<p>Please be reminded that many people will get unhappy news on 10-March. Be sensitive about your celebratory revel on this board.</p>
<p>Good luck to all!</p>
<p>I truly believe that most people aren’t deliberately trying to gloat. Maybe it’s subconscious…?</p>
<p>I just recall how, last year, there were a number of families devastated by ALL denials or ALL waitlist</p>
<p>If that happens daughter’s back-up plan is acceptance at local Cambridge program and reapply next year.</p>
<p>@GMTplus7: I completely understand where you are coming from. I was just saying that most applicants who were accepted, aren’t deliberately trying to gloat. Most of them are just very excited and relieved. That’s all. However, I do understand where you are coming from.</p>
<p>Carolaur: Wasn’t your daughter accepted at a school already? If not, I wish her the best!</p>
<p>GMTplus7: have been there and and done that twice with my daughter, I can tell you it’s no fun to end up with an empty hand.</p>
<p>Everyone, please be very gentle with everyone else tomorrow…</p>
<p>Just so it’s clear, in no way am I disputing what GMT is saying. Heck… I’ve already been rejected by two schools. I understand what rejection feels like…</p>
<p>Don’t gloat, but I understand it’s a big day for those who have invested so much time and energy in the applications and finally get good news, so if you want to express your joy and congratulate each others, do that.</p>
<p>I’m going to agree with @GMT - there is a big difference between posting results and some of the over the top bragging that went on last year - it was matched by some really negative posts when people began to denigrate the choices other families were making.</p>
<p>This board is a community - warts and all - and those who find a place can afford to be gracious enough to show sensitivity to those who are just as smart who will (because of the odds) be left on the outside looking in. </p>
<p>Those who get bad news will need a lot of support as they work through their remaining options, but I have no doubt that after the news settles in, they will come back to congratulate their peers as happened as well last year.</p>
<p>My advice is that if you’re lucky enough to have a choice between schools, wait a few days before starting threads asking people to help you choose between dream school A and dream school B. When so many don’t have any choice at all–often simply because they need too much financial aid–that kind of post can come off as gloating, though I know people don’t mean it that way. </p>
<p>If you keep that person who has been rejected everywhere in the front of your mind as you post, you won’t gloat. By all means share the good news!</p>
<p>Be pleased with yourself, but at the same time be respectful.</p>
<p>Agree with all posts above, last year had 5 waitlists and 1 rejection, it was pretty hard to see everyone celebrating… :D</p>
<p>Those who have aspiration to succeed in life will do so regardless of what high school they attend. At the end of the day, it is up to the student to take advantage of whatever opportunities their high schoolhas to offer, whether it’s your local h.s., or the elite boarding school. I personally know many kids who attended public schools and got into Ivies. Good luck everyone!</p>
<p>This was written by another parent yesterday, but I copied it and sent it to my daughter. I didn’t write the parents name down, if they see it I hope they raise their hand, because it was an excellent post. Here it is, not my work, but my daughter and I found it very inspirational and very true. So if today is not a good day, take a moment, but get back up and give whatever is next your all. These decisions do not define who you are or what you will be, only you can define that.</p>
<p>Here it is:</p>
<p>"All you kids rock. The first rule of success in life is getting up to the plate and taking a swing, laying it all out there, engaging the world. All of you are doing this now regardless of the decisions. This is the core DNA of a winner. The second most important marker of your future success is apparent only when you have a setback. Are you able to get up, dust yourself off and take another swing? All the greats have that ability, that toughness, that focus. Win, lose or draw, you own your success and I have no doubt that you’re lives are going to be full of triumphs. "</p>
<p>I remember 3 years ago when I got into Exeter. One of the happiest days of my life. Yet, I ended up deciding not to attend, and have been successful even though I didn’t go to one of the country’s most elite prep schools.</p>
<p>At the end of the day, the name of your high school on your resume will not mean that much if you don’t do well. You can do well at a local public high school and still end up going to a great college.</p>
<p>It’s all about taking advantage of your opportunities. So to all of you who have been accepted, be happy. If you choose to attend, be happy. If you don’t, be happy. If you didn’t get in, be happy too. You are all wonderful individuals who will succeed in high school, no matter where you go.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>@mauiluver: It was ThacherParent!</p>
<p>bumping this thread…</p>