<p>Andi,
As my kids would say, "SWEET!"!</p>
<p>Congrats to everyone else, too, but this one rates its own!</p>
<p>Aaaaahhhhhh!</p>
<p>Open the floodgates, here we come!</p>
<p>Yes! yes yes yes yes! Yes!</p>
<p>andi, I am so excited for you! You are out of the "godforsaken boat" ;)!
I am shaking with excitement; you must be too. Strike up the band!</p>
<p>Andi,</p>
<p>Your "don't make the same mistakes we did thread" was the first thread I ever read on CC.</p>
<p>What a difference a year makes! All the best for you and your S.</p>
<p>Thanks thanks thanks!!!!!!!!!!!! jmmom I'm shaking too. andison was yelling so loud after he got the e-mail I thought something terrible had happened.</p>
<p>What a difference a year makes indeed!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>IvyHopefulDad,</p>
<p>SCU is Santa Clara University.</p>
<p>Andi, I think I read your story and so congratulations. Our S's acceptance letter said " Savor this moment. You have earned it."
That really fits for you. Thank you for caring enough to share with others.</p>
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OOps, Hey Andi I was out of the loop on what all the hoopla was about. Just read another thread and saw the full ride scholarship to Brandeis. </p>
<p>Dingdingdingding!!!! Cha ching.</p>
<p>Congratulations to everyone - so much great news. I love reading this thread. Special congratulations to Andi and Andison! Full tuition at Brandeis - WOW!!! I have followed your journey and your news today brought tears (of joy) to my eyes. Here's hoping that andison will find his perfect fit - and that he will have plenty of schools to choose from this year.</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! So happy for Andi and her son!! Yes Andi I agree with you, not only is this a life lesson for your son but to many others as well. Talk about turning lemons into lemonade!!! Heck, opening a lemonade stand and then franchising!!</p>
<p>This is incredible. FULL TUITION! How many parents dream about that..... and its based on how GREAT your son is. Now that is validation. A big, SO THERE!</p>
<p>So, no matter what, andison will be in college come September. After all decisions come in, you all get the great fun of deciding where. But even more importantly, you must buy LINENS!!!!!</p>
<p>Happy, Happy, Happy</p>
<p>Kat</p>
<p>Congrats one and all. The acceptance thread is awesome!</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS ANDISON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>NO ONE, and I mean NO ONE(!!!!!!!!!!) deserves this more than YOU DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>I am so thrilled for you and for your whole family....beyond what I could ever properly express in mere words............. :) :) :)</p>
<p>much love and many {{{{{{{HUGS}}}}}}}, ~berurah <3 <3 <3 <3</p>
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kat, the linens have been sitting in the closet for a year! They're just waiting for that extra long bed to put them on. <em>lol</em> I guess you could say I had hope for those waitlists. </p>
<p>I wish I could give you all hugs and high fives!!!!!</p>
<p>andi - I have followed you and your S over the past year's ups and downs. Am thrilled to pieces for you S and your family.</p>
<p>Andi!
What a difference a year makes!!!!!! CONGRATS!! The penguins are doing the happy dance! :)</p>
<p>Andi, Andison,
Tremendous news......the gap year turned into the most profitable year a teen can ever have......I am thrilled for you both..... the name of the scholarship is what gives me goose bumps/tears... Leonard Bernstein scholarship for one whose passion is music is just too perfect. I am sorry the path was such a dark one, (along with my own harshness which didn't help) but the light at the end of this tunnel is a spotlight! Congrats......</p>
<p>Yeah, yeah, yeah, and yeah again!!!! I am so thrilled for you and Andison. It's about time for him to get all the good news that he deserves. I hope there are many more acceptances, with equally good financial aid or merit offers. :) :) :)</p>
<p>Happy for Apsdad's and for our future Macalester student!</p>
<p>But we have to really really savor our new Leonard Bernstein scholarship honoree!<br>
OH MY GOD!!! My faith in a just universe just received a big boost. No one deserves it more. We will all be here cheering for you as you sort out the options for September. BIG HUGS and LOUD CHEERS coming your way!!</p>
<p>A huge congrats to Andi and Andison!:D It's so great to see you receive the acceptance and huge money package that is well deserved.</p>
<p>mini time-out to congratulate some other recent great news recipients - anoel, APSDAD, sweetkidsmom,IvyHopefulDad..... wonderful results, all of you. </p>
<p>Please don't feel overlooked - especially those of you rather new to cc. The journey of andi and andison has been a long and difficult one, with andi having the generosity and courage to share at her lowest moments, so that others might steer clear of the devastation they suffered in the college admissions world. This is a moment many of us have long awaited sharing with her in cyberspace. But we toast you all as well!</p>
<p>Andi, so happy for you and your family!!! It is so so wonderful to see this post!!!</p>
<p>Congratulations to all and ESPECIALLY to Andison!!!! Woot! Woot! Woot! What an AWESOME honor! WPI and Brandeis down, many, many, more to come, I'm sure. What choices he will have to make!</p>
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<p>thanks for posting that jmmom!! congrats to all of you. Don't want to be a 'congrat hog.' ;) </p>
<p>congrats to all of you too!! Having gone thru this twice with the same kid- I can appreciate your good news!!</p>
<p>andi</p>