<p>brag time…
D got into My Holyoke, first choice!
What a relief.</p>
<p>Congrats! So are you “done”?</p>
<p>If you mean college search, yes, she applied ED.
But if you mean kid wise, no I have a S who is applying to BS so I have to wait until March 10th for that.
Ulcer time for me!</p>
<p>My son was accepted into UC Riverside yesterday.<br>
I am very proud of him!<br>
Now we can wait for the other 5 UC schools, USC, and Univ of Washington with a lot less anxiety!
It was interesting that he received the news via email. No more rushing to the mailbox everyday to see if that fat envelope is there…</p>
<p>This waiting is so nerve-wracking that I’m starting to try to read things between the lines! One college’s financial aid office called to clarify some info on D’s CSS Profile–that makes it pretty darn likely she’s accepted, right? I can’t believe the financial aid office works on that stuff for all applicants, only the accepted ones…</p>
<p>Try not to read into these messages. At need blind schools, the financial aid office works independent from the admissions group and at non-need blind schools, need may determine acceptance or rejection. It can go either way. Good luck…</p>
<p>You’re right…I am trying to do way too much divination right now! This waiting game is hard when you’re doing Regular Decision.</p>
<p>Note to self: You know you might have Helicopter Parent tendencies if <em>you</em> are more anxious for the acceptance letters than you <em>child</em>. Chill out already!!</p>
<p>ncsu is a great engineering school with lots of coop opportunities…good thing to do, b/c it gives you a real edge in the competition…will lengthen college by a year, but well worth it</p>
<p>2013:
Accepted at U. of Arizona w/scholarship and ROTC
Accepted at U. of South Carolina/ ROTC
Waiting on: USNA, USMA, Harvard,Trinity (TX), Rhodes, Pepperdine, Gettysburg, USC.</p>
<p>DD accepted at St. Olaf and finalist for Buntrock Scholarship.</p>
<p>DD accepted to U of Richmond with a Presidential scholarship and is a finalist for both the Boatwright and Science scholarships which are full tuition.</p>
<p>Yeah! DD just notified that she was awarded the Presidential Scholarship at Messiah. It’s $15,540/year. So happy for her. She has worked so hard throughout these years.</p>
<p>That’s fantastic!</p>
<p>Any other Tigers here?</p>
<p>Hey, zman13! Yes, there are other tigers here! I just happened to look here by chance. I didn’t reply to the question about the BR airport because I don’t know anything about it. I bet if there is a contact phone no. for orientation they could help you out with that. Congratulations again!</p>
<p>Hey Parents,
Did your kid get a great award based only on merit? In this crazy economic time, give us some good news! List the award, institution and stats of your child. It will give us parents of HS juniors some hope for next year!</p>
<p>I’ve done that in PMs to parents whose juniors are interested in similar schools.</p>
<p>Have you tried looking at this thread, which is “stickied” to the top of the Parents’ Forum? <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/52133-schools-known-good-merit-aid.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/52133-schools-known-good-merit-aid.html</a></p>
<p>Mine got a $20,000 merit award to a school she’d never heard of! Threw it out so can’t remember the name but it was a college run by nuns somewhere in Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>My daughter received merit awards from Univ of Pittsburgh (full tuition), DePaul in Chicago ($56,000 over 4 years) and Loyola Chicago ($40,000 over 4 years). Nothing from Univ of Michigan, though!</p>