<p>Now that most decisions are in, are your kids on the whole happy about where they could be going to school in the fall?</p>
<p>The S applied to 6 schools (which we thought was a reasonable minimum) and was accepted to 4. We had two surprises, one acceptance that we thought was a reach and one non-acceptance (don't like using the "d" word) that IMO could have been an acceptance if he showed more interest. Of the 4 choices, two are financially achievable without incurring large amounts of debt which makes his parents happy. One of the non-acceptances was a reach school he really liked, but I think that the cost would have been too high so it was most likely the best that he didn't get in anyway.</p>
<p>I'd say that, on the whole, our S is happy...</p>
<p>Applied to 12 and gotten in on 4 of them with one surprise on rejection and rest of them are right on the money on my predictions. Can afford to get in all of them, if accepted. Chose the best in ROI: The state flagship.</p>
<p>My daughter is a happy camper, she went 3 for 3. She applied to one rolling admissions school that had her sport and a great honors college, our state flagship and a Northeast private that she will be attending on an athletic scholarship. She had several other schools on her list, with applications ready to submit, but signed in early November so never submitted.</p>
<p>Applied 7: WL one, denied 2, accepted 4. The 2 denied were major reaches that received tons of applications so they were very slim shots indeed.</p>
<p>The 4 accepts cover a nice range & we’ll be doing visiting of several in Apr but she leans towards one in particular. </p>
<p>The thing that I think may have stung her was her best friends are the top students in the school, and last evening the texts & emails were flying back & forth about acceptances at Ivies, MIT, Olin, etc – most of which she has no interest in at all (esp the engineering places), but she would have liked to say “I was accepted at X but I’m choosing Y.”</p>
<p>My D applied to 4 universities. She was accepted at 3 and wait-listed at 1 (her reach school). She has decided to attend a state university which is 30 minutes from our home. She received a $15K/yr scholarship for a wonderful program that they offer for women in computer science. She is very happy. Even if she was accepted at her reach school, she would not have gone there.</p>
<p>D applied to 3: accepted by 2, deferred by 1 (didn’t pursue because unable to provide 1st semester grades on foreign exchange). She is thrilled about where she is going.</p>
<p>The 2 rejections - somewhat expected since they are high reaches - come at the end of a long process but D has plenty of choices. Any rejection stings a bit but she shrugs it off. In fact, I think she and her friends are going out to celebrate (console?) the rejections. Good attitude, I’ll say. Now the ball is in the parents’ court, as in, are we ready for the tuition bill? Ugh.</p>
<p>D got 8 out of 11 and is most thrilled with 3 of her choices. Most of our college tours this past summer were back east. At the time is was so exciting. Now that the acceptances are in, my mind is starting to back peddle because she would be so far away. Not to mention her two favorite oos schools are the most expensive. The 3 rejects were all ivies so that is really no surprise and she isn’t sad about that. Daunting process trying to decide which one…</p>
<p>DD went 9 of 10 acceptances. The one rejection, Harvard, was a surprise (they recruited very hard), but not a dissapointment. While DD is very happy, we are all feeling that the admission game is just that, a game. Too many acceptances looks too much like a marketing strategy that works, well. A kid can only attend one school, after all. Glad it is over!</p>
<p>Boychild is a very happy camper. He went 9 for 9 with merit and FA awards which ranged from $17K/yr to 41K/yr. In retrospect, we probably were a bit on the conservative side when choosing schools to apply to. He will be attending his top choice - which we considered a reach for him but he would have also been thrilled to attend his 2nd and 3rd choice schools which were, in our opinion, match schools.</p>
<p>^^^Spring break and too much time on your hands McLogan. Now go outside and play with your little friends. The fresh air and exercise will be good for you.</p>
<p>I’ve got a happy kid - she got into one of her two top picks. I was happy too, until I realized theschool is on the otherside of the country. Now I’m not sure how I feel about this. </p>
<p>She has a month to decide but I’m torn. Should I just say go for it, or should I encourage her to at least revisit the almost as wonderful schools that are near by?</p>
<p>Back in the dark ages I went to college 2000 miles from home, to a school I had never set eyes on. My parents put me on a plane and off I went. I was fine, they were fine. Stop worrying.</p>
<p>I will let her decide - no doubt. And I am certain she will be fine. But I’m a mom, I will never stop worrying.</p>
<p>I have two older kids - one who went to school 30 minutes away and another a plane ride away - I saw them both just as often, which is rarely.</p>
<p>But it is so much easier to have them near by - from transportation issues, attending activities, arranging dentist appointments, to picking them up when they get sick. (Son once had extremely bad case of mono) etc. What weight should this have when picking between happy choices?</p>
<p>DD got accepted into H and Y, Duke and Dartmouth. Was super surprised never saw it coming. Now she has some decisions to make, we are going for a visit this week. Not sure if she will attend any.</p>