Early Decision I countdown!

<p>Daughter is in...just got the mail! We are so excited. Good luck to all!</p>

<p>Congrats to your daughter, marnik!</p>

<p>Mail hasn't come yet today. Hopefully it comes soon, it looks like we are going to start getting iced within the next couple of hours. The anticipation is eating me alive!</p>

<p>Oh, and if you don't mind me asking, marnik, what were your daughter's stats?</p>

<p>Congrats Marnik! Just checked and the mail is still not here - UGH! This has been the longest morning of my life. Good luck to all - I hope everyone gets in to Skidmore today!</p>

<p>Oh, I feel for you. I went to the mailbox once, and it hadn't come. The waiting is the worst, but think positive!</p>

<p>M - 630, CR - 670, W - 640
GPA - I'm not sure, somewhere around 3.2 or 3.3 overall, but an upward trend and this year is around 3.5 so far.
She is very much into music and art, I don't know if that helped.</p>

<p>She loves the school...everything about it felt right to her, and had everything she was looking for.</p>

<p>Thank you Jollymon. I hope everyone gets in also.</p>

<p>Son deferred and not happy. Not sure what they were looking for as he had 3.7 all AP's and 1900+ SAT's and an athlete. I think the fact that we needed financial help played a part. I think he will look elsewhere. Two schools really want him and have offered huge scholarships, so maybe it is for the better.</p>

<p>Oh Jollymon, I am truly sorry. I really was hoping for the best for your son.</p>

<p>Oh no, I'm sorry Jollymon. </p>

<p>No letter today. The mail just came a bit ago. Bummed. Maybe it'll come Monday. I'm really nervous.</p>

<p>Thanks and best of luck to you all. I think I will be posting on other college places on here. I really think a college has got to want you. I do know that everything happens for a reason and at this point maybe it was for the best. I have got to say, it was a very impersonal letter after all the visits and time spent at Skidmore. He was the first to apply this summer and everything I was lead to believe was that they really wanted him. I guess I was wrong. I am telling my son to go where they want you, not a place you are begging to get in.</p>

<p>jollymom,
I am so sorry to hear your son was deferred. If I were you though, I'd try really hard to clam up on the subject of Skidmore and not to say anything negative to your son. I have known many, many kids who were deferred at various colleges ED and then ended being admitted RD. My two Ds' best friends ended up at Williams and U of Chicago that way and for both it was a great fit, just as they had hoped when they applied ED. Your son sounds like a great candidate and while he will likely have many good options, he also may well end up at Skidmore. Use CC to vent your hurt and anger. I'm mad for you if that helps any!</p>

<p>Thanks! After the initial shock, we had a great talk and I told him that there is still a chance to get in. He was bummed at first but now is in a great mood knowing that he has a few months now to make a decision. Thanks again!</p>

<p>jollymon, I know really nothing about Skidmore. I just wanted you to know that my son got deferred at 2 schools where he applied EA (one private and one public). He put those schools out of his mind and focused on those that had already accepted him. I told him not to fall in love any one school, and to wait until all financial packages were in, and then he could decide. Well, the two schools that deferred ended up accepting him (total surprise for all of us). The one private school not only accepted him in the RD round, but also offered a generous merit scholarship. Your son should not get his hopes up, but it is possible that he could be accepted. Also, my son decided not to work on the applications of the schools that deferred him. He did not send any additional information, and he did not contact them at all. He made absolutely no additional effort to try to improve his application. I don't recommend that your son do that, but I just thought I would tell you what happened to our son. Good luck to your son. He has nice stats, and if he applies to some match and safety schools he should have some thick envelopes to open.</p>

<p>Thank you all. I just don't like to see my kid hurt. However, everything happens for a reason and I know he will end up at a great school. Thank you again.</p>

<p>I'm Kelsey and I applied to skidmore ED and I still haven't heard anything back! I am so in love with the school and I won't beable to concentrate on anything until I know the decision! I live all the way in Idaho so I'm sure that's the reason I haven't heard anything yet. </p>

<p>I have a 3.65 GPA, got a 2000 on the SATs, 740 and 550 (ouch) on my SAT IIs, 4s on all AP tests, great Recs, unique ECs and my great grandmother was class of '32. I hope that all of this is enough to get me admitted because I really can't imagine going anywhere else!</p>

<p>Still no letter. :(</p>

<p>same here Ye Sheng Mei!! I am going crazy... </p>

<p>At least I know now that it MUST come tomorrow.</p>

<p>Mail man came back. Not good. I was deferred as well. Ouch.</p>

<p>I am so sorry. I know what you are going through right now. I wonder what they are looking for. I was under the impression that they really wanted my son. Everything that was said and done pointed in the direction that they really wanted him to attend. But as you found out, nothing was definite. The whole college excitement has gone out the window as this was a shock to him. While everything happens for a reason, rejection for 17-18 year olds is something new.</p>

<p>Yeah, it is tough. My parents are being less-than-supportive right now, which is making it a bit tougher. I'm flipping back and forth between being crushed and depressed and being mad at the world. I'll go listen to some angsty music and run on the treadmill or something until I feel better. Too bad it isn't summer and I can't run outside. I'd feel much better if I could burn some of this off.</p>

<p>Out of curiosity, where else is your son looking at applying? I am not trying to throw together a list of places to apply, but I was stupidly banking on Skidmore and don't have many on the list. As someone else who thought Skidmore was great, I'd be interested to see what else he liked...</p>