<p>I got accepted into Choate with the Icahn Scholar program. Has anyone else on here been accepted with Icahn?</p>
<p>TheatreGeek, that is thoroughly amazing, congratulations to you (on the Icahn scholar) what an honor!!! You must be so proud!!</p>
<p>Raddad,</p>
<p>I didnt disparage Choate as my childs fifth choice. You did. I didnt second guess my childs rejection at Choate with the implicit assumption that he should have been admitted. You did. I did not strain everyones credulity by bragging that my child was accepted early at Andover and Exeter. You did. So, please spare me the false umbrage. You have every right to be happy and proud if what you say is true. Its just that today is not the day to spike the football when so many kids will not join your son in the end zone at one school, let alone their top four choices.</p>
<p>Congratulations to those accepted, but for those of you waitlisted – I’ve been watching these threads for the past 4 years, and every year, Choate takes a number of kids from the waitlist. If it’s the case that Choate is first choice, it’s probably a good idea to contact admissions officer, and let them know that’s the case. Crossing fingers for all of you and best wishes in your decisions.</p>
<p>RadDAD75 is a ■■■■■ (this coming from a ■■■■■ expert i.e. myself). Stop feeding him.</p>
<p>@mauiluver Thanks soo much! :’) My mom is mostly the one who’s proud though, I’m just excited/relieved.</p>
<p>Agreed RadDad is RUDE…</p>
<p>skibum, thanks for that information, I will pass it along to our daughter, with some luck perhaps she will get off the wait list…</p>
<p>@JMilton: Thank you. After trying to help that poster initially, I have had quite enough. He has demoralized so many in the last 24 hours…</p>
<p>accepted 
still waiting on 3 other schools though</p>
<p>Hello Everyone,</p>
<p>My daughter got accepted into the Choate program. We are humbled by the decision as there are so many well qualified applicants. I am sure everyone will be successful in their chosen schools/career.</p>
<p>Rude or proud? Spike football? I have not posted one message berating anyones child. I wish you all well. To kill the ■■■■■ nonsense. I invite one regular poster to pm me and I will send a picture of package. Jmilton, I’ve read your previous posts. I don’t respect you or your comments.</p>
<p>Keep bragging, no one cares.</p>
<p>I see posters criticizing RadDad which I think is unnecessary. It is OK to celebrate success and we all know he means no harm to other applicants! Jmilton and others, just chillax!!</p>
<p>Congrats to all of those accepted into Choate!!!</p>
<p>If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask here or to PM me!</p>
<p>Can’t wait to meet all of you at revisits!!!</p>
<p>i got accepted to choate as a new junior . should i go? What would it be like as a new day student? im worried about making friends / grades ect.</p>
<p>GOOOOOOOOOO.
i am going to be a junior next year.
we’ll be very welcoming lol. it will be awkward for a little bit, but we will mesh in well (:</p>
<p>I don’t think RD is a ■■■■■ - just a boastful man living vicariously through his son. He appears even more arrogant and insensitive in contrast to the uniformly supportive, thoughtful and compassionate posters here on CC. If the “highly recruited 2 sport athlete” (but sports are unimportant in the family?!?) has inherited any of Dad’s pride and brash self centeredness, any of the schools that “recruited” him will undoubtedly serve up the necessary lessons in humility along with the rest of his education…sorry if that seems harsh, but RD’s overall tone and his rudeness to some of the nice kids on here, e.g.Starkali and the rest, especially today, is hard to take! CC should be a SAFE place for these kids to share anything they need to to get through the challenges of the admissions process. These kids have worked incredibly hard, not just to become the kinds of worthwhile young people attractive to BS, but also to learn from the process, support each other, and keep the experience positive even for the preponderance of students who receive disappointing news. Many schools frequently discussed here on CC have admit rates in 10%-14% range this year so that tells us how many heartbroken kids may be here today. I have stumbled on enough of RADdad’s swagger in multiple threads to see how demoralizing and damaging it can be for vulnerable kids. Nothing to do with jealousy and everything to do with humanity. What makes CC such a rare resource are the civilized and generous exchanges (and helpful of course!). I hope it stays that way, and the old timers aren’t afraid to speak up and protect the prevailing ethic here.</p>
<p>I hope RadDAD75’s athlete-recruit son is more gracious in victory on the playing field than the son’s father is on CC</p>
<p>bumpppppppp!</p>