<p>Why is it that time slows to a crawl as the notification date nears?</p>
<p>Anyone else who searches the mailbox for college letters, even though they aren't due for another week or two?</p>
<p>Or you could watch the CC boards for those schools whose notifications have already gone out...Duke, for example.</p>
<p>Yes, I am watching the boards very carefully.</p>
<p>No action yet for our schools of interest.</p>
<p>It's like being in the doctor's waiting room, listening to your sister screaming while getting a shot! And you're NEXT...</p>
<p>Hmm, I feel more like I'm waiting anxiously for the screaming to begin, wondering what the problem is if there is no screaming....</p>
<p>Do you know when the results are due to be mailed/emailed?</p>
<p>tick...tock....tick.....tock... and I have always been the type to secretly peek at all my Christmas presents so.... this kind of waiting and not knowing is Crazy hard for ME!!!</p>
<p>LOL ellemenope!!</p>
<p>"Bon courage" to all who are watching those clocks, calendars, and (email) boxes!</p>
<p>The good news, this holiday season, is that you probably won't care about: the tilt of the Christmas tree, the lumps in the gravy, the corners on the gift-wrapping, the weird present your sister sent. </p>
<p>Your hearts will be with your beloved child and his/her journey into adulthood that this admission process launches. Apron strings will be snapping, mother's imaginations will be racing with worries of Next Year on Their Own. </p>
<p>Yet everyone will survive, grow, and revel. The 18 year olds are far too mature to spend another year with parents. Those who are responsible and independent will leap into young-adult life. And the immature, un-self-disciplined teens need the boot out the door college provides, and the platform to blossom. </p>
<p>Good luck to all!</p>
<p>This reminds me of being pregnant and a week past the due date! Time is crawling by.</p>
<p>Waiting for 2 EA's - both said decisions would be mailed (snailmail) by 12/15. This weekend is going by very, very slowly. Can't understand it when weekends usually fly by!?!?</p>
<p>D is getting crankier and more temperamental as the days pass with no word. :(</p>
<p>So many friends have heard back from schools that she feels left out.</p>
<p>That's why I think a safety at this time is a good choice to have made. It can be a sad holiday season if the early school rejects or defers a student. I know some kids start feeling anxious if their peers are all getting some answers and they still have to wait until spring before hearing anything. A safety can feel really good at this time.</p>
<p>D hasn't heard from ANY schools, safety or otherwise.... that is the problem....by this time last year, three of the schools of interest had already issued admissions decisions.</p>
<p>DD is barely communicating. This is a tough week with mid term exams and many end of term papers are due. Lots of stress all over. Notification should be an easier process.</p>