<p>Sunset- an acquaintaince of mine ended up marrying the guy she dated all through HS. Me- I dated losers and had a very long period of "I hate being single" throughout my twenties. We both seem to have solid marriages and that's what counts- and although I don't know her well enough to ask, I imagine that there are elements to how my life ended up that she envies as well.</p>
<p>She certainly doesn't have as much cocktail chatter as I do about the various rogues, clowns, and coma-inducing bores that I spent endless evenings "getting to know". One is now in jail (thank you, google) and one is waiting to be sentenced for assaulting his ex-wife while they both waited in the carpool lane to pick up their kid at middle school.</p>
<p>See? Isn't waiting to get to the happy ending a lot of fun and laughs?</p>
<p>I definitely have early decision envy...I am not so much jealous of the schools, but just the NEWS people are getting. Having to wait such a long time = not fun</p>
<p>We didn't do any early decisions here either. And have no regrets, other than it would be over with and we could get on to other things. But we had no time last year to visit any campuses, so despite a clear favorite, we did not want to make any definite choices until we had a chance to visit. We will now only visit where he is accepted. I also think it might have been hard to visit, fall in love and then be rejected. So we feel we did the right thing for "us". But oh it WOULD be nice to wrap some swag for under the tree. Maybe I'll do so anyway.</p>
<p>Historymom, you are correct that ED acceptance makes Christmas shopping easier. I just went online and ordered a bunch of stuff from the college store for S.</p>
<p>To those of you who speak of ED envy, my concern is about what effect ED acceptance will have on S's spring semester...whether the fact that the pressure is off will create greater senioritis and lethargy (ED dysfunction?) than he otherwise would have had. I have to keep him focused on high school one more semester, and that may be harder now that he knows exactly where he will be next fall. (and it can't help that his college is a traditional basketball power and almost all of its games this spring will be televised).</p>
<p>Sunset - As the parent of an ED admitee I have a little reverse envy. We didn't expect to qualify for any FA, so letting D apply ED was never a question. However, a couple of things happened after she submitted that ED app: the value of our 529 plan plummeted, and an EA acceptance from another school included an unanticipated, large scholarship. So H and I are feeling a little bit of buyer's remorse :(</p>
<p>darius - I share your concern about spring semester senioritis. I plan to highlight the paragraph in the acceptance letter that says something about expecting D to maintain academic excellence through the remainder of her senior year, and hang in on the fridge!</p>
<p>Can't win all the way, no matter what. Yes, there is buyer's remorse at times. Also there is that increased risk of senioritus and early onset of it. But to balance it, you are done with this process.</p>