<p>@Evergreen1929 congrats to your D on Bryn Mawr! Right around the corner from us. </p>
<p>@staceyneil exciting!</p>
<p>Anyone else out there waiting on Haverford?</p>
<p>DD accepted RD to Juniata, Earlham, Mt Holyoke, St Olaf, Grinnell, and Bryn Mawr. Waitlisted at Kenyon, rejected ED at Carleton (foo!) Waiting to hear from Oberlin. She applied to Haverford but didn’t realize they require SAT2s, so that app alas appears to be dead in the water. So happy she has some great choices before her, especially since application season had such a discouraging start.</p>
<p>@murrr - I’'m sorry to hear that.:(. Does she have at least one acceptance to a school she’d be happy to attend? Are you still waiting on many results? This can be such a tough process. I hope she receives some good news soon!</p>
<p>We are getting close to the end of waiting on decisions – just UCB (#1) on Thursday – of course, we are still waiting on FA and scholarship info for several schools. So far she stands at:</p>
<p>CSUCI --Accepted, Presidents scholar invitee awaiting decision and FA package
Whittier – Accepted w/John Greenleaf Whittier scholarship but too loan heavy with $5000 gap to boot
UCSC – Accepted w/Campus Merit Scholarship and FYHP-- waiting FA package
UCSD – Accepted, good package w/modest loan & work study; no gap
UCLA – Rejected (expected-- didn’t apply herself when doing her portfolio)
Scripps – Rejected (surprised, thought was a good match)
Pomona – Rejected (expected, definite reach)
UCB – waiting (apparently a semi-finalist for The Achievement Award Program)</p>
<p>Not sure where she will end up. There is not one school that is a true perfect fit, but each has real potential. I’m leaning toward Big Fish, Small Pond concept, but if UCB comes thru with both major (art, impacted) and TAAP, then it will be a shoe-in for her. Unfortunately, the final decision for TAAP isn’t out until later in April. We are attending several accepted student days in April, and bringing along D15 since she’s applying this fall.</p>
<p>My D is in at UMCP, but not admitted to COE. They also accepted her for the spring semester, not fall. She applied RD rather than Priority, which could have something to do with it (this also means she won’t be considered for merit $, so it’s unlikely she’ll be going to UMCP).</p>
<p>Five down one to go for S. In order of preference. Lots of good choices.</p>
<p>Wash U: Accepted–Not much money but still might go
Northeastern: Accepted–Dean’s scholarship 13k so far. National Scholarship (30k) if he goes.
UT-Austin: Accepted–No word on money
Oberlin: Waiting
Macalaster: Accepted–DeWitt Wallace Scholarship–13k plus 2k for National Merit
Minnesota Twin-Cities: Accepted–Gold Scholarship (10K plus National Merit $)</p>
<p>First child going off to college and we didn’t really know how the process would work. She wanted a small liberal arts college so she researched about 30 and applied to 11. So far the results are far better than we had even imagined:</p>
<p>Bryn Mawr - accepted with merit aid
Lewis & Clark - accepted with merit aid
Macalester - accepted with merit aid
Mt. Holyoke - accepted with merit aid
Scripps - accepted with merit aid
Smith - accepted with merit aid (STRIDE)
St. Olaf - accepted with merit aid </p>
<p>Wellesley - wait listed </p>
<p>Waiting to hear from Oberlin, Vassar, and Whitman </p>
<p>I think she is going to have a hard time choosing. She really wants to go to the admitted students events at about four of them but I just don’t’ think it is going to work – schedules don’t quite mesh and too little time!</p>
<p>First of all, I wanted to thank the CC community for all your help during the last 2 years. it’s been a long and difficult process. </p>
<p>My D is a very smart kid who had an extremely rough 18 months in soph/junior years. Major depression caused by an undiagnosed learning disorder. We seriously wondered whether she was even going to graduate high school at one point. But after the LD was diagnosed, she got right to work learning how to compensate and cope. She worked hard and we’re SO proud of her. There were so many obstacles to overcome in addition (academic, financial) but she persevered. Like @MiCharge (P.S. congrats on a great list!), the results are better than we imagined. She’s going to the college she fell in love with sophomore year, the one that she held in her mind for inspiration when things were tough. I’m so proud of her!</p>
<p>ACCEPTED
Mount Holyoke - attending
Bard - with scholarship
Hampshire - with merit aid</p>
<p>WAITLISTED
Wellesley (she was happily surprised and will definitely stay on the waitlist. She was super inspired by her visit there…)</p>
<p>REJECTED
Smith
Skidmore</p>
<p>Congratulations to your daughter, @staceyneil, it sounds like she has been through a lot and has come out on top! One school my daughter didn’t apply to but I think she would have liked, was Bard. We drove by it on our trip to the east coast and I am sorry we didn’t stop by. Best of luck to your daughter as she continues on! Mount Holyoke is a great school! </p>
<p>P.S. I wish I would have found CC a little earlier in the process, we could have benefited from a lot of the experiences others have shared on these message boards. </p>
<p>Thanks, @MiCharge! Does your D have favorites from her accepted list yet? I tried really hard to get my D to consider some of those schools but she was adamant about staying in New England. Even Bryn Mawr (which she visited and liked) got crossed off because of location.</p>
<p>Vassar decisions are now out.</p>
<p>Re Goucher - google “colleges that change lives” and Goucher. It has a great reputation, and check out its thread entries on CC as well. </p>
<p>D committed to Roanoke College. She attended the Roanoke Scholar’s competition and was awarded a Dreher Scholarship for an additional $2k/year. </p>
<p>Very excited to hear about acceptances and decisions. I also am dealing with a first kid going off to college and we definitely have learned what we didn’t know when we should have known it :-" @Moonmaid - thank you - I’m aware of the CTCL listing of Goucher, and have read pretty much everything I can get my hands on. I still worry about the academics there and specifically whether D will have a competitive chance at grad schools or prof schools after graduating from there. It’s looking more and more likely - nice campus, quirky students who I think D would feel at home with. Just a worry. </p>
<p>DD just received her final admission decision and it was the one she was wanted to hear from the most. She applied to a large number of schools just to boost her high school’s scholarship $$$ offered figures but the ones she was considering the most were(along with merit aid offered):</p>
<p>Catholic University of America–Accepted–Honors Program–$80,000
Providence College–Accepted–$60,000
Saint Mary’s College–Accepted–$68,000
Carroll College–Accepted–$64,000
University of Portland–Accepted–Honors Program–$84,000
Mount Saint Mary’s University–Accepted–Honors Program–$80,000</p>
<p>but the one she will be attending is</p>
<p>University of Notre Dame–Accepted–no merit aid</p>
<p>@loveneweng - Many congratulations to your D on these wonderful acceptances and on choosing UND!</p>
<p>So much wonderful news! Congratulations!</p>
<p>Our D has many good choices: Tulane, Univ of Rochester, UConn, Barrett Honors College of ASU, Case Western Reserve, BU. She is struggling with the decision, & is in a round of visiting Tulane, Rochester & CWR, Barrett. It is exhausting & now she has a cold. This, on top of a rigorous high school program. I know it is all good. A “surfeit of riches”, but I will be glad once the decision is made. </p>
<p>Daughter is super excited to be accepted to UC Berkeley and NYU as MLK Scholar (her top two right now). Also accepted at Reed, Smith, UCSD, University of Puget Sound (with merit aid), College of the Atlantic (with merit aid). Waitlisted at Wellesley which bummed her out. Still waiting for Tufts but guessing it won’t matter, no aid most likely anyway. </p>
<p>She is very fortunate and has worked hard… a good combination. </p>