<p>@Marylandmom7, I am a Rice alum… in my oh so humble opinion, you can’t go wrong. It’s a great school in a great city with a not so great climate… (Oh well… one can’t have everything!) Rice students are just so interesting and the school is really pushing to build bridges between majors. The college system really provides a great support structure from the beginning. Best of luck to her (and you!) </p>
<p>Twin sons - one going to Pomona (ED) for Physics/Comp Sci and the other finally has decided on Skidmore - no merit aid but lots of financial aid. Accepted to Hendrix, Wooster, Austin College, Trinity (Sa) and Rhodes (Merit aid from all) rejected at Tufts and Oberlin and waitlisted at Vassar. He’s been torn between Wooster and Skidmore - college visits have such an impact. He got to spend the night at Wooster and really liked the kids BUT… Skidmore seems to offer so much more and also has great kids. He’s been struggling with what to do but tonight announced he’d be a SkidKid… I guess officially - I’ll have a Thoroughbred (Skidmore) and a Sagehen (Pomona.) DONE!</p>
<p>Congrats to @txvelle and all the others who have wrapped up (this part of) their process. There are already 75 decisions indicated on the Google doc – exciting to see so many happy families. I know there are still a few out there still agonizing. </p>
<p>Please feel free to highlight your student’s decision in red italics here: <a href=“https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZxUwgbCqcCpq4L_2L4lAhqcKQAN0AyGHDAjf1rDX9rI/edit”>https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZxUwgbCqcCpq4L_2L4lAhqcKQAN0AyGHDAjf1rDX9rI/edit</a></p>
<p>So far, University of Alabama has the most CC students matriculating (4), but there are a bunch with 3. </p>
<p>@/Marylandmom7 - we are local to the sf Bay Area and d chose rice over Berkeley and committed last week. UcB is a fantastic school but very different from rice. I think the size intimidated my d and admitted students day at rice convinced her that rice was the better option for her</p>
<p>The ship is almost in port. Good luck to all those in there last hours of decision making…</p>
<p>Wow! Glad this is over
DD accepted Binghamton, UMass Amherst CHC, Goucher, Smith, Bryn Mawr, Rutgers, Montclair State honors, Simmons College. Waitlisted Wellesley, Denied Vassar</p>
<p>Sent the deposit to Simmons this weekend. I think it is the right fit.</p>
<p>Thank all of CC for sharing</p>
<p>College of Charleston is the final choice for DD. Posted all results on Google doc.</p>
<p>Other acceptances:
Beloit, BU, Case Western, U of Cinn, Hampshire, IU, Loyola Marymount, Oberlin, U Pitt, U of Puget Sound, Rhodes, Xavier University</p>
<p>Congrats, @terpreter! And a note to everyone that I made a shortcut to the Google doc, which is at <a href=“Class of 2018: List of Acceptances (H.S. Class of 2014) - Google Docs”>http://■■■■■■■/class2018</a> . </p>
<p>I spent some time cleaning it up but there’s a bit of funkiness with @sydsim who had two different entries. If you are around you might want to look to be sure they are both yours and combine them. </p>
<p>With the late-breaking waitlist changes and clean up, University of Alabama (6) has regained the lead from Vanderbilt (5). Cornell is tied with Vandy now . Not that it is a competition, as everybody is a winner!</p>
<p>twin daughter #1 accepted to the Rutgers Business School. (she is following in her brothers footsteps) the only school she applied to.</p>
<p>twin daughter #2 accepted to the Rutgers Honors College with a Henry Rutgers Scholarship ($25,000.00 per anum), accepted to Brown University, accepted to Johns Hopkins, waitlisted Princeton and Case Western, rejected by Harvard and MIT.
She will be attending Brown as a physics major.</p>
<p>My daughter was all set to attend U Delaware with a nice grant and scholarship. But she recently found out she was accepted off the waitlist at Smith, which had been her first choice. We are still waiting for the FA info to arrive in the mail, and I really don’t know how I, as a parent, should be playing this. I know the schools are apples and oranges in many ways, but they also have important similarities (friendly, relatively safe campuses; good locations in nice college towns not too far from home [NJ]; happy-seeming students; good study abroad options; and the chance to combine an engineering major with foreign language- not so easy to find). Apologies if this is not the right thread for this, but any comments would be welcome. </p>
<p>Sugarski: my congratulations and sympathy. I was afraid of this situation with Wellesley’s waitlist for my DD. Fortunately W was not high on DDs list so we dropped off their list. IMO FA is the most important part. I wish we could keep them local! The wrong money is a great reason to drop a school. With any luck, your D has already envisioned herself at UDel and won’t be tempted by insufficient money (?) somewhere else. please let us know what you decide. These waitlist situations are tough</p>
<p>@Evergreen1929, thanks so much for the kind words. I am very happy (and kind of in shock) to report that Smith absolutely blew us away with their generosity. They gave my DD the best FA package she received from any school, and she will be able to attend for significantly less than our in-state public! It feels like she won the lottery- which, in a way, she did! I’m so thankful to Smith for actually using their waitlist and actually providing FA to w/l admits. We never dreamed this would happen.</p>
<p>Yay!! Congrats. I have a Mentee that attends Smith in science. A great school</p>
<p>That’s so awesome @sugarski. Congrats to your daughter!</p>
<p>@sugarski That is wonderful. So happy for your family :)</p>
<p>@Evergreen1929 @LucieTheLakie @staceyneil Thank you all. It’s been wonderful having this group for info and support. :)</p>
<p>Applied to two public colleges and two private colleges. </p>
<p>Accepted to both public schools (SUNY Binghamton and SUNY Geneseo)
Denied from the to privates (Hamilton and Grinnell)</p>
<p>Attending Geneseo… meh</p>
<p>DD decided on UMKC. She was awarded an out-of-state grant which greatly reduced her tuition. Now to find off-campus housing to reduce her living expenses. She’ll be moving away from home in Florida. Everyone we talk in MO to tries to figure out why on earth she’d live FL for KC.</p>
<p>Hey y’all. Is there a thread anywhere on buying stuff for college? Can someone point me to it?
My husband thinks I’m insane and I’m overbuying stuff, and maybe I am. Would just like a reality check from
some other parents. Carry on . . . </p>
<p>Hi, @Momzie and all, I can’t believe I need this because I’ve already sent a 2012 kid away to school – but I would love to find a thread on buying for college too. D2 will attend Ohio University’s Scripps School of Communication after a roller-coaster ride of acceptances that included Purdue, Alabama, College of Wooster and DePauw (which was her first choice until she decided it would be far too much like her small private high school). D1 attends Denison, which is wonderful for her. Dorm shopping with her was extensive and expensive, as their residence life requirements were strict and the dorm rooms very basic. OU provides refrigerator/microwave units in each room, and keeps sending mail containing order forms for bedding, towels, supplies and even carpets. It doesn’t help that D2 is far less interested in shopping. Do people really buy the proffered merch from the university? I’d love to find a list that pares down what is really needed. </p>