMEWHERE!!</p>
<p>Congrats on the Case Western acceptance! I remember feeling the same way about DS first acceptance. While he’s been accepted to several great choices and I think one of them will be “the one”, but he is still waiting on 2 super high reaches and he won’t make a final decision until after April 1. I’m just ready for it to be here and the decision to be made!</p>
<p>Congrats Megan! What a relief for your son and your family :~)</p>
<p>Trying to be very zen and relaxed, but it’s not working… </p>
<p>Hard to not picture adcoms sitting around with so many fabulous applications and parsing through minor details to determine who attends and who does not. Always shocking, yet unsurprising at the same time, when I hear about rejections of seemingly overqualified applicants. I know that many schools could fill their classes with many more than they can accept. Just hard waiting and not knowing if my child fits what they are looking for.</p>
<p>I recommend Pilates.
Only part kidding. I started going regularly (2 x week class) last fall specifically because the whole college thing was making me tense. It has worked wonders.</p>
<p>If your kid has been accepted to other schools, focus on that.<br>
M S applied to 9, has been accepted at 7. Still waiting on the other two (both should tell us April 1). These are his two reach schools, including the one he always said he most wanted to attend.
But a funny thing has happened. S has been back to visit two of those that already accepted him and gave him wonderful merit awards…and now he’s strongly leaning toward one of those. It has supplanted the long-favorite reach school as his new favorite.
I say, go visit some of the other schools who already have indicated they want your child. See if kid doesn’t start loving one of them.<br>
Oh, and check out a Pilates class.</p>
<p>S has no idea why he liked Case Western in the first place - UGH! But they gave him a free plane ticket to fly back and jog his memory - we were shocked!</p>
<p>High school seniors, like the rest of us, want to be wanted, so it is perfectly understandable that they like it when a college says:“We like YOU so much that we will give you money to come here.” It worked for my daughter.</p>
<p>Ditto on the “being wanted” theme!</p>
<p>D is accepted to her 1st choice EA (a public Ivy) but when the FA came through, she was visibly offended. Both of her “safties” have come across with very generous merit aid and an overall financial package that makes attendance less than half the cost of her 1st choice. We have not put any $ pressure on her (waiting until all the RD results and FA packages come in, before we sit down and have a heart to heart), but DM and I definitely sense some “winds of change” and a different outlook. The persistent calls, letters, and emails complemented with solid FA (putting their $ where their mouth is!) from her “reliable choices” is having an impact.</p>
<p>That’s why I hate the term “safety” and try to use the “reliable choice” instead. It sounds less like “settling??”</p>
<p>Good luck to all! I’m thinking we might already have a winner! Although we’re waiting on 3 more RD decisions.</p>
<p>I’ve been back to the gym as of last week, it DOES help, tremendously. As does taking time to look over the web site of the “safety” with the great FA package…</p>
<p>Congrat’s megan… I know you were waiting anxiously for that first YES!! I love the comment from your S that he can’t remember what he liked about Case…LOL!! I think we are more excited about that first one than they are… especially if it is not their first choice. I’m with ohiobassmom. I have been pouring over the safety admit with the great merit and FA package and trying to engage my S. He just shrugs and says, " Ah huh"… I can’t get him to think seriously about any of his schools until all decisions are in.</p>
<p>maggiedog… I had those exact thoughts in the middle of the night last night… and happened to mention to my S that wasn’t it weird to think there were some people sitting around a table maybe discussing him… he said, " terrifying!"</p>
<p>The waiting is killing me and the mailman must think I am crazy. I have senior triplets 1 accepted with all Fin Aid settled. The other two have options but are waiting for Fin Aid packages or acceptances from favorites. 16 more days… It’s all I think about… Where where where! </p>
<p>I had an college admissions interviewer say to me, OMG in 4 years you could have 3 graduations on the same day in different states. I said I will gladly take that problem, it means they all completed in 4 yrs!</p>
<p>wow 3kids. I feel like I have nothing to be anxious about, relatively speaking :)</p>
<p>D had planned to apply EA to two schools, got sick as a dog and just couldn’t be happy with where her applications/essays were enough to submit. Still, waiting had been brutal until Monday when she got her first YES.</p>
<p>When people asked me to where she was applying, I could honestly say… I really don’t know except that it’s pretty much coast to coast and in-between! Which was actually more true than not!</p>
<p>And while we are on our 3rd and last kid, I’ve seen this process evolve over the last nine years. And I am just going to say it…I think that by paying application fees in the range of 50-75 bucks entitles a kid (not to mention the parents who paid the fee) to at least one stamped envelope to come in the mail. Doesn’t have to be a fancy big fat envelope, but I think the college admissions process is grueling enough without subjecting a kid to log in issues… This year there were a lot of emails lost to a spam blocker (what kind of school would spam any .edu address?), and so most of my anxiety was just in determining if schools had even gotten D’s application! And there is absolutely nothing worse than, “your password and user name do not match.” And then there’s the portal paralysis where every little change in a heading on these things causes kids (and parents) to overanalyze what that little star in the right corner that wasn’t there yesterday (was it?) might mean!</p>
<p>3kidsatonce… I would be on serious xanax. Habitually. Just saying.</p>
<p>3kidsatonce–I can’t imagine what it feels like at your house right now :D. We have 2 going off in '13 at that is enough for me. It’s a lot easier when it is just one at a time. They have friends that are quads-going to schools in 4 different states. I didn’t even think about the potential conflicts with graduations. </p>
<p>Good luck to everyone!!</p>