<p>Andi- congrats to you and your son. Excellent second round and you are my hero for getting through this so well!
Wild Child is actually going to his prom- a first. He hates dances. The girlfriend begged and begged and offered to PAY for the prom and even the tux, so he said OK. "Why should I pay when I don't want to go?" Of course, I will NOT allow the girlfriend to pay....</p>
<p>andi and twinmom-
Congrats to you both!! Its been a long ride!
Twinmom-
I am putting in a vote for your s for one of 3 dorms-- Joss (Josselyn), Jewett or Main. There was a discussion about the Vassar dorms on the Vassar thread at one point. It gives a little flavor of them..</p>
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Well maybe this girl can tame Wild Child a little - either that or dance as fast as he runs. Hopefully Wild Child will stay wild in good ways next year at college.</p>
<p>mowc-
Is wild child mellowing-- a tad??? Will he wear a tux? My friend's son went to the prom with a goth girl. He wore a zoot suit. I don't think she chose to take any prom pictures :(</p>
<p>twinmom, Quiltguru and fireflyscout, Splashmom, merblajam, and andi - congrats on the decisions! Whew !</p>
<p>katwithkittens - oh, my. Don't wear out the credit card with the consolation shopping. Diversify! Go for chocolate instead.</p>
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<p>MOWC, I am all for doing the right thing, but thanks to WC for giving me my LOL moment for the day :D</p>
<p>jmmom,</p>
<p>Thanks for the update. Congrats on the acceptances that have come rolling in, your next drink in SA is on me.</p>
<p>jym626 - The Vassar dorms all look so beautiful ... I don't think he can go wrong!</p>
<p>Andi - I don't think my daughter would EVER admit that her mom posted on one of "those forums!" </p>
<p>And it's not just Kat whose son is lagging here ... Cami ??????</p>
<p>Congrats to Splashmom, Fireflyscout, and Merblajam. The onloading of the dishwasher is grand!</p>
<p>OK. So. MOWC - thanks for the giggle.</p>
<p>Kat - I will tell you something. Actually, I believe your S, from everything you have said, would love Princeton and be the perfect just off-center fit. As I was, 32 years ago.</p>
<p>Congrats to all! Aren't kids who do chores killer? Let's all read them Little House on the Prairie so they appreciate their modern day life.</p>
<p>No locusts:).</p>
<p>Let's all read them Little House on the Prairie so they appreciate their modern day life.</p>
<p>I recall trying to forcefeed my love of the Little House books on my sons since we were not blessed with a little girl. They kept asking for me to turn the pages back to the Garth Williams sketch of Pa's Rifle so they could look that over again and again. Very discouraging. We hadn't even gotten to the Maple Sugar pages or to the part about Mary's doll or to the Big Snow and the fiddling by the fire at night. sigh.</p>
<p>Yeah, and they missed Mr. Edwards!!</p>
<p>My littlest S absolutely LOVED the Little House Books. (We started with Farmer Boy.) My husband read the whole series to him-- DH just could not get over how great they are.</p>
<p>well..back to our Main Channel Folks. Bereft mother of a college freshman had a fun regression sharing episode of happy days gone by with a couple other Moms...maybe we can form a thread called Regressive Therapy: The Antidote to College Essay Angst via Recalling the Bliss of Reading to your child.</p>
<p>Returning the topic to College Acceptances Celebrate here.</p>
<p>Congratulations, all, on wonderful decisions!</p>
<p>Twinmom, great choices for both your kids---one where my son is, the other right in my neck of the woods!</p>
<p>Special congratulations to Andi, son, and family on a great end to your saga. My son may be living at MIT over the summer (frat houses rent out space to students in the area).</p>
<p>Best, best of of luck!</p>
<p>Jmmom - great to hear about the transfer successes - I had been wondering! But I wasn't sure that he would know this early.
I will also put in a shameless plug for Vandy, great music town, nice weather, good small engineering program. But, Lehigh sure would be closer to home ;). Let us know when he gets all the results in.</p>
<p>Andi,
For some reason your message box is full!
Been waiting to read your son's decision....wonderful. H and I are both alums and when I visited with my son last year I recalled what it was that made it so special for us....</p>
<p>Since my parents were 15 minutes away I took care of the 'love ya mom and dad but don't really want to see ya all the time' situation by living in a coed dorm/ coed suite with bathroom used by both sexes. I was coming from an all girl's boarding school- so I don't have to tell you the change this was for me, or the shock it was for my parents. My choice of where to live-Burton House, 3rd floor...was vital to my happiness. My husband, and the following year his brother, joined very social frats, and again it 'made' the experience for them as well...I am sure your son knows this already, but this is one of the often un-recognized aspects of what is unique about MIT- how truly different all the living options are and what a difference it makes where you live...</p>
<p>In the last hour I had emails from my freshman year roommate and another woman I was friends with for all 4 years in college: our children will both be at Penn next year...I have friends from MIT that are famous, friends who are infamous (not many)-most of us live more 'normal' lives, but always mindful of how it was enriched by that expereince.</p>
<p>Good luck to your son...go get'em beavers.....</p>
<p>Lot's of great news. Congrats to all and especially Andi and Andison. We sent in deposit this morning to Emory. I never thought D would be so certain - I thought she would be indecisive until midnight of the 30th. She has a bounce in her step again and a smile on her face. So do we all! I can now see how stressful this whole ordeal has been. I am so happy to move on to sheet size...I keep checking in to see if Kat's S has decided. He must be so stressed.</p>
<p>congrats movinmom! You were kind enough to welcome me to the boards a few months back in a PM and I have been watching with interest to see where your daughter has chosen. So glad for you and your D - Emory is a wonderful school and Atlanta is a terrific city - I am sure she will have a great 4 years ahead of her. The stress of the situation is so apparent when that final decision is made and the euphoria sets in! So nice to be able to finally see our children sit back and really get excited about where they are going now. Good luck to you and your daughter!</p>
<p>I am not sure Kat's S is stressed. Sounds like he is not the type to stress, but may enjoy a gentle torture of his loving mama....:).</p>
<p>katwk,
May I be the first (?) to wish you and your S the heartiest congratulations on his decision! (Well, maybe the first on the forum!)</p>
<p>Kat -
Congratulations! Your son could not have gone wrong with those choices - but Princeton is lucky to have him! I'm sure he will go on to to more great things .... :)</p>
<p>Thank you!</p>
<p>He had a hard time last night letting his West Point contact know his decision. They talked for quite some time. However, his liason officer (retired) was the one who helped him. Go figure. Says he will be waiting for him after graduation and will see him off to OCS.</p>
<p>As always, many of you on CC four years ago and since have helped him get to where he is!!!</p>
<p>Again, thank you.</p>
<p>Kat</p>